The husband was going to be away all day today at a work-related function, so I decided to go to San Jose to visit Kinokuniya. M wanted to go, too, so we looked up the addresses of several yarn shops to visit while we were in the area. I have mentioned Kinokuniya several times but thought it would be nice to show what it actually looks like inside. The store is on Saratoga Avenue right off the freeway and is next to the Mitsuwa Marketplace (also an interesting stop). The store is bright, cheerful, and clean, and has those wonderful Japanese publications and also lovely gift items and stationery items. If you are lucky, like we were today, the store will be full of families with beautiful and chattering babies and toddlers to admire. My Japanese is very minimal, so I am forced to pull out all the volumes to see what they are, but that is part of the fun. 
Here is a picture of the magazines in the craft section. There are magazines on knitting, crochet, sewing, beading, toymaking, and lots more.
After we made our purchases, we went to Commuknity on the Alameda where M bought some yarn and I did not, and then on to yarndogs in Los Gatos, where M bought some yarn and I did not. I did, however, find two old vintage knitting pamphlets in a bin by the front door. The sign on the bin said that you could pay whatever you wanted for the items (there were balls of yarn and lots of magazines) and put the money in a jar on the counter to be donated to some cause.
Now it is back to the February Lady Sweater and its very slowly growing sleeves.
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