Tsubaki Stationery Store

For Tsubaki Stationery Store by Ito Ogawa, Ing was invited to interpret a story set in a small Kamakura shop.

The narrative follows Hatoko, who returns after years abroad to Kamakura to take over her late grandmother’s stationery shop. Alongside the store, she also inherits the role of public scribe, which she trained for in childhood under her grandmother’s strict guidance. Locals come to her with requests ranging from greetings and condolences to farewells and love letters, and a small community forms around her work. As she uncovers fragments of her grandmother’s past, Hatoko begins to understand how much of the scribe’s role sits beyond the page.