Upon exiting The Tea Shop, you can't help but notice the display of a single, grand kimono in the glass window across the street. The shop's sign is elegant, with decidedly oriental (read: foreign) letters.

When you enter, the shopkeeper greets you with a polite bow. Yet another sign on the wall behind her reads, "Welcome". Everything in the kimono shop is neatly labelled. It doesn't take you long to find out she is mute.
A comfortable silence reigns over the place... until you hear the sound of scrabbling paws and a perky little "yap"!
When you enter, the shopkeeper greets you with a polite bow. Yet another sign on the wall behind her reads, "Welcome". Everything in the kimono shop is neatly labelled. It doesn't take you long to find out she is mute.
A comfortable silence reigns over the place... until you hear the sound of scrabbling paws and a perky little "yap"!


