The Tulare Outlets, rising from California’s Central Valley like a bargain-hunter’s mirage, transforms ordinary shoppers into savvy deal conquistadors who return home with vehicles improbably stuffed ...

Yukiko “Yu” Ugawa was born in Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. She married into a long-established kimono shop in Kobe, Japan, called Kaneshou and aspired to become a professional kimono ...