The owner of a shop specializing in products made from sharkskin hopes it will help revitalize a northeastern Japanese city devastated by tsunami and fire in March 2011 following a powerful earthquake.Makiko Kumagai, 58, opened the store "Sharks" in a make-shift shopping district in her hometown of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in November that year after her home was washed away and the sharkskin processing company she worked for was destroyed.The store, which sells colorful sharkskin goods such as wallets and bags, moved to its current location after relocations within the city following …READ FULL ARTICLE
