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It was a packed house at Kino Artist Alley on Dec. 1, at Seattle’s Kinokuniya bookstore. Customers browsed through self-made goods created by local artists, and chatted with them face-to-face at their booths. The event took place on the upper and lower levels of the store. At one point, there were so many people that a line spilled outside and into Uwajimaya.