Culture
Mossback's Northwest: When Japanese castaways wash up on local shores
Flotsam from Asia reaches Washington's beaches all the time. But sometimes other stuff comes ashore, like people.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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