Akio Takamori's Young Woman, Girl, Mother and Child

I stumbled upon these statues on my first day vacationing in Seattle. While meticulously following my map from my hotel room in Seattle Center to Capitol Hill, I passed these sculptures and couldn’t help but stop for a moment to check them out. Standing outside of a Whole Foods store there were three seven-foot statues depicting a rosy-cheeked Asian family standing in a circle. The sculptures, titled “Young Woman, Girl, Mother and Child,” are by Seattle-based artist Akio Takamori (1950-2017). The painted cast aluminum sculptures were created in 2006.

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Site: Akio Takamori’s Young Woman, Girl, Mother and Child
Location: Whole Foods Market, 2210 Westlake Ave., Seattle, WA
Cost: Free to see.
Hours: Always visible
Date: June 24, 2009

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Valerie Bromann is a a website manager, content creator, and writer from Chicago, Illinois (currently living in Dallas, Texas). As an avid road tripper who has visited hundreds of roadside attractions, Val always pull over for a world’s largest thing. Founder of Silly America and author of The Road Trip Journal & Activity Book, she visits, photographs, and writes about all the weird tourist destinations she visits and offers road trip planning advice and inspiration based on her own travels so you can hit the road for yourself.