Every now and then, I find myself looking back at this house. It no longer belongs to our family, but it remains one of the places that quietly shape…
Once a year, on the seventh day of the seventh month, two stars are allowed to meet.That's the whole premise of TANABATA (七夕) — one of Japan's mo…
Every June 30th, while most of the world is simply crossing off the mid-point of the calendar, Japan is quietly doing something far more deliberate: …
Today is TSUKI-MI (AKA OTSUKIMI, JYUGOYA) , or the Moon Viewing Event. It is a Japanese festival celebrating the beauty of Autumn moon. The cel…
a Happy New Year!! Looking forward to a year filled with new discoveries and challenges, and off course, a safe and healthy one. We got too b…
One of the places we stop by whenever we go to Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, is this HŌTŌ noodle restaurant, "FUDŌ". HŌTŌ is flat noodle in thi…
(Please check out the book cover from the link below since I cannot post the book cover photo due to copyright reasons!)I am not very sure if it …
Okay! Since we are Wa + Sabi, this would be a great topic to talk about today.Have you ever seen this before?? Do you know what this is??…
Participated in a Virtual Food Summit as a guest speaker. Happy Bellyfish is an online cooking school with instructors and participants from around…
Unlike the regular larger perilla leaves which you normally cut into fine Julienne strips, baby perillas are somewhat similar to chervil leaves or fl…
