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Chiyogami paper
Chiyogami paper is a type of traditional Japanese paper using very beautiful patterns. Its origins date back to the Heian period (710-794) when the aristocracy sent poems to friends or...
Chiyogami paper
Chiyogami paper is a type of traditional Japanese paper using very beautiful patterns. Its origins date back to the Heian period (710-794) when the aristocracy sent poems to friends or...
Trip to Japan / Bento and street food
We’ve just been on a sourcing trip to Japan. This time, it was to Fukuoka, in the south part of Japan, to Kobe, to Osaka in the western part, and...
Trip to Japan / Bento and street food
We’ve just been on a sourcing trip to Japan. This time, it was to Fukuoka, in the south part of Japan, to Kobe, to Osaka in the western part, and...
Japan in Regents park
I have been to one of the most prestigious of all art fairs, Frieze Masters, in Regents Park in London. World famous galleries were showing off their collections to top...
Japan in Regents park
I have been to one of the most prestigious of all art fairs, Frieze Masters, in Regents Park in London. World famous galleries were showing off their collections to top...
Natural beauty
I love the hot spring culture we have in Japan. The hot water contains large amounts of minerals and is almost slippery, so that after a bath, my skin is...
Natural beauty
I love the hot spring culture we have in Japan. The hot water contains large amounts of minerals and is almost slippery, so that after a bath, my skin is...
Japanese breakfast
Sometimes I am amazed at the sheer number of ready-made meals in London’s supermarkets. There is nothing like this kind of variety of ready-to-eat food in Japan, but instead of...
Japanese breakfast
Sometimes I am amazed at the sheer number of ready-made meals in London’s supermarkets. There is nothing like this kind of variety of ready-to-eat food in Japan, but instead of...
Wagashi / Japanese sweets
Have you ever had the Japanese sweets called Wagashi? Wagashi are traditional Japanese confections inspired by the four seasons and the landscape of Japan. They were originally created in the...
Wagashi / Japanese sweets
Have you ever had the Japanese sweets called Wagashi? Wagashi are traditional Japanese confections inspired by the four seasons and the landscape of Japan. They were originally created in the...