Japan has been at the top of my travel bucket list for a very long time. As I got older, I became more and more fascinated by Japanese food and culture. (Shout out to sushi, matcha, Norwegian Wood, Pachinko, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Maniac from Netflix aka the inspiration of all my retro-future fantasies.) …
I love sushi. You probably do too. But it can be way too intimidating to try to make yourself. The ingredients are unusual I guess (raw fish, seaweed, wasabi…) and can also be kinda expensive…it just feels really easy to mess it up, right? Well this past two-week trip to Japan, I had the glorious …
I’ve been fascinated by tea ceremonies for a few years now so when I started planning our two-week trip to Japan, I wanted to include a traditional Japanese tea ceremony on the itinerary. I found the Maikoya kimono tea ceremony in Kyoto and am so glad and grateful we got to experience this part of …
