JanuaryInJapan 2025: Days At the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
This January, join us for our cosiest JanuaryInJapan Book Club yet! Join us as we gather together online to chat about the heart-warming...
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Dec 3
Luxury Bespoke Furoshiki Gift-wrapping with Zusetsu
This year I have been thrilled to have been asked by several luxury brands to wrap beautiful gifts for them. I adore wrapping with...
Mar 12
JanuaryInJapan Book Club 2024 Review: The Wisdom of Tea
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us this year for our online JanuaryInJapan Book Club event! We meet once a year and we're very...
Sep 7, 2023
The Wisdom of Tea: Tea Ceremony in Kyoto
So spring fled, summer blazed, and autumn winds began to blow- when, our eyes lifted heavenward toward the meeting of the Stars, we write...
Feb 8, 2023
JanuaryInJapan 2023: The Old Capital Bookclub Review!
We had a fantastic time at our online JanuaryInJapan Bookclub this year - thank you so much to everyone who joined us! Our subject for...
Dec 20, 2022
January In Japan Book Club: The Old Capital
Our JanuaryInJapan Bookclub was so good last winter when we came together to talk about the first chapter of The Tale of Genji, that...
Jul 28, 2022
Tea Ceremony and Tanabata with Camellia Kyoto
This year's Tanabata could not have been more special. We visited the Camellia Garden Teahouse in north west Kyoto, live on Instagram,...
Jun 16, 2022
Furoshiki Workshops and Events
Updated November 2024 I learned my authentic furoshiki gift-wrapping skills in Kyoto, the area where furoshiki originated over a thousand...
Apr 27, 2022
Wedding Furoshiki: Zusetsu at Clevedon Hall!
Yukki and I had a wonderful time at Clevedon Hall in Somerset, preparing furoshiki-wrapped wedding favours for an Easter wedding. The...
Feb 16, 2022
A Review of our JanuaryinJapan Online Book Club Event!
We loved looking at this beautiful image of Murasaki Shikibu. What could the significance of the green and red colours in her juunihitoe...
Dec 30, 2021
JanuaryInJapan Bookclub: The Tale of Genji
Genji's mother is diminished by the Kokiden Consort. Illustration for Kiritsubo by Masao Ebina, (Fuji Arts). Yukki and I couldn't think...
Apr 28, 2021
Saturday Evening at our Sake and Furoshiki Online Event!
We had such a fun evening hosting our first online sake taste-testing event with sake sommelier Robin from Sorakami! Furoshiki bottle...
Apr 13, 2021
Hanami Furoshiki Workshop: So Much Fun!
Our live online event Furoshiki Class: Japanese Hanami Bento Wrap and More! Bento wrap: Cohare Furoshiki Meadow Flowers | Bright Pink and...
Mar 3, 2021
Tea and Hina Matsuri with Mai!
Happy Hinamatsuri Day! Today is March 3rd, which is the day of Hinamatsuri (Girls' Day) in Japan! In honour of this celebration, our dear...
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