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Trip to Japan / bento & street food

Trip to Japan / bento & 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 & 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...

Izakaya pub in Japan

Izakaya pub in Japan

At first it was quite a surprise to me that British people do not eat much when they go for a beer in a pub. In Japan, where pubs are...

Izakaya pub in Japan

At first it was quite a surprise to me that British people do not eat much when they go for a beer in a pub. In Japan, where pubs are...

Chiyogami paper

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

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

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

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...