January 9, 2010
Growing up in a mixed ethnicity household in California, we tended to observe more western holidays than ones from the homeland, but o-shougatsu (Japanese New Year’s) was one notable exception. Perhaps it was because my mother and I were both motivated by food, or maybe it was the opportunity to bond over something that neither [...]
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January 31, 2009
As some of you know, I spent the first few days of this year in Tokyo and while woefully late, here are some pics from the trip.
It was a short few days, but we managed to get some traditional osechi ryori, went to Meiju Shrine from Hatsumoode, wandered around Kabukicho and even got to [...]
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