Category: Japan

My Heart Goes Out to Japan…

Posted on by Hijiri

(photo via the Atlantic)

I just had to take a moment here and send all my thoughts out to Japan… what a shocking and devastating news… it broke my heart when I first heard the news and all the photos, videos, news on TV make me tear up. I am praying all day all week… until things get better…

My family is in the south side of Japan so everyone is okay (thank, God) and my friends seem to be okay, too… but I can not imagine how horrifying that is and how worried people are if their families and friends are missing… and that hurts me to even think about that…

I am going to donate funds at Red Cross. I wish I could do more. Stay strong, Japan!!!

Basic Japanese Cooking

Posted on by Hijiri

I received this cool Japanese cooking book along with many other nice things including a brand-new rice cooker (!) on Christmas from my parents-in-law (thank you so much!!) and I had to share because not only this book tells you how to cook all sorts of great Japanese meals, but also, the photography of the book is really beautiful. Just flipping through the book to see each page is like a treat for your eye!

Here are some pages… aren’t they pretty?

basic japanese cooking

basic japanese cooking

basic japanese cooking

basic japanese cooking

basic japanese cooking

basic japanese cooking

We are having a small dinner party this weekend and making some Japanese hot pot, plus we are thinking of cooking some of the appetizers or salads from this book :)

Happy Friday, everyone! and Happy Weekend!

PLY.

Posted on by Hijiri

Yesterday all day, I was having problems with logging in here, but it’s finally fixed and I can blog again! yay :)

A week ago on January 11th, while Heartfish Press was launching, a new letterpress studio opened on the other side of the planet — in Tokyo, that is!

It’s called PLY. (pronounce just like “play”) and the studio is not only for the founders megropress and smb et smb, but also, it’s going to be a public shared studio where you can visit, print and create together.

The place looks great! They worked on everything from the floor to building the tables. Amazing!

If you are in Tokyo area or if you are visiting there soon, please contact them and see if you can stop by. This would be my must-go spot next time I go back to Japan! Congratulations on the launch, PLY.!

(images via PLY.)

LLOVE

Posted on by Hijiri

LLOVE. The exhibition where you can stay for the night! It’s an exhibition in a hotel in Daikanyama, Tokyo and not only you can look around the exhibition, but also you can stay in it. How awesome! It’s going on until November 23rd, if you happen to visit Tokyo this month or if you live there, please go check it out for me. There are 14 different rooms all designed by different designers and here are some — they look all so amazing!

(found via veryverybeautiful)