Today, our CEO Ken Uchikura took out some of our staff to lunch at Shinya Shokudo, a tavern with yakitori and skewers in Bellevue. We ordered the Yakitori bento box and Metai creamy udon. When we went to lunch, they gave us free tea! With how hot Seattle was today, the iced tea was a very nice addit...

By Aya Ota“I need to spread the practice of Japanese Tea Ceremony in New York!” Soheki Mori, tea master, thought intuitively when she visited New York 22 years ago. “Such a busy city should seek spiritual consolation which the tea ceremony can bring.” Since then, Soheki visited New York every year f...

アボットキニー通りに新しくオープンされた『SHUHARI MATCHA CAFÉ』に伺いました。アボットキニー通りはロサンゼルスにあるベニスビーチ近郊の小さなストリートで、ギャラリーやカフェ、セレクトショップ、アンティークショップといった、おしゃれなLAっ子が集まる最新スポットです。モダンで洗練され...