After visiting the 9th annual Japan Day @ Central Park in NYC this past May, I was excited when someone handed me a flyer for Japan Day Chicago at my local Japanese grocery store. Finally, Chicago was following suit. Sadly, from the time I was a teenager until now, it seems more and more Japanese stores and businesses have […]
I’m always both intrigued and skeptical of taking tours in the U.S. that deal with Asian culture. On one hand, I’m always curious what they’re going to teach and cover. But on the other, I find that sometimes the information they give is horribly inaccurate or that once they’ve found out I lived there, I […]
Truth be told, Chicago actually has its fair share of Asian culture spattered throughout the city. I mean, it’s no New York or San Francisco, but places do exist if you seek them out. I honestly haven’t done many #FindingAsia posts here yet– mainly because the sites are all a bit spread out and easier […]
Japan Day @ Central Park is New York City’s largest one-day celebration of all things Japanese. Having started in 2006, the festival only continues to grow even larger with thousands attending each year. So continuing my trend of hitting up as many Japanese festivals as possible around the US, I packed my bags and flew to […]
Iwas pretty excited when two giant brown boxes showed up at my door labeled Shikibox. Shiki (四季) means the “four seasons” in Japanese and that’s what I was promised to get– the best seasonal snacks Japan has to offer. Shikibox offers four different boxes: Minibox at $14.90 per month Shikibox at $19.90 per month Megabox at $29.90 per […]