Ingredients : 1 thick tuna steak1/2 tsp grated ginger1tbsp soy sauce1tsp ponzu sauce1tbsp mirin3tbsp orange juice1tsp roasted sesame oil Mix everything except for the tuna in a small jar and set aside for 20 minutes at least, so the flavours…
風物詩fuubutsushi The things – feelings, scents, images – that evoke memories or anticipation of a particular season.Nostalgia that occurs when something triggers memories from a specific season. I have lived all of my life thus far in countries with 4…
As you all know by now, I’ve decided to dedicate my month of April 2022 to reading and celebrating Japanese culture. So when I saw the big announcement over on Jack and Shelly’s channels of a Picture Book Readathon in…
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Each day you can admire the moon, the snow and the flowers. Japanese Proverb And sometimes it all happens in the same day. One day I was filming the flowers and preparing my monthly ritual for you, and the next…
The only way to understand painting is to go and look at it.And if out of a million visitors there is even one to whom art means something, that is enough to justify museums. Pierre-Auguste Renoir What is your oldest…
Feminism and religion… Welcome to a landmine subject !But since the point of this series is to talk about lessons learned from books, I was bound to touch on some delicate subjects at one point or another.I should however state…
A celebration with more than 3000 years of history, the Persian New Year is one of the rare feasts still observed today that appeal to the whole of humanity.Even if it is frequently associated with Zoroastrianism, historians believe that the…
