We deliberately swap out the word surume (dried squid) for atarime, and we carefully avoid words like “separate” or “cut” at wedding receptions. When international students studying Japanese see this, they often ask me with genuine curiosity, “Why do you care so much about that?” This culture of reframing our language, which we practice so […]

I’ve always wanted to create beauty products using only safe, natural ingredients from my kitchen. 🌿 My latest experiment: DIY Foundation using Vaseline and 4 different colors of food coloring. I thought I could mix them to find my perfect skin tone. The result? A murky, muddy brown that looked more like I was playing