New Year’s Eve in Japan.On this day, we eat Toshikoshi Soba to let go of the past year’s hardshipsand to wish for a long, peaceful life in the year ahead. Today, I prepared handmade soba to welcome the New Year.In Japan, this quiet moment at the end of the year is a time to reflect,to […]

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Winter mornings are tough for digging wild yams… The field turns white with frost, and my hands go numb in no time.Still, this is the best season for harvesting.Time to push through and give it my all

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