My memories

When I came to Italy more than 30 years ago, my roommate, a Japanese girl, introduced me to many compatriot friends when I still did not know how to move.I...

When I was in Japan, I had a lot of wood products in the house. Carved and lacquered vases, trays, cutting boards, spoons, ladles and other cutlery... They were all...

I am Tokyonese doc (Edokko), we are famous in Japan for being very impatient and hasty character. I certainly didn't have the patience to accumulate money with piggy banks, and I usually forgot them before filling. A moneybox is a bit of a mystery.

When I was a girl in Japan, I often used the Santoku knife to help my mother in the kitchen. When I think about it now, the Santoku seems dangerous to a girl's little hands, but I don't remember my mother ever telling me "knives are dangerous, don't use them" or "watch out for knives". My strange experience with blades came after I arrived in Italy.

I still remember the first time I saw these felt slippers.
People at my hotel used them in their private space, and the felt seemed so warm and soft. The red and blue velvet of the hem was so elegant that immediately caught my eye. The travel slippers I had brought from Milan seemed terribly cheap, and I thought I would like to have a pair.

The recipe for the most authentic Genoese pesto in the marble mortar. First you need to wash the basil, naturally Genoese PDO, in cold water, and then put it to dry on a cloth. In the meantime, in the mortar we begin to crush a clove of garlic (it must be sweet) for every 30 basil leaves (it is very important to respect the doses). We add a few grains of coarse salt.

It takes about an hour and a half to reach Liguria, a long and narrow region that stretches along the northwestern coast of the Italian peninsula, driving along the highway is a meandering route from Milan. The word "beauty" has been abused in tourist information books, but I think it would be a good adjective to use for Liguria. From time-forgotten countryside to celebrity cities with their ten-foot yachts and Hollywood stars, you'll find it all.