Who is she?
She, Naomi loves eating, cooking, and serving a home party with Omotenashi (a Japanese philosophy of warm hospitality).
She is a Tokyo food lover raised and educated in Tokyo and Scotland. She started this blog because she has noticed that there are lots of people seeking the Omotenashi examples while there are not many places to tell it on the earth.
She runs two Instagram accounts (Japanese / English) – earns 2.5K+ followers and keeps growing.
How did she become a FOOD LOVER?
Naomi was born and raised in Tokyo, a city with the most restaurants in the world.
Her family often takes her to a neighborhood restaurant that is not ultimately luxury always but serves with a deep love of food.
And at home, she has grown up surrounded by the joy of eating.
While her parents went out for working, she spent time with her grandparents and the grandma with a cooking license entertained her with tons of homemade recipes.
Her grandma’s specialty was the Japanese homie recipes like Shoga Yaki (Ginger pork) and Kinchaku Tamago (Stuffed eggs) that all Japanese enjoy at home.
With the base of food education from her grandma, her father also loves cooking. This is not really common in the Japan society at that time although he usually stays in a kitchen during weekends and serves dishes.
Her father likes to welcome his colleagues at home, so he entertained the guests by having parties and cooking party food, which she calls an Omotenashi party.
How did she become a KITCHEN RESIDENT?
When Naomi flew to Scotland for a university exchange she needed to deal with daily cooking that never happened in her life.
Definitely, she loves eating but it would not mean she is good at cooking.
She had to learn recipes that are simple, delicious, and easy to achieve from Scottish grocery stores.
Especially the simple step is the key! You would have limited time and tools to cook at a shared apartment. (Please leave your cramped abroad experience in a comment!)
Then, she started learning how to cook. She knew the way to learn things was online – so her best teachers were YouTube and blogs. A few months later, she achieved 50+ recipes and started hosting a dinner party with her roommates.
She never stops cooking after graduating – because she found that cooking is her stress mitigation. Even if she got a negative mood in her office, she feels great when she stands in the kitchen. And then, she can start another day.
Her friends look forward to her home party that supports keeping the bond LOTS during the pandemic crisis.
Why does she start this blog?
Issues she found
One day one of her colleagues moved to Tokyo from the states for his business. While helping him to onboard, she learned that Google could not help much for a foreign Tokyo starter to set up everything.
Apartment hunting, places for weekends, a good hospital in a neighborhood… Japanese audiences have easy access to that information however when it comes to foreign speakers, the world goes into a very hard mode.
Solutions she offers
So, Naomi started this blog to share Tokyo life tips from the native viewpoint. It’s a sure thing that she has full access to both Japanese/English trends all about Tokyo – thanks to her family for the educational opportunity.
Why Japanese recipes? Because, her keen understanding of cooking gives the easiest step to kick-off and as we know, food is the common entertainment whenever / wherever we are!
Her main motivation is to welcome and support everyone in life in Tokyo, as she got from roommates in her Scottish university.
Side note! She is interested in the business opportunity with the blog – so please contact for all collaboration and inquiries.