Yesterday, my customers, who had a long layover at the Osaka Airport, asked me where they could go for a quick lunch in downtown Osaka. Their email said, "Sh...

Kojima Travel Consulting will be at the festival! Please come to our booth in Boston Common on Saturday and Sunday, April 27th and 28th. You will hear about ...

In my previous blog post about the Boston sake tasting, I briefly mentioned Gabby, a local sake sommelier from Milton, MA. For those who were not at our tast...

As I mentioned in my Boston tasting blog, Tomomi Duquette flew from Niigata to join Yuichi Yamagishi and help out with our tastings. Tomomi is the founder of...

After the exciting Boston tasting, Yuichi, Tomomi, Doug (my husband) and I travelled to host another tasting in New York on Monday, December 3rd. While drivi...

On December 1st, Kojima Travel Consulting sponsored a sake tasting with two renowned Japanese sake masters, Yuichi Yamagishi and Tomomi Duquette. Also Gabrie...

When I ask my Japanese friends if they have been to Sado island, their answer is universal, “Sado? Never!” I don’t quite blame them because there are so many...

On a sweltering summer day, a young women from the local tourism department in Toyama told me, with some reluctance, about a magical volcanic hot spring in t...

What I love about sake tastings, especially in small family-run breweries in Japan, is that you have an opportunity to connect with the owner while you sip t...

People in the U.S. may occasionally see the word “wagyu” at specialty restaurants where high end Japanese beef is served. The word “wagyu” (Japanese cattle) ...