Skoshbox is another popular monthly Japanese candy subscription box. Pronounced su-ko-sh-box, the name is a play on words from the Japanese word sukoshi (少し), meaning ‘a little’. Appropriately filled with sample-sized snacks, these boxes start at just $10 per month depending on your subscription length. Meaning, the longer you subscribe the cheaper it gets. For those who are looking for more than […]
The Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival is said to be the second largest cherry blossom festival in the U.S. after the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC. So after spending a week in blossom-filled DC, I packed my bags and made my way to sunny San Francisco. Held in one of the country’s three remaining Japantowns, over […]
Living under the rock that was Hong Kong, I honestly had no idea that subscription boxes were even a thing. Paying someone a certain amount of money each month to receive some mystery box? Yeah, okay, I guess I get it. In fact, the more I let that concept sink in, the more I became […]
It’s that time of year again– the cherry blossoms (sakura; 桜) have begun bursting open in Japan. As I sit here staring longingly at all my Japan-living friend’s Facebook photos of the blossoms and hanami, I realize that this really is my favorite time of year. And I’m missing it. Or am I? Sure, there’s something magical about the […]
Growing up with one of the world’s top art museums basically in our backyard, I guess I got pretty spoiled. I assumed all art museums were of a similar quality to the one here in Chicago, but later in life found out just how wrong that assumption was. I was excited to pay the Indianapolis […]