Part of our series featuring senior level executives with deep ties to Japan.  After a decade of working for large corporations, Victoria Tsai yearned for more simplicity and authenticity in her life. On a trip to Kyoto, she discovered a world of beauty, craftsmanship and heritage. And a chance encounter with a modern-day geisha changed Read More

Tokyo resident Barry Lancet’s book “JAPANTOWN” was named “Best Debut of 2013” no less than three times, and has been nominated for a Barry Award for Best First Novel, selected as a Best Debut of Year both by Suspense Magazine and renowned mystery critic Oline Cogdill, and optioned by J. J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions Read More

Part of our series featuring senior level executives with deep ties to Japan. The Lean Startup movement has taken Silicon Valley by storm, transforming how companies create and refine new products.  It emphasizes better understanding of customer needs, creating a “minimum viable product” and then iterating based on real feedback that comes directly from customers. Read More

The Japan Society of Northern California is hosting a members-only gathering where you'll have the opportunity to meet our board, staff and other members!  As part of the event we will hear from Takara's sake experts and sample some of their products produced right here in the bay area! Takara has great experience in producing Shochu, Mirin and Read More

Jake Myrick already had been the founder of multiple tech startups when he decided to put his entrepreneurial skills and ten years living in Tokyo into creating a different kind of company – a sake brewery in San Francisco. In the latest issue of Sake Today, Jake was interviewed and the opening paragraph speaks volumes to Read More