2019 was a year of minimal articles here at Metta Cultura. I’ve had many ideas to write about, but not the energy nor the time to write them. You may see several back posts added later because my ideas will haunt me. In 2018 I had written twice as many articles than I did in … [Read more…]
In Episode 5 of Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo, Kotoko and her class are celebrating their high school graduation. Kin-chan brings various sorts of oiishi food. One thing that he brings is a fried noodle dish–aka yakisoba. The literal translation is “fried buckwheat.” Yakisoba is most commonly prepared by frying the noodles in a wok. … [Read more…]
It has certainly been a while since I have been inspired to do a craft around here. I particularly don’t like crafts because they require a purchase of things I don’t have and I might be doing something I don’t like very much. Inspiration for the apron hails from none other than Kotoko from Mischievous … [Read more…]
Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo is a 2013 Fuji TV Japanese TV drama. It fights with Hana Yori Dango for the number one spot for dramas in my heart. I love them both and have probably seen Mischievous Kiss 8 or more times (I lost track). In a dram like this, become so invested in … [Read more…]
Playful Kiss is a drama I originally watched in 2012 when I first discovered it on Netflix. At the time, I didn’t care for it nor understood the story. It wasn’t until I watched its Japanese counterpart, Mischievous Kiss, and the Taiwanese, It Started with a Kiss, did I start to understand the story. This … [Read more…]