Travel & Outdoors · 2 parts
The Lanterns of Kyoto
A translator searches Kyoto for a lantern shop her grandmother knew. The shop is closed, but the craftsman's son opens the door and offers her tea.
Stories tagged “japan”
Travel & Outdoors · 2 parts
Snowfall in Nagano
Yuki books a winter ryokan in Nagano to finish a book. The room is booked by mistake, and the only other guest is Ren, a quiet photographer who came for the snow.
Romance & Sensual · 2 parts
The Morning Ferry
Yuki takes the 6:40 ferry across the bay every morning. When a stranger takes her usual seat, she plans to be annoyed. He offers her half his tea instead.
Mature & Silver · 2 parts
The Tea House Widow
Eleanor, widowed and restless, signs up for a tea lesson in Kyoto. Her teacher, Hiroshi, watches her fumble the whisk and says she is doing it beautifully wrong.