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Bunka Fashion College was the backdrop for May 15th’s RUNWAY FOR JAPAN Event sponsored by Shiro Furukawa-president of Six Inch Inc. and Dr. Sena Vafa, Runway for Hope. This co-sponsored charitable event was fueled to raised funds and awareness for the victims of the Tohoku Earthquake on March 11, 2011.

Yuriko Koike (Representative for Tokyo’s 10th District–and briefly, but stylishly, Japanese Defense Minister for the Abe administration) opened the Event. It was heralded as a celebration of design and collective ambition for the future, not merely mourning for the past.

The gala featured designs by Hiroko and Junko Koshino as well as other upcoming fashion luminaries on Japan’s horizon.

For more information, please contact sena@runway-hope.org

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Black Gold, Texas Tea

“Hey, Jed….looks like we’re shootin’ up some Crude”

Just another episode of the ‘Oakwood Hillbillies’—those zany Misadventures of Yumyumcherry Meets Cooking in Tokyo.

Arigatou to Hiro-san who came to the rescue as YYC discovers ‘Salsa’ isn’t just for Exxon anymore.

Apparently, “Salsa” is a codeword for “Squid Ink Pasta Sauce” in Japan. Who Knew? (Probably anyone that can read the fine print on the can.)

Time to rethink those Nachos.

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V-Day/D-Day 14 February

Some enchanted evening. For me it’s sort of the finite difference between a ’slay ride’ and a ’sleigh ride.’ Homophones aside–I had the pleasure of three Dates on Valentine’s evening last year.

One dashing gentleman took me for a romantic twirl ice skating at the Tokyo Midtown Rink that Volkswagen erected as a promo (maybe they have a hidden orthopedic supply collaboration in the works that I unwittingly played into…..)

—and OH SO UNEXPECTEDLY, I finished off my night in the arms of two handsome strangers…wow, they really got physical with me. They made me feel things that I never had before—(yeah, yeah…don’t we all want to write a Harlequin Romance Novel?)

—and without painkillers, I might add (somehow the Motrin suppository didn’t take the edge off my crushed WRIST being reset in the ER). It made me SWOON…..

…it was all so unforgettable.

Note to self: no shoes with blades or wheels, Louboutin is treacherous enough, but I’ve had practice.

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