Japanese Tea Ceremony at Home: A Mindful Practice for Everyday Life
How to bring the spirit of the Japanese tea ceremony into your everyday life. A practical, beginner-friendly guide to Japanese tea culture, seasonal awareness, and slow living.
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Would you survive Sunstone Spire? pt.3
Author’s Note: For those of you who missed part one and part two, I recommend going back and giving it a read! There will be some spoilers up ahead and I wouldn’t want that for you. The Story Goes On The further you follow him to the lower levels, the colder the air becomes and the brighter the Spire walls burn. You watch the gold veins ignite in his presence,…
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Forest Therapy: Unlocking Calm Through Shinrin-yoku
These were quiet moments, and I often found myself reflecting, learning from nature, feeling all my worries and tension leave me. In Japan there was a public health initiative that pushed people to return to nature. The phrase shinrin-yoku (森林浴) can be translated as ‘forest bathing’ as in bathing in the atmosphere of the forest.
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The Realities for Me as a Writer
Since I first began scribbling in notebooks, I fell in love with storytelling. I went from writing among friends, sharing notebooks as we each added our on chapters, to posting under a pseudonym online through DeviantArt and later on posting fanfics to different sites like Tumblr and Ao3. There’s no denying I have a passion for writing. But writing a story, whether its a novella or novel, from start to…
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Learning the Art of Chai Hot Chocolate
As I wrote my novel, I did a great deal of research into different kinds of drinks, from simple milk tea to the more elaborate chai hot chocolate. I even went down a rabbit hole of research into the history of coffee, how it was prepared in ancient times and how it is still prepared today in countries like Yemen and Lebanon.
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a.t.kumagai
From cozy cafes in Japan to the dark haunted woods of Missouri, a.t.kumagai weaves fantasy and romance through it all. Known for her complex female leads and close-knit found families, her stories bring characters to life through warm, shared moments and slow-burn romances that build up to fireworks.
a.t.kumagai also writes about life in Japan for SavvyTokyo, an online magazine focused on offering practical resources, cultural insights and the support you need to navigate life in Tokyo and beyond with ease and confidence.
Books by a.t.kumagai
Lattes with Starlight is a cozy urban fantasy that takes place in Japan featuring a mashup of Japanese and global folklore. The romance and found family are so sweet it’ll give you a toothache.
Set against the rural and suburban areas of Missouri, Shadows in Her Bones is a paranormal romance with a complex female lead and a soft-hearted werewolf who falls head over heels for her. For fans of Supernatural and Werewolf by Night.
Out of My Skin is not a romance. This urban fantasy contains darker themes written in poetic prose. Despite it’s darkness it will leave you empowered and ready to shred the patriarchy to pieces.