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How our Mekabu gets from Japan to our products
Mekabu, the lower part of the swaying Wakame seaweed, is our hero ingredient -- it is a unique ocean botanical filled with an abundance of...
Meet Masa - His passion for mekabu, nature & more!
In our last blog post, we introduced you to Masahiro Sasaki (Masa), who shared his stories of his upbringing in Japan, moving to America as...
Meet Masa, the muse of MASAMI
In 2007, our co-founder James met Masahiro Sasaki (Masa) in New York City. Little did he know then that ten years later Masa would become...
Happy Umi no Hi - Japan Marine Day!
Japan is more than just temples, tea ceremonies, sushi, Hiroshima, Mt. Fuji and Tokyo. Most people are unaware that the oceans around Japan are home...
Learning Japanese with Masa and Me
Having the good fortune of being raised in Rome and London along with attending school in Madrid and Barcelona, languages and cultural diversity became my...
Japan’s Intimate Relationship with Nature
Japan is considered to have one of the closest, most intimate, and harmonious relationships between man and nature in the modern world. It is a...
Why Mekabu?
In the past 3 to 4 years, people have asked me, "why Mekabu?" “what is Mekabu?”. So, I thought I'd share the story of how I...