Notes from the house.

Journal

Stories about the garden, the kitchen, the valley and the people who make KIRI what it is.

Journal

Notes from the house.

Stories about the garden, the kitchen, the valley and the people who make KIRI what it is.

Notes from the house.

Journal

Stories about the garden, the kitchen, the valley and the people who make KIRI what it is.

A tatami room with a low table and floor chairs, open to a moss garden and pond

Seasons

A Year in the Moss Garden

Our gardener on why the moss is never finished, and the quiet discipline of tending something that grows a centimetre a year.

6 min read

Hands shaping a clay bowl on a potter's wheel, with finished bowls and a mountain view behind

Culture

Aug 2, 2026

Bowls from the Valley

Every tea bowl at KIRI is made within an hour of the house. A visit to the kilns that shape our table.

A Japanese breakfast of rice, grilled salmon, miso soup and small dishes, beside a garden window

Cuisine

Jun 18, 2026

Breakfast, Slowly

Rice, miso, pickles and the fish of the morning — notes on the meal we think matters most.

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