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From: Karyna Shuliak Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 20161:35 PM To: Joi Ito Cc: Mizuka Ito Subject: Re: trip to Japan Most likely we will be there from September 18th till 29th (will know for su=e on Friday after I get my visa). If you could recommend a good cooking class and where to see an incense cere=ony, it would be great! Also, which hotel would you recommend to stay at in Kyoto? Thanks a lot! Karyna. > On Sep 7, 2016, at 7:57 AM, Joi Ito a wrote: > Can you tell us your travel dates? > What would your priorities be of the list of stuff below? > Sumo tickets are harder, Kabuki is easier. Do you need a guide for all of t=is? > Joi » On Sep 5, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Karyna Shuliak < wr=te: » Hi Joi and Mizuka, » Thank you again so much for your help! » Yes, we would love to take some cooking lessons. Neither of us has learne= about Japanese cooking, so we would probably need to start with the basics= although Jen is a chef, but she has experience only with european/american=cuisine. But we do love Japanese food a lot! at least the American version o= it. » Other then food, we probably will do lot's of sightseeing, since this is g=ing to be our first time in Japan. I would love to get to know more about t=aditional Japanese architecture and design. We would also like to see sumo a=d kabuki performance, as well as kodo and tea ceremony. So if you may have s=ggestions on any of the above, it would be amazing. Otherwise, we are open t= any other recommendations you might have and very much looking forward to t=is trip! » Thank you both very much! » Karyna. >» On Sep 5, 2016, at 5:53 AM, Joi Ito -> wrote: >» >» Hi Karyna, >» We can try to Skype today or you can tell us what you're looking for a=d we can help. One thing Jefrey said was that you wanted to take some cooki=g lessons. Mizuka might be able to help. We'd need to know the what kind o= cooking and you and Jen's level, etc. EFTA_R1_01245475 EFTA02325704 >» - Joi >» »» On Sep 5, 2016, at 12:21 AM, Karyna Shuliak > w=ote: >>» »» >>» »» Jeffrey has advised that I contact you regarding the trip to Japan... 1= is so kind of you and your wife to help us, I very much appreciate it and h=pe that I can return the favor if you ever need assistance. >>» »» Please let me know what would be the best way to contact you or your wi=e about it. May be we could set up a quick skype call if that is convenient= >>» »» Thank you so much! »» Karyna. <?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>conversation-idgkey> <integer>3650</integer> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>14732S5293</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8590195713</integer> <key>remote-id</key> <string>9599</string> </dict> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_01245476 EFTA02325705