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About Kimberley;

I started my blog around 2014 and have continued to build upon it since.  It has enabled me to build a fantastic community on my own little corner of the internet that I am incredibly thankful for. I also do freelance writing and photography creating  content for a few different tea companies that many of you reading might be familiar with.  

Since this is the first time many of you reading may be being introduce to me here a little bit of information about me including many of my hobbies and interests;

 

I simply love to learn and thrive when I am put into a learning environment that I have control over. I am currently not only focusing on learning about tea and the industry but I am also currently learning Japanese.

 

 Given the opportunity, I love to read. Most of my current collection is unsurprisingly made up of books about tea and I constantly aim to add more books to that ever growing collection.  I love to gain knowledge and use that knowledge to help others learn which is one of the reason I started my blog many moons a go.  

Currently I am focusing on  learning more about tea history and tradition, for example, the Japanese tea ceremony and I am aiming to start doing classes under the urasenke school of tea in the future.

I adore creative arts and while most of my passion lies within the world of photography, when I get the chance I love to paint and thrive when I can combine my love for tea with my passion for the arts.

I am not only interested in Japanese tea but in fact, have a huge appreciation for Japan as a whole hence why I am learning the language, immersing myself within the culture, learning about the traditions both centred around tea and outside of that, the geography, history and much more.

I plan to visit one day should I be lucky enough so I can experience

it all for myself rather than just through a screen. As a huge movie and

documentary fan, I would love to be able to create a documentary / short

film around my visit highlighting all aspects of Japan and how important it is to appreciate other cultures around the world while still respecting them and not appropriating them.

www.kimberleyskyusu.com - here is where you will find the majority of her written work covering a multitude of subjects within the world of tea. 

www.instagram.com/kimberleykyusu - and here is where you will find the vast majority of her visual work.