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GATHERING to taste JAPAN'S FINEST FLAVORS

Welcome to
the MIRUKASHI salon

Where beauty is savored, life is a feast, and every flavor tells a story.
Refine the art of living beautifully — through food, ritual, and the rhythms of Japan.

Rooted in the rhythms of daily life, we explore Japan’s culinary beauty — through micro-seasonal ingredients, timeless techniques, and the simple grace of a well-prepared meal.

Taste the flavors. Feel the shift.

Join me in the countryside of Japan and discover not only what makes Japanese cuisine extraordinary, but how beauty, care, and attention can transform even the smallest act into something sacred.

Here, we slow down. We steep ourselves in the quiet rhythms of the micro-seasons. We discover how everyday gestures — preparing a meal, serving tea, crafting the tools of daily life — can become portals into a more meaningful way of living.

A feast for the senses. 

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Hosted by Prairie

I’m enamored with the quiet rituals of daily life — rising with the sun, gathering wild greens and blossoms from the fields, cooking with the seasons.

Japan has taught me this:
The sacred lives not in the extraordinary, but in the exquisitely ordinary — if we bring our attention to it.

Mirukashi Salon is where I share this way of living.
Not as an escape from life, but a return to it.

Mirukashi is my story

FOOD nourishes, TRAVEL inspires, and CULTURE is the pulse, the heartbeat 

Each salon session is shaped by the season — a blend of culinary immersion, cultural discovery, and aesthetic refinement. You’ll gather ingredients, meet with local producers, cook alongside me in the Mirukashi kitchen, dine at our favorite restaurants, and spend time with my partner Hanako Nakazato in her pottery atelier.

But more than that, you’ll be invited into a way of being — one that uncovers the extraordinary in the ordinary.

OUR Philosophy

Do BEAUTIFUL things.
With excellence.
As a WAY OF LIFE.

At Mirukashi Salon, we believe that beauty is not a luxury, but a practice. That living with intention — in how we eat, move, create, and relate — has the power to nourish and transform.
This is not about perfection or performance. It is about devotion — to simplicity, to quality, to a way of living in which every ingredient, object, and action is considered and meaningful.

CONNECT you to the natural environment in which FLAVOR ORIGINATES.

The salons Prairie has cultivated are as divine as the Japanese landscapes and culture. This trip has landed deep in my soul and I know it will continue to nourish for years to come. 

- Susan

An unforgettable feast for the culinary and spiritual senses.

- Kathy

We had the BEST time ever. Thank you for your generosity and hospitality and for showing us the beautiful, soft, special way of life at Mirukashi. 

- jessica

An experience of a lifetime. Prairie gave of herself and her unique life so completely it continues to amaze me. I came away feeling I had just been given a chance to experience what it’s like to live the extraordinary life she lives.

- gayle

I appreciated experiencing Japan through your senses and aesthetic and was charmed by the intimacy of the Salon.

- Susan

You offered us the most incredible experiences. Thank you! It is a life moment I will hold dear.

- Rena

JOURNEY DEEP
Explore. Taste. Awaken.

We gather not to escape daily life, but to meet it fully. With intention. With grace. With beauty at the center.

72 seasons of eating

Our Origin Story

This series traces a year of eating in harmony with Japan’s micro-seasons — through the fields, the kitchen, and the table.

Each essay is a quiet offering, a reminder that food is not just sustenance, but story, ritual, and return.

Choose your season.

Bespoke.

Each salon session is hand crafted to bring you the fullest experience of the culture, flavor, and terroir of Mirukashi. Each itinerary is specific to the season and offers you a unique and unparalleled experience. Which one will you choose?

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