Kimono Mom: Sharing Japanese Food and Family with the World

Moe is a former geisha who launched the YouTube channel Kimono Mom in 2020 to share her love of Japanese food and family with the world. Over the past five years, she’s made almost 800 videos and created a global following with over 3 million subscribers. 

Moe’s videos spotlight Japanese home cooking recipes often made side-by-side with her daughter Sutan or husband Moto, and together they showcase their love of food and the honest ups and downs of family life in Japan. Kimono Mom’s latest project is an American cross-country road trip, with Moe, Sutan and Moto traveling around the U.S. to make videos, meet fans and celebrate the American launch of her Umami Sauce.

Japan Society is excited to welcome Moe for two events on June 28 as part of her cross-country trek—a family-centered cooking workshop and a larger on-stage Q&A with her fans from all around NYC. Japan Society invites you to meet Moe for this special talk about her career, family, food, videos and fans. Moe will speak about her time as a geisha, the start of her channel, its growth and global following and especially all the people she’s met and foods she’s eaten while travelling across the U.S.A. Moe will further talk about the creation of her Umami Sauce and suggested recipes from tempura and udon… and even to ice cream.