La Carmina - http://www.lacarmina.com - is a Tokyo fashion, alt culture, and travel TV host / production coordinator ("Taboo", "Bizarre Foods", "World's Weirdest Restaurants", "Oddities"), author of 3 books (Penguin USA and Random House), journalist, and professional blogger at lacarmina.com
Her "La Carmina blog" about bizarre, underground culture/travel/fashion has a
passionate following, and has been featured in major publications (The
New Yorker, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, LA Times). She contributes articles
on art, travel, culture and fashion to CNN and AOL / Huffington Post.
La Carmina is the author of three books, including Cute Yummy Time
(Penguin Books USA: about character bentos and food decoration) and
Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: Tokyo (Random House: stories of
Japanese theme cafes, like maids, vampires, cats and ninjas). Speeches
and appearances include: New York Fashion Week, Hong Kong Social Media
Week, Luisaviaroma Italy.
La Carmina has appeared on CBS The Doctors and The Today Show, and
co-hosted the Japan episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern for Travel Channel, which airs in 75 countries. NHK Japan filmed two documentaries about her work, including “Kawaii TV.” Recent TV hosting and fixing credits...
