Award-winning Asian-Canadian author and journalist La Carmina runs the leading Japan alt culture/travel blog (www.lacarmina.com/blog), which won "Best Blog of the Year" from Auxiliary Magazine. Her journalism received a Bronze prize from the SATW (Society of American Travel Writers) in 2020. She specializes in Japan and writes about food, luxury travel, sustainability and global culture for Travel + Leisure print magazine, The New York Times, National Geographic, CNN, Time Magazine, Eater, Fodor's, Business Insider, Sunday Times, Huffington Post, Observer, AFAR, Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, BBC, and various in-flight magazines (Hong Kong Airlines, Aeromexico) - clips below.

Carmina is the author of four books published by Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster, and appears on food and travel TV shows worldwide (Bizarre Foods, World's Weirdest Restaurants, No Reservations, Taboo, Oddities, The Doctors, Today Show, NHK Japan, and more). La Carmina is a graduate of Columbia University and Yale Law School.

Travel & food writing samples:

- Fodors: Traveling in Brazil with Elizabeth Wurtzel,
https://www.fodors.com/world/south-america/brazil/experiences/news/i-traveled-to-brazil-with-author-elizabeth-wurtzel-heres-everything-she-taught-me (This won the SATW award)
- Eater, Takoyaki in Osaka, https://www.eater.com/24092826/takoyaki-osaka-japan-street-food-dotonbori-octopus
- Travel + Leisure, Fukushima sake,
https://www.travelandleisure.com/fukushima-sake-breweries-8542445

- AFAR: A Valencian chef’s quest, https://www.afar.com/magazine/a-spanish-chefs-quest-to-bring-the-denia-prawn-to-the-us
- Observer: Sustainable, meaningful restaurant in Mexico City, https://observer.com/2024/07/pepe-salinas-mexico-city-balcon-del-zocalo/

- Fodors: DC Michelin star restaurant, https://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/washington-dc/experiences/news/how-valencian-chef-danny-lledo-turned-his-hometown-cuisine-into-a-michelin-star
- National Geographic, Asia hell parks,
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/buddhist-hell-parks-asia
- Going: A stay in Shirakawa, Japan, https://www.going.com/guides/shirakawa-go-japan

- Time Magazine feature on Osaka, https://time.com/collection/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079291/osaka-japan/

- Temple stay in Koyasan, for Home in Canada print mag: https://athomeincanada.ca/travel/a-transformative-temple-sojourn/

- Zen architecture, for House Beautiful: https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/a36355034/japanese-zen-design/
- Luxury resort in the Maldives, for Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/gili-lankanfushi-in-the-maldives-named-best-hotel-by-tripadvisor-2015-1
- Sustainable, five star beach resort in Malaysia: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/casa-del-mar-langkawi-an-inspiring-malaysia-beach_b_59c73f7be4b08d6615504340
- Brides: Buddhist wedding traditions: https://www.brides.com/buddhist-wedding-5081206

- More writing samples: https://muckrack.com/la-carmina
- Fodor's: https://www.fodors.com/news/author/lacarmina

- The NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/style/tiny-modern-love-stories-i-never-saw-my-parents-kiss.html
- Time Magazine: https://time.com/collection/worlds-greatest-places-2021/6079291/osaka-japan/
- Tricycle: https://tricycle.org/magazine/buddhism-in-hong-kong/
- CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/01/10/trips.for.every.traveler/index.html
- Eater: https://www.eater.com/users/La_Carmina
- Roadtrippers Magazine: https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/author/la-carmina
- The Daily Beast: https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/la-carmina

- Architectural Digest: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/contributor/la-carmina
- Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/author/la-carmina
- Huff Post: https://www.huffpost.com/author/gothiccarmina-224

- Home in Canada national print magazine: https://athomeincanada.ca/author/la-carmina/
- Tripsavvy: https://www.tripsavvy.com/la-carmina-5076875

- La Carmina award-winning blog: http://www.lacarmina.com/blog and popular social media @lacarmina
- La Carmina on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Carmina