La Carmina () is a travel and culture blogger, TV host, br journalist (Huffington Post, AOL, CNN), coolhunter, and author of 3 br books -- including Cute Yummy Time and Crazy, Wacky Theme Restaurants: br Tokyo. She has a popular travel video and article series on Huffington Post AOL. her work specializes in Japanese pop culture, extreme body modifications like bagelheads, cute kawaii characters, and Asia street style. br br Her popular blog on Goth Japan fashion, alt travel and cultures has been br featured in major media (New Yorker, LA Times, Washington Post). br Journalism work includes: CNN, Huffington Post, AOL, The Diplomat. She br heads a coolhunting firm that provides consulting and TV br hostingarranging chiefly in Tokyo. She is a graduate of Columbia br University and Yale Law School. br br La Carmina is flown worldwide to speak and attend events, including br press trips to Macau, Mexico, Hong Kong. She has a large online br following, with a high-traffic site and popular social network following. br br La Carmina has years of on-camera travel TV hosting experience (Food br Network, Today Show, Travel Channel, NHK Japan, Dutch Pepsi, Sony br Australia, Canal Plus France, Discovery, Pro Sieben Germany, National Geographic, CNN). She also hosts and produces her own travel video series for Business Insider, AOL Huffington Post filmed around the world. br br Travel blogger appearances & press trips include: br - Mazatlan, Mexico (Day of the Dead art and festivities, 3 videos for the tourism board) br - Maui, Hawaii (social media press trip, video about fashion and food) br - Prague, Berlin and Leipzig (3 videosarticles on underground youth culture, music, festivals) br - Macau (Galaxy Macau opening) br - Hong Kong (social media week) br - New York (fashion week, speaking at IFB Conference) br - Florence, Italy (top fashion blogger event and culture reporting) br - Phoenix, Arizona (ghost tours, alt culture) br - Miami, Florida (Art Deco Weekend, South Beach) br - Dubai and Abu Dhabi, UAE (travel videos about Arabian fashion and hotels) br - The Maldives (eco-friendly resort) br - Bangkok, Thailand br - Israel & Jordan br - Eastern Europe with Eurail (Budapest, Belgrade etc) br br Trip sponsors include: Maui Tourism, Dubai Tourism, Phoenix Tourism, Miami Tourism, Mazatlan Tourism, Go With Oh, AirBNB, Roomorama, Westin hotels, Kimpton hotels, Orlando Hotel, Yotel NYC, Brooklyn NU hotel, Fairmont, Gili Lankanfushi, Thailand Tourism and many more. br br Media interviews & features include The New Yorker, Washington Post, The Guardian, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, LA Times.