Venetia stanley smith biography
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Venetia stanley smith biography
Remembering Venetia Stanley-Smith, Eco-friendly, U.K.-born Herbalist in Kyoto
By Yuka Matsumoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
14:29 JST, September 5, 2023
As I stepped into the more than 100-year-old house covered in Chinese trumpet creepers, my mind flashed back to the day British-born herbalist Venetia Stanley-Smith first welcomed me like an old friend, saying, “It’s so hot, isn’t it?”
A glass of her handmade juice made from shiso leaves quickly cooled me down.
Stanley-Smith — widely known in Japan as simply “Venetia” — died June 21 from aspiration pneumonia at the age of 72 at her much-loved home in Kyoto’s Ohara district.
She had previously said that she would likely pass away in her Ohara home.
The noted herbal expert lost her sight due to a brain disease several years ago, and was cared for by her mountain-photographer husband, Tadashi Kajiyama, 63.
“I’ve never met anyone who worked so hard for others,” he said. “I feel like she’s still here with me.”
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