Her dedicated copper coffee pot from the Tokyo Hilton, her velvet baby blanket, her monogrammed sterling
spoon, breakfast brought to her bedside, at the precise hour requested, pillows fluffed, lap
dog placed in her lap, temperature adjusted just so, the blinds opened to the precise degree, her
phone charged, as she requests with a simple hand gesture, a personally-selected condensation of the morning'
s news delivered softly, these and more were her personal Japonica.