After living in Tokyo for nearly ten years, she has been writing about Japan for Italy’s main newspapers and magazines. She published the books Il Sushi (2013), L’Arte del Sushi (“The Art of Sushi”, 2015), and Il Sushi Tradizionale (“Traditional Sushi”, 2016) at Gribaudo-Feltrinelli. She is a member of AISTUGIA - Italian Association for Japanese Studies. In October 2016 she was awarded the Umberto Agnelli Prize for Journalism by the Italy-Japan Foundation, for her services to the cultural exchange between the two countries.