Roma first developed her interest in Japanese culture from watching Anime as a child. She then developed a deeper interest into the country's history in university while watching historical drama to practice after picking up Japanese as a third language. Japanese style swords or nihonto has been a staple in modern day pop culture. Most people know them from movies such as Kill Bill or video games such as Final Fantasy but historically, Japanese put a lot more meaning into the making and handling of these swords. Roma runs a podcast called Stories of Saniwa where she shares some interesting facts and stories behind some of the most famous Japanese swords in history.
