Venetia Stanley-Smith (1950–2023) was a British-born herbalist based in Ohara [ja], Kyoto, Japan.
She was married to Tadashi Kajiyama [ja], a Japanese mountain photographer.
[1] She left England at the age of 19 as a backpacker, and after spending some time in India, settled in Japan at 21.
She married a Japanese man in 1974 and started an Eikaiwa school in Kyoto in 1978.
[1] She became a prominent herbalist in Japan when she was awarded a prize in an NHK herb contest, leading her to write books and give lessons on growing herbs in Japan.