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Akita City “Kanto Matsuri” performance – 2024 Honolulu Festival
19 April 2025 7:57 AM | No CommentsThe Akita City Kanto Festival Executive Committee performed at the 2024 Honolulu Festival, showcasing music and pole-balancing stunts from its annual Kanto Matsuri.
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Petit Bateau Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
19 April 2025 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhy did a 132-year-old French casualwear brand, mostly focusing on children's fashion, decide to show at the Tokyo Fall/Winter 2025 collections?
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tiit tokyo Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
18 April 2025 9:30 PM | No CommentsAccording to the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO show notes, for the Fall/Winter 2025 season, the designers were "inspired by the Danish film "When Animals Dream.""
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Sumo: 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji retires, leaves lasting legacy
10 April 2025 11:57 AM | No CommentsThe Mongolian's calm, regal presence in the dohyo will certainly be missed, but there is no rest for the weary.
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Photos: Yousuke Haga – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
24 March 2025 3:05 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Yousuke Haga - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Japan Archive
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stella proseyn Fall 2014 – Tokyo Fashion Week
Megan LeePosted on March 19, 2014 | No CommentsThe stella proseyn Fall 2014 collection utilizes beautiful details, such as hidden zippers and Japanese tencel trimming, with equal care paid to craftsmanship. -
alice auaa Spring 2014: Goth with all the fixings
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on February 23, 2014 | No CommentsYasutaka Funakoshi's dramatic show proved to be a fitting conclusion to Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo - and for his loyal fans. -
Leather Japan Fall 2014: Art and fashion in New York
Yanek ChePosted on February 22, 2014 | No CommentsTokyo Fashion Week started a month early with the Leather Japan Fall 2014 exhibition in Chelsea's Thomas Erben Gallery. -
Theatre Products Spring 2014: Pre-Depression elegance with a twist
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on February 2, 2014 | No CommentsFrom a distance, the "Cabin" collection channels another era. What gives its age away are the subtle whimsical touches infused into various articles and accessories. -
araisara Spring 2014: Exacting technique lost in translation
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 8, 2013 | No CommentsA nocturnal setting and a centuries-old fabric dyeing technique merely served as wrapping paper for designer Sara Arai's underwhelming collection. -
Yukiko Hanai Spring 2014: Variety galore
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 5, 2013 | No CommentsHanai's collection included Cath Kidston-inspired blazers, and an assortment of breezy copper and khaki fare with Aztec patterns. -
Sise Spring 2014 – Tokyo Fashion Week
Megan LeePosted on November 4, 2013 | No CommentsTitled "Story of a Man," the collection featured menswear, shoes, accessories and bags, including a collaboration with famed Japanese company Porter. -
Paul Smith’s post-2011 earthquake fashion show in Japan, in photos
Megan LeePosted on November 2, 2013 | No CommentsPhotographer Hiroyasu Masaki captured Paul Smith's love letter to Japan: the first runway show in the country following the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. -
Han Ahn Soon Spring 2014: Lots of colors, little form
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 26, 2013 | No CommentsThe Han Ahn Soon Spring 2014 women's collection should have portrayed sugar, spice and everything nice with a "less is more" approach. -
Nozomi Ishiguro Spring 2014: Vintage, wrecked and reconstructed
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 24, 2013 | No CommentsThe Nozomi Ishiguro Haute Couture Spring 2014 collection tears your stash of clothes from the '70s and '80s apart, turning them into something different.