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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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Travel Archive
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Photos: Downtown Palm Springs – California, U.S.A.
Ali ZandiPosted on November 4, 2022 | No CommentsThe Del Marcos Hotel, The Plaza Theatre and more. -
Kisurin Aoyama (希須林 青山) – Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 28, 2022 | No CommentsKisurin primarily offers Chinese food that, on the surface, looks like a fusion take. But in reality this is much closer to the real thing. -
Gonzalo Lebrija’s “History of Suspended Time (A monument for the impossible)” – Palm Springs, Calif., U.S.A.
Ali ZandiPosted on October 27, 2022 | No CommentsLocated on the grounds of the Palm Springs Art Museum, the Mexican artist's piece is intended to be on display for a year. -
The odd town of Niland, California, U.S.A.
Ali ZandiPosted on October 26, 2022 | No CommentsNiland is an odd, empty, graffiti covered town where the population dropped to about 500 people in mid-2020. -
The Palm Springs Windmills – California, U.S.A.
Ali ZandiPosted on October 23, 2022 | No CommentsExploring the desert near Palm Spring's iconic wind turbines. -
Palm Springs in a different light – California, U.S.A.
Ali ZandiPosted on October 19, 2022 | No CommentsPhotos of the city of Palm Springs captured with an infrared camera. -
Salvation Mountain – California Desert, U.S.A.
Ali ZandiPosted on October 18, 2022 | No CommentsSalvation Mountain is an art installation that is maintained by the friendly and vibrant locals who enjoy living off the grid. -
The Palm Springs Visitor Center – California, U.S.A.
Ali ZandiPosted on October 17, 2022 | No CommentsPhotos of the Palm Springs Visitor Center, captured in the early morning with humid and dusty skies. -
The giant Marilyn Monroe statue – Palm Springs, Calif., U.S.A.
Ali ZandiPosted on October 12, 2022 | No CommentsThe 26-foot tall Marilyn Monroe sculpture is considered the Eiffel Tower of Palm Springs, Calif., but it also has a colorful history. -
Frank Lloyd Wright’s lone surviving Tokyo building: The Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 24, 2022 | No CommentsThe American architect designed 14 buildings in Japan. However, only one of Wright's Tokyo structures remains fully intact.