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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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Busan 2022: Gang Dong-won (강동원) Actors’ House event photos
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 11, 2022 | No CommentsGang was in Busan to promote the film "Broker," which was directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. -
“Hail to Hell” (지옥만세) – 2022 Busan Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 8, 2022 | No Comments"Hail to Hell" is a look at how abuse can be a never ending downward spiral meets M.C. Escher drawing. -
Photos: Coach Spring 2023 – New York Fashion Week
Meniscus MagazinePosted on September 27, 2022 | No CommentsThe inspiration for the collection was American heritage, reimagined and evolved to adapt to "the next generation's fluid approach to fashion." -
“Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy” – 2021 Tokyo FILMeX Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on September 5, 2022 | No CommentsThe literal Japanese-to-English translation Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s unfortunately named anthology is the more appropriate title of a sharp unapologetic work navigating the twists and turns of life. -
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. -
Comiket 99 Zine Reviews: The Illustrators
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 12, 2022 | No CommentsA few illustrators decided to feature food and fashion in visually creative ways. -
Comiket 99 Zine Reviews: The Travelogues
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 10, 2022 | No CommentsPersonal travel diaries were aplenty at Comiket 99. Some were straightforward, detailing a destination(s) and daily random musings. Others, however, went a step further. Our recommendations follow that latter approach. -
Your Guide to Surviving* Comiket
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 4, 2022 | No Comments(* = there is really no way to survive Comiket, but hopefully this advice on how to tackle the semi-annual fan convention in Tokyo will help) -
Photos: Coach Winter 2022
Meniscus MagazinePosted on August 2, 2022 | No CommentsHigh school, Scooby Doo, Americana and "mall goth" rolled into one. -
Comiket 99: The cosplayers
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 2, 2022 | No CommentsThe 99th edition of Comiket marked an onsite return of a (limited) number of cosplayers after two years away from Tokyo Big Sight.