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David Shrigley: “Untitled” (2025) – Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
13 June 2025 8:43 PM | No CommentsWhat if, in fact, the inner thoughts and mere existences of animals really were as simplistic, yet hilariously blunt, as one imagined?
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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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About Author: Francis Chin
Posts by Francis Chin
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Why ramen rules New York (and the world)
Francis ChinPosted on March 26, 2019 | No CommentsIn 2011, the Japan Society in New York decided to host an event on a growing culinary phenomenon - now a mainstream staple - in the city: ramen. -
“Steak (R)evolution” – 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Review
Francis ChinPosted on May 6, 2015 | No CommentsWhile for the most part "Steak (R)evolution" is a welcome contribution to world culinary knowledge, there are some beefs to this 130-minute treatise. -
Marble Lane wins Food Network’s 2012 NYC Sandwich Showdown
Francis ChinPosted on October 15, 2012 | No CommentsA Kobe beef patty and melted cheese between two slices of toast took home $5,000 and the title of Sandwich Showdown Champion.