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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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About Author: Rex Baylon
Posts by Rex Baylon
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Film Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “The Discarnates”
Rex BaylonPosted on November 14, 2015 | No CommentsThe need to visit the past is made literal in "The Discarnates," which marked Obayashi's return to the ghost story for the first time since “House.” -
Film Review: Nobuhiko Obayashi’s “I Are You, You Am Me”
Rex BaylonPosted on November 10, 2015 | No CommentsFar more sedate than his debut "House," Obayashi grew by leaps and bounds as an artist with "I Are You, You Am Me," a funny, honest coming-of-age story. -
“Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema” – 2015 SDAFF Review
Rex BaylonPosted on November 5, 2015 | No CommentsFor enthusiasts of Asian cinema, “Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema” will be a retread. However, for the neophyte it is a valuable 104-minute primer. -
“The Shameless” – 2015 NY Korean Film Festival Review
Rex BaylonPosted on November 4, 2015 | No CommentsIt is a testament to Jeon Do-yeon's natural charisma that she alone can rescue "The Shameless" (무뢰한) from being completely unremarkable. -
Andy & Debb Spring 2016 – Seoul Fashion Week
Rex BaylonPosted on October 27, 2015 | No CommentsRetro fashion has been a popular gimmick, but the Andy & Debb Spring 2016 collection successfully straddles the fine line between homage and parody. -
Gaze de Lin Spring 2016 – Seoul Fashion Week
Rex BaylonPosted on October 26, 2015 | No CommentsAlthough the Gaze de Lin Spring 2016 collection is minimalist in appearance, its unity in theme makes it one of the more successful collections in Seoul. -
HEICH ES HEICH Spring 2016 – Seoul Fashion Week
Rex BaylonPosted on October 24, 2015 | No CommentsThe moment when a cadre of Stormtroopers and Darth Vader emerged in the HEICH ES HEICH Spring 2016 show would have been when the needle broke. -
Romanchic Spring 2016 – Seoul Fashion Week
Rex BaylonPosted on October 22, 2015 | No CommentsA dogged determination to never veer too far away from the season's aesthetic contributed to a Romanchic Spring 2016 collection primarily of fluff. -
Kimdongsoon Ultimo Spring 2016 – Seoul Fashion Week
Rex BaylonPosted on October 20, 2015 | No CommentsVeering away from the street fashion that Seoul is well known for, the Ultimo Spring 2016 collection seemed to embrace worldly elegance with a vibrant color palette. -
ME:YOOMI Spring 2016 – Seoul Fashion Week
Rex BaylonPosted on October 19, 2015 | No CommentsThe theme for the ME:YOOMI Spring 2016 men's collection was "Freedom and Aspiration," but nothing about it evoked hope, ambition or a sense of openness.