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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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Arts Archive
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Spoken Word: Grady Hendrix’s “Summerland Lost: A Ghost Story in Progress” – 2016 Fantasia Film Festival
Paul KazeePosted on July 27, 2016 | No CommentsAmong the author's latest creations is a spoken word piece detailing the history of Spiritualism in the U.S., starting with the Fox sisters in 1848. -
Red carpet: “Check It” – 2016 Tribeca Film Festival
Ekaterina GolovinskayaPosted on July 2, 2016 | No CommentsDebbie Harry, Louis C.K. and Steve Buscemi attended the world premiere of "Check It," which documents a fashion-obsessed gang in Washington, D.C. -
Dim Sum Candles | BeCandle
Florence Coirier Giraudon, buyMeDesignPosted on June 18, 2016 | No CommentsIn Hong Kong, we came across some candles that looked way too delicious to burn. Find out more about BeCandle's dim sum candles from buyMeDesign. -
Jang Seunghyo – 2016 Singapore Contemporary Art Show
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 1, 2016 | No CommentsThe majority of Jang's work for sale at Singapore Contemporary 2016 objectified popular Korean pop stars such as Girls' Generation, EXO and BIGBANG. -
Kwon Kisoo – 2016 Singapore Contemporary Art Show
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 28, 2016 | No CommentsThe cartoon-like quality of Kwon Kisoo's pieces juxtaposes geometrical shapes with modern depictions of landscapes found in more traditional Korean art. -
Meniscus asks director Atsushi Funahashi about…NMB48
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 5, 2016 | No CommentsAn unlikely source asked Atsushi Funahashi to direct “Raise Your Arms and Twist – Documentary of NMB48,” which made its international premiere in Hong Kong. -
George Takei’s ongoing mission: An education of the past
Megan LeePosted on February 10, 2016 | No Comments“Allegiance” star George Takei appeared at the Japan Society to recount the impact of his experience at the post-Pearl Harbor internment camps. -
Simplicity Patterns at New York Comic Con 2015
Mai D. ChanPosted on February 7, 2016 | No CommentsSimplicity Patterns has gone online in an attempt to reach younger cosplay fans who prefer the DIY method over going to costume shops. -
Art: “Sōtatsu: Making Waves” exhibit in Washington, D.C.
Kwai ChanPosted on December 18, 2015 | No CommentsThe Sōtatsu: Making Waves exhibit is on display at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C., through Jan. 31, 2016. -
Graphic Novel Review: “Deadly Class” Vols. 1-3 (Issues 1-16)
Rex BaylonPosted on November 28, 2015 | No CommentsLike the '80s high school milieu it is set in, Deadly Class is a brutal heartbreaking read that will be an essential part of any comic fan's library.