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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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Graphic Novel Review: “Velvet” Vols. 1-2 (Issues 1-10)
Rex BaylonPosted on November 23, 2015 | No CommentsIt's not such a leap that Ed Brubaker would yet again craft an engaging noirish thriller for his readers in Velvet, an ongoing series that began in 2013. -
Photos: Scenes at New York Comic Con 2015
Kwai ChanPosted on November 17, 2015 | No CommentsMore photos from New York Comic Con 2015, including giant bunnies, Wonder Woman figurines, dead ringers for Johnny Depp / Jack Sparrow, and lots of lines. -
The characters of New York Comic Con 2015
Shelly XuPosted on October 23, 2015 | No CommentsOur photos from New York Comic Con 2015: An early prep for Halloween; a chance for artists to shine; and a display of inanimate humans, robots and animals. -
Book Review: The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 26, 2015 | No CommentsWith an assured, comedic and terrifying look at the tech changes sweeping the fashion industry, Sykes and Piazza leave no stone unturned in The Knockoff. -
Literary experts, translators discuss Haruki Murakami link
Megan LeePosted on June 11, 2015 | No CommentsTranslators and artists spoke at a Japan Society panel, "The Magical Art of Translation: From Haruki Murakami to Japan’s Latest Storytellers," in New York. -
Visual kei band Umbrella – Anime North 2015
Kwai ChanPosted on June 4, 2015 | No CommentsThe four members of visual kei group Umbrella (アンブレラ) were special guests at Anime North 2015, where they walked in a fashion show with UchuSentai:Noiz. -
Visual kei band UchuSentai:Noiz – Anime North 2015
Kwai ChanPosted on June 1, 2015 | No CommentsThe five members of UchuSentai:Noiz (宇宙戦隊NOIZ), an independent band from Japan, walked the runway in a fashion show at Anime North 2015 in Toronto. -
Giant Hello Kitty time capsule takes over New York
Megan LeePosted on May 9, 2015 | No CommentsUntil Sept. 13, a transparent Hello Kitty sculpture will sit on the corner of 47th Street and Second Avenue near the Japan Society in New York. -
Hong Kong Sevens 2015: Official (& unofficial) entertainment
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 5, 2015 | No CommentsAcrobats! The Village People! Cathay Pacific girls! A wannabe streaker! Check out the scheduled, and unscheduled, performances at the Hong Kong Sevens 2015. -
“A Ballerina’s Tale” – 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 29, 2015 | No Comments"A Ballerina's Tale" is a nice introductory look at African American dancer Misty Copeland's triumphs and tribulations, but is otherwise a lost opportunity.