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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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Japan Archive
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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. -
Photos: CLOT x sacai x Nike LDWaffle shoes
Meniscus MagazinePosted on August 31, 2021 | No CommentsThe collaboration marks the first time that all three brands have worked with each other. -
Photos: Lagos Fashion Week 2019
Andie DavisPosted on February 15, 2020 | No CommentsScenes from our first season of coverage at Lagos Fashion Week, which showcased designs from Nigeria, the rest of Africa and even Japan. -
Theatre Products Fall 2017 – New York Fashion Week
Megan LeePosted on February 15, 2017 | No CommentsHailing from Japan, the Theatre Products Fall 2017 New York Fashion Week collection was full of of shapeless clothing amounting to not much at all. -
Harajuku fashion in Tokyo: A look back at 2006 and 2010
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on February 9, 2017 | No CommentsThe closure of legendary Harajuku fashion magazine FRUiTS got me thinking back to the first of many trips to Japan over the ensuing decade. -
A moment of zen for Tokyo fashion label No,No,Yes!
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 9, 2016 | No CommentsSpecializing in leather ready-to-wear fashion and accessories, No,No,Yes! combines the aesthetic of origami with some rather avant garde preparations. -
Baby, the Stars Shine Bright – Anime North 2015
Kwai ChanPosted on June 13, 2015 | No CommentsHeadlined by model Midori Fukasawa, one of the highlights at Anime North 2015 was a fashion show by Baby, the Stars Shine Bright, and its sister label. -
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. -
Toronto’s Anime North 2015: Brides, robots and snakes
Kwai ChanPosted on June 3, 2015 | No CommentsAnime North 2015 took place from May 22 to 24, providing another opportunity for attendees to dress up in all sorts of costumes and Japan-inspired fashion. -
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.