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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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Featured Archive
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s lone surviving Tokyo building: The Jiyu Gakuen Myonichikan
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 24, 2022 | No CommentsThe American architect designed 14 buildings in Japan. However, only one of Wright's Tokyo structures remains fully intact. -
Comiket 99 Zine Reviews: The Illustrators
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 12, 2022 | No CommentsA few illustrators decided to feature food and fashion in visually creative ways. -
Comiket 99 Zine Reviews: The Travelogues
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 10, 2022 | No CommentsPersonal travel diaries were aplenty at Comiket 99. Some were straightforward, detailing a destination(s) and daily random musings. Others, however, went a step further. Our recommendations follow that latter approach. -
Your Guide to Surviving* Comiket
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 4, 2022 | No Comments(* = there is really no way to survive Comiket, but hopefully this advice on how to tackle the semi-annual fan convention in Tokyo will help) -
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. -
POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Tristan Eaton & Matthew Eaton
Kwai ChanPosted on July 30, 2022 | No CommentsBrothers Tristan and Matt Eaton created a mural that honors their uncle, Ralph “Rabindra” Danks. -
POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Jay Howell
Kwai ChanPosted on July 10, 2022 | No CommentsThe original character designer of Bob's Burgers, Jay Howell's mural is located at 700 'Auahi St. in Honolulu. -
POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Tatiana Suarez
Kwai ChanPosted on May 13, 2022 | No CommentsTatiana Suarez's mural is located next to Lana Lane Studios in Kaka'ako. -
POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Kai’ili Kaulukukui
Kwai ChanPosted on April 29, 2022 | No CommentsKai'ili Kaulukukui's mural, "Hilo Honu," was painted on Auahi Street in the Honolulu neighborhood of Kaka'ako. -
POW! WOW! Hawaii 2020: Kaplan Bunce
Kwai ChanPosted on January 21, 2022 | No CommentsKaplan Bunce (Instagram: @kapache1) is a Native American artist based in Hawai'i.