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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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Food Archive
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Bangkok street food takes center stage at Viral Fest Asia 2017
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 9, 2017 | No CommentsBoasting fare above the quality of typical Bangkok outdoor weekend markets, the Viral Fest Asia 2017 made sure that music lovers did not go hungry. -
Morocco, Haiti win awards at 2017 Embassy Chef Challenge in D.C.
Kwai ChanPosted on May 31, 2017 | No CommentsThe Judges' Choice Award was given to Chef Moha Fedal of Morocco. Chef Cynthia Verna from Haiti won the People’s Choice Award. -
The last hurrah for Tsukiji Fish Market & Ichiba Sushi?
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 24, 2016 | No CommentsWe look at photos of Tsukiji Fish Market and Ichiba Sushi (市場すし), with the future of both in doubt following a scheduled relocation in November 2016. -
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. -
10th Annual Kosher Food & Wine Experience in New York
Shelly XuPosted on May 28, 2016 | No CommentsFollowing a sister event in London and preceding another in Los Angeles, the 10th annual Kosher Food & Wine Experience took place at Pier 60. -
Qiaotou Tai Chen Meat Bun (橋頭肉包) (Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 15, 2016 | No CommentsIn Taiwan's second-largest city, the Qiaotou Tai Chen Meat Bun shop produces quality mantou that is seemingly difficult to find even throughout Asia. -
*UPDATED* Ozaki wagyu beef: Ryukyu Chinese Dining TAMA, Tokyo
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 10, 2016 | No CommentsOzaki beef may be rare in terms of sheer quantity, but at Ryukyu Chinese Dining TAMA ((琉球チャイニーズダイニング TAMA) a 100-gram plate will set you back only 1500 yen. -
We ask chef Jun Tanaka: The Ninth vs. The Pearl?
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 14, 2015 | No CommentsWe asked London chef Jun Tanaka what he would be able to do at The Ninth, which opens Nov. 23, that he could not within the confines of a hotel restaurant. -
“Off the Menu: Asian America” – 2015 SDAFF Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 14, 2015 | No CommentsFilmmaker Grace Lee's documentary "Off the Menu: Asian America" is a swift but engaging look at a complicated culinary landscape in the United States. -
Erik Shirai’s “The Birth of Saké” – 2015 Tribeca Film Review
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 22, 2015 | No CommentsA startlingly intimate view of a little-known craft, “The Birth of Saké” details the arduous production of the Japanese beverage at a traditional brewery.