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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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2010 Food Network NYC Festival: Milk, cookies and stone crabs
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe 2011 Food Network NYC Wine & Food Festival is now in full swing, and what is now an annual event boasts a packed lineup of celebrity chef appearances, restaurants […] -
Battling crowds, assumptions, hunger: Ramen at New York’s Ippudo
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on December 16, 2010 | No CommentsAlthough the subject of this long-delayed second column was to focus on an education of ramen in the dish’s motherland, a recent bout of cold weather and the calendar have […] -
2010 Plate by Plate food benefit supports Manhattan’s Chinatown
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 15, 2010 | No CommentsProject by Project, an organization dedicated to serving the Asian American community, ran its third Plate by Plate gala of the year in New York. -
SXSWXF (South by Southwest by Food): A Glutton’s Guide to Austin
Wade-Hahn ChanPosted on December 22, 2009 | No CommentsThe motto of the average Austinite is “Keep Austin Weird,” but there’s nothing strange about Austin’s chow. -
Take Shelter! It’s Nuclear Tacos at SXSW
Wade-Hahn ChanPosted on December 11, 2009 | No CommentsThe infamous Nuclear Tacos event is an annual occurrence at SXSW. Unfortunately, I didn't really consider the "nuclear" end of that free taco bargain. -
Annual Chinatown eating contest celebrates dumpling devourers
Pei ChienPosted on October 24, 2009 | No CommentsThe sixth annual Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest was held at the Sara D. Roosevelt Park in the Lower East Side on Sat., Oct. 24, 2009. -
Bacon, blues and expanding bellies at the Food Network NYC Festival
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 12, 2009 | No CommentsOne mere whiff of the air after stepping onto the third floor of The Standard New York made the theme of the evening’s festivities instantly obvious: bacon – and lots […] -
Food Network Festival guests satisfy sweet tooth
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on October 12, 2009 | No CommentsNot for the diabetic or faint of heart, Godiva Chocolatier presented the SWEET event at the 2009 Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival. -
South by Southwest Interactive: The parties, the lounges
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 19, 2009 | No CommentsOne thing was for sure at South by Southwest Interactive: Despite the Tweets, Meetups and Mashups, nothing beats socializing in person. -
Superheroes melt the 2009 Chocolate Show New York runway
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on February 15, 2009 | No CommentsHalloween came a little bit late for those attending the opening night fashion show gala at the 11th Annual Chocolate Show New York last November, but it was worth the […]