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- Photos: MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS – Milan Fashion Week Fall 2024
15 March 2024 11:16 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the debut MAISON YOSHIKI PARIS runway show in Milan.
Read More - Photos: Sun Below – New York Fashion Week Fall 2024
09 March 2024 5:45 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Sun Zone capsule showing at the Asia Fashion Collection Fall 2024 runway event in New York.
Read More - Photos: YAXIN ZONE – New York Fashion Week Fall 2024
09 March 2024 3:49 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the YAXIN ZONE capsule showing at the Asia Fashion Collection Fall 2024 runway event in New York.
Read More - Photos: MIARI SHIGETA – New York Fashion Week Fall 2024
08 March 2024 7:55 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the MIARI SHIGETA capsule showing at the Asia Fashion Collection Fall 2024 runway event in New York.
Read More - “One Second Ahead, One Second Behind” – 2023 Busan Film Review
07 March 2024 9:45 PM | No CommentsWith a sprinkling of sentiment and science fiction, it is a joy to witness how all the pieces fit together in this adaptation of the 2020 Taiwanese film "My Missing Valentine."
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*CLOSED* At Tokyo’s Sushi Bar Yasuda, a chef returns home
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 31, 2019 | No CommentsSemi-retirement for Naomichi Yasuda is a basement in Tokyo, working solo and serving his personal style of omakase. Does he care what you think? Maybe. -
Minatogawa StateSide Town – Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 29, 2019 | No CommentsIn this former military housing complex, rusty U.S. Mail boxes teeter beside cool boutiques, and American vintage goods spill off the shelves next door to uniquely Okinawan culinary creations. -
Eifuku Shokudo (栄福食堂, “Tony Soba”) – Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on June 22, 2019 | No CommentsTony Soba serves some of the cheapest bowls of Yaeyama soba one can find in Okinawa, and doubles as an unabashed shrine to a forgotten actor. -
Japan’s first A&W? It’s in Okinawa.
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 25, 2019 | No CommentsIn a part of Japan that has embraced Spam musubi and taco rice, it's easy to see why the A&W brand has survived for more than 55 years there. -
Bangkok’s Sushi Masato & Chef Masa’s favorite Tokyo restaurants
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 1, 2018 | No CommentsFood becomes an education at Sushi Masato, which serves dinner to 120 lucky patrons a week. Bonus: a list of Chef Masa's preferred places to eat in Tokyo. -
Minimalism and angles at Seoul’s Lotte Museum of Art
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on April 4, 2018 | No CommentsLocated in a quiet corridor of the Lotte World Tower, the opening exhibit by the late American artist Dan Flavin made ample use of the minimalist space. -
Snow King (雪王冰淇淋) ice cream, Taipei, Taiwan
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 26, 2018 | No CommentsSnow King is a popular ice cream shop with both standard and unusual flavors, several of which draw from locally available fruits and Taiwanese dishes. -
Jun Itami’s Bangju Church (방주교회) – Jeju, South Korea
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 14, 2018 | No CommentsTranslating in English to "Church of Sky," it is one of several projects helmed by the late architect on the island and was completed in 2009. -
Tadao Ando’s Bonte Museum (본태박물관), Jeju, South Korea
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 30, 2017 | No CommentsLike the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the art plays second fiddle to the architecture at the Bonte Museum on Jeju Island. (That's a good thing.) -
*CLOSED* Cofioca: Where K-pop stars grab their bubble tea fix (Seoul, Korea)
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on July 28, 2017 | No CommentsIts K-pop star power may be the draw for some, but the drink menu alone sets Cofioca apart from the bubble tea chains proliferating across Korea.