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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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Travel Archive
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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. -
LIE SANGBONG New York boutique features fashion, art
Megan LeePosted on September 26, 2015 | No CommentsThe LIE SANGBONG boutique in the Meatpacking District features the signature ready-to-wear line and its younger label, LIE, as well as the Blank Space gallery. -
studioMilou | National Gallery Singapore
Florence Coirier Giraudon, buyMeDesignPosted on April 17, 2015 | No CommentsbuyMeDesign interviewed Jean-François Milou, principal architect and lead partner of studioMilou, about his studio’s design concepts for the National Gallery Singapore. -
From the Land of Cheesesteaks, the joints that reign supreme
Scott MillerPosted on April 8, 2015 | No CommentsPhiladelphia is a city of great eating! Some classic Philly inventions include soft pretzels and Tastykakes…but is there anything quite like the Philly cheesesteak? -
2014 Korean Food Festival in NY offers cultural delights
Christopher BournePosted on October 17, 2014 | No CommentsThe 2014 Korean Food Festival will give people the opportunity to sample food products and participate in fun activities on Oct. 17 and 18 in Times Square. -
Zang Toi: Fashion, furniture and food – Malaysia style
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on August 28, 2014 | No CommentsWhile the fashion designer runs his primary operations out of New York, on the other side of the world, his company has a distinctly different feel. -
Su Xiaobai’s simplicity graces Art Basel Hong Kong 2014
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on May 20, 2014 | No CommentsBy his own admission, the German-trained, Shanghai-based contemporary artist's preference for pureness over complication transfers into his work.