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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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The Americas Archive
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Pizza Brain: Food, memorabilia and culture in Philadelphia
Scott MillerPosted on December 31, 2012 | No CommentsIn the Fishtown neighborhood, four friends have made the dream of a pizza museum a reality. -
![Although 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 […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kogashi-miso-ramen-115x115.jpg "Battling crowds, assumptions, hunger: Ramen at New York’s Ippudo")
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 […] -
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. -
Feeding that “Asian Stomach” in Park City, Utah
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on January 20, 2008 | No CommentsPark City has plenty of options ranging from Japanese to Vietnamese to Asian fusion food. Here are a few places to dine at…or not. -
![Roberto Cavalli at H&M, thankfully, this was not. A patient gaggle of people stood outside in the cold, waiting for America’s first MUJI to open its doors to the public. […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/store-115x115.jpg "Magnificent, minimalist MUJI opens its doors in the U.S.")
Magnificent, minimalist MUJI opens its doors in the U.S.
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on November 17, 2007 | No CommentsRoberto Cavalli at H&M, thankfully, this was not. A patient gaggle of people stood outside in the cold, waiting for America’s first MUJI to open its doors to the public. […] -
The Great Lakes and More: My Michigan Road Trip
Scott MillerPosted on January 8, 2007 | No CommentsMichigan would be visited state No. 31 for the author. But one problem remained: What was there to do in Michigan? -
![Boston Zine Fair, Mar. 18-19, 2006 Let’s face it: Meniscus has been around for an eternity, at least when it comes to the world of ‘zines. Twelve years, to be exact. After […]](https://www.meniscuszine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/outlet-115x115.jpg "Taking a Bow in Beantown: 2006 Boston Zine Fair")
Taking a Bow in Beantown: 2006 Boston Zine Fair
Yuan-Kwan ChanPosted on March 20, 2006 | No CommentsBoston Zine Fair, Mar. 18-19, 2006 Let’s face it: Meniscus has been around for an eternity, at least when it comes to the world of ‘zines. Twelve years, to be exact. After […] -
2002 Powell Street Festival celebrates Japanese Canadian culture
I.H. KuniyukiPosted on August 5, 2002 | No CommentsThe theme of the 26th Powell Street Festival was "Living Communities," but the author got more than she bargained for some folks were too close for comfort.