Day: July 7, 2025

“The Beginning of Kawaii” exhibition explores the backstories of famous Sanrio characters and more.  60 years and over 450 characters after its founding, Japanese entertainment company Sanrio shows no signs…

Lawson convenience stores adding car camping program at select locations. When looking for a place to spend the night while traveling in Japan, the standard first question you need to…

Get a grandma delivered right to your door. As we’ve seen time and time again, the cost of living is steadily on the rise in Japan, and while it’s expected…

“I grew up in the magical realist tradition, not only in terms of literature and painting but as a school of thought and culture,” Christian Ruiz Berman says. Endlessly interested…

Now-former gangsters promise to stop raising hell. Ordinarily, if two or three dozen gang members are all in a police station at the same time, there’s been some sort of…

From myriad swaths of vivid, translucent fabric, Rachel B. Hayes conjures striking installations that transform our experiences of both interior spaces and expansive natural landscapes. The Tulsa-based artist suspends large-scale…

“Did we keep you waiting?” Tanabata, also sometimes called “the star festival,” is an annual celebration in which people write wishes on strips of paper and tie them to bamboo…

“Mythology and folklore surrounding moths and butterflies carries complex and sometimes contradictory symbolism,” artist Larysa Bernhardt says. “I was always attracted to their paradoxical nature.” While on one hand, she…

Let’s just say we’re officially into the NHL’s slow period. Here's what's still unsettled.

Most file sharing today takes place through cloud services, but that's not always necessary. Local file transfers are still relevant, letting people send files directly between devices on the same…