Day: July 22, 2025

First-ever permanent Pokémon amusement park attractions look like they’re going to be international traveler-friendly too. With each new generation the Pokémon franchise moves to a new region, but as fans…

Gambling regularly tops lists of unattractive behaviors in Japan, so how did one of the country’s most notable hobbies surpass it? You can’t buy love, but that doesn’t mean there’s…

A special treat for fans of the legendary anime director’s pre-Ghibli work. It’s easy to look at Hayao Miyazaki’s enviable body of work at Studio Ghibli, which spans more than…

Through a mixed-media approach combining oil paint with the soft definition of embroidery fiber, Daniela García Hamilton explores intergenerational bonds in tender, narrative canvases. A first-generation American from a Mexican…

As visitors wander through a mile-stretch of Filoli’s Natural Lands this summer, they’ll encounter a group of eager wooden characters ready to share their wisdom. Trolls: Save the Humans is…

Ruling the land from inside a Japanese fortress. As we enter a brave new world, where AI rapidly continues to permeate society, we’re now being fed recommendations based on algorithms…

Our experience traveler/capsule hotel newbie spends a night at Apaiser. Though a night in one is a quintessentially Japanese travel experience, the majority of capsule hotels don’t accept female guests.…

From the spiral shells of prehistoric ammonites to uncanny depictions of organs and fish, Hiné Mizushima has a knack for combining cuteness and humor with the unusual and unseen. The…

How much does hockey history change if the first round of the NHL playoffs had stayed best-of-five?

“For me it’s been kind of gradual, which I think is nice,” Kreider said of the transition. “I don’t know; I have nothing to compare it to."