Day: October 14, 2025

No fuss, no muss, no people. The banana cream-filled cakes made by Tokyo Banana are such a famous souvenir present that our writer Mr. Sato always takes some with him…

Witches can put their brooms to good use at this Halloween event an hour outside downtown Tokyo. Halloween is just around the corner, and so you’re probably going to be…

In 2016, while artist McKay Lenker Bayer was still an undergraduate, her professor assigned the class the task of exhibiting their work. Unsure about presenting her work to the public,…

Gorton and Hughes getting five more years was an easy decision for owner Geoff Molson, but the challenge ahead is immense.

Chicago's home arena went dark for about four seconds late in the opening period Monday night.

Hughes remains general manager, while Gorton was promoted from executive vice president to president of hockey operations.

Our ace reporter learns that the fried balls of octopus in Kansai are not quite what he expected. Many people associate the Kansai region of Japan with takoyaki, the quintessential…

Beneath ominous skies and set within flat, green parkland, Lee Madgwick’s folly-like buildings strike an unsettling note. His surreal paintings feature dilapidated facades and uncanny shrubbery against cloudy, deep gray…

The NHL season is officially one week old. Were we wrong about everything? We might have been, yeah, but we’ve got it all figured out now.

A unique way to see some very different Tokyo neighborhoods. Tokyo Big Sight is Tokyo’s premier convention center, and as such you might expect it to be located in the…