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Can fashion define a generation or is it transgenerational? We ask, they answer, you decide.
Read Article >>Discover the creative process of crafting new sake and beer flavors from James Jin, the cofounder of Nova Brewing, and peek into life as a small business owner.
Read Article >>Creating a sustainable wardrobe doesn’t mean throwing out all of your fast fashion pieces. Keep what you already have and adjust how you care for them.
Read Article >>The full infographic to accompany the "Japanese Fashion Through the Years" article.
Read Article >>There are three movies/TV shows I watch annually: The Last Samurai, Lost In Translation, and Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown (specifically season 8, episode 6 entitled “Japan with Masa”).
Read Article >>The color palettes, articles of clothing, and silhouettes that I've tried out here are trends that I would never have been willing to try out in America.
Read Article >>Meet Darin Maki: founder of CRFT by Maki, a culture brand based in Little Tokyo.
Read Article >>Style guide for AKASHI-KAMA's signature piece, the Noragi Jacket.
Read Article >>Continuing our two-part article series, this second article focuses on the unique community, design, and impact of Japangeles beyond just the business aspects.
Read Article >>Personal color consultation will tell you what colors look best on you. For a mom of two, it meant the beginning of a chromatastic adventure.
Read Article >>There’s a lot more to Japanese fashion than you can imagine. Let’s take a look at some major points of fashion in Japan.
Read Article >>What could gentrification taste like? How might erasure alter sight and sound? This story was originally written for the 2021 Little Tokyo Historical Society's annual short story contest.
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Move beyond the comparison game and discover the true purpose of Culture Nights. Learn how building community and educating audiences are the key ingredients to success.
You should travel as far and as wide as possible. It's the only way to taste the fullness of life.
This trip was more than just another vacation to Hawaii, it was my family’s chance to walk through my grandpa’s memory lane alongside him.
Learning to balance my frugality alongside some fatherly finance advice.
Being vegan in Japan can seem daunting, but with the recent popularity of plant-based cuisine across the major cities, it can be easy to find filling and tasty vegan meals!
After painstaking trial and error spanning 30+ batches, three years, and three separate mochitsuki’s, we’ve compiled the essential notes for the “Goldilocks” zone of mochi consistency and texture: think not too hard, not too soft… just right.
I’m here to guide you through the unbearable and excruciating… I mean, FUN AND ACTION-PACKED opportunity of being dragged…BROUGHT to a bases of ball game.
Not a productive life hack or daily routine schedule, just a real look at what it's like to be a Work at Home Mom.
Move beyond the comparison game and discover the true purpose of Culture Nights. Learn how building community and educating audiences are the key ingredients to success.
As Asian Americans, we too can lose sight of music as a border-defying site of home-making. Too often, Asian American artists and musicians are embroiled in Black cultural appropriation just to shed these ornamentations later in favor of another aesthetic. So how do we make a better home for each other in our music?
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