This Valentine’s Day, women all over Japan gift chocolate to the men in their lives. But not every chocolate is a gesture of love, and the type of chocolate you receive may mean the difference between friendship or a declaration of love.
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Of all the Japanese fashion designers working today, there are none who have achieved the legendary aura that pursues Rei Kawakubo. As her Met retrospective winds to a close, we look back at the impact made by the revolutionary designer behind Comme des Garcons.
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Cycling is a year-long activity in Japan, even and especially when the weather gets chilly. From gear to ideal routes, we asked our friends at Tokyobike for their best tips.
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Our New Year’s tradition is back.
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On the weeks leading up to the New Year, postmen all over Japan prepare to deliver an onslaught of nengajo, New Year’s cards traditionally shared amongst families and friends. Here’s five things to know about this holiday tradition.
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The holiday season may be synonymous with turkey and gravy, but the reliable menu can grow stale. We revisit the traditional holiday dinner: a sophisticated, comforting pasta dish to serve family-style.
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Fish has been a festive staple of holiday dinners worldwide, especially in cultures that don’t eat red meat. Our take on the classic involves citrus, ginger, and cast iron.
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Nervous to buy your first cast iron piece? Don’t be. Here are five essential tips for taking care of your most important kitchen investment.
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Phaidon’s latest offering, “The Japanese Garden” is an in-depth exploration of the art, beauty, and cultural significance of the Japanese garden through the ages. In this exclusive excerpt, author Sophie Walker explores reflection as elemental in the design of a Japanese garden.
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This year’s Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival explores themes of incarceration and the struggle to define Japanese American identity during a particularly tense period in American history. Festival Director Rob Buscher picks his top 3 documentaries to catch.
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On a crisp Sunday morning in October, we stopped by United by Blue for a series of matcha tastings with some friends.
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With Halloween just around the corner, we called on our friend and Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival director Rob Buscher to decode his favorite Japanese horror movies.
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Ceramist Romy Northover talks to us about her creative process and shows us around her Brooklyn studio in anticipation of our upcoming matcha bowl collaboration.
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We go behind the scenes at Shofuso Japanese House’s hinoki roof restoration, the only one of its kind in the US and currently undergoing repairs by two uniquely qualified Japanese craftsmen.
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Le Corbusier said it best when he declared: “Chairs are architecture, sofas are bourgeois.” Learn what went into the making of our first chair, inspired by a mix of Danish mid-century design and Japanese traditional furniture.
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Eternity. Constancy. These are difficult standards to uphold in the world of ceramics, but eternity and constancy was exactly what Nunami Rouzan envisioned when he began producing Banko Yaki ceramics.
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There’s nothing quite like the perfect t-shirt. Here’s what went into making ours.
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Think of origami, and images of intricately folded and angular swans and flowers often come to mind. However, during last month's workshop, we learned that it can be so much more.
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