This year the Washoku Matsuri will again assemble some of the top Japanese chefs in Canada to personally serve you authentic signature Japanese dishes that has captivated foodies and culinary experts alike. As with last […]
Japan is famous for many things: food, animate, music and culture. On Halloween day, I would also want to remind you that Japan is also famous for their horror stories and urban legends. One time […]
I feel like the men I have introduced in my recent articles were too out of reach. Therefore, now I decide to introduce this multitalented wholesome f*ckboy named Eric Chou. This Taiwanese singer is nicknamed […]
I recall watching one of MC Jin’s interview on Youtube. He was telling the interviewee that he was really popular in Hong Kong back then, it was the equivalent of Justin Bieber of Hong Kong. […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by D E V P A T E L W O R L D 🌍 (@devpatelworld) on Sep 15, 2019 at 10:41am PDT The 29-year-old British Indian […]
Ross Fleming Butler is the token Asian actor in the Netflix drama series 13 Reasons Why. He is casted as Zach Dempsey. He was also Reggie Mantle in Riverdale. Butler was born in Singapore, to […]
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ryerson University (@ryerson_u) on Sep 17, 2019 at 7:39am PDT Justice Maryka Omatsu, the first woman of East Asian heritage to be appointed a judge in […]
This year the Washoku Matsuri will again assemble some of the top Japanese chefs in Canada to personally serve you authentic signature Japanese dishes that has captivated foodies and culinary experts alike. As with last […]
The world-renowned Japanese composer-conductor Joe Hisaishi makes his impressive first appearance in Toronto in 2020! Joe Hisaishi is the musical mastermind behind the scores of numerous films. This symphonic concert celebrates his long and fruitful collaboration […]
This was a 2-day celebration of Japanese Lolita and street fashion, with special Japanese fashion guests, Triple*Fortune. Before we go on about talking about the event, lets learn a little bit about Lolita fashion (for […]
How do the characters in Detective Conan remain the same age for 25 years? This is probably one of the hardest case to crack. However, last year when the movie Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer […]
Another ethnography of online spaces; read this a couple of months ago. Bonnie Nardi uses Dewey’s activity theory (never heard of this before the ethnography) to analyze World of Warcraft. Dewey’s theory allows us to […]
Last year, the Japanese-American gay icon (aka “lesbian Jesus”) Hayley Kiyoko’s viral hashtag #20GAYTEEN kicked off a year of LGBTQ visibility like never before. Janelle Monáe opened up about her being pansexual this April and […]
The stage events at Yoyogi Park on Sunday, April 28 and Monday April 29 had an impressive line-up and many gathered to witness the performances by celebrities promoting diversity. Many prominent figures in the Japanese […]
Tokyo Rainbow Parade (TRP), the Japan’s largest annual weeklong celebration of diversity in sexuality marked 25-year anniversary this year with the first promoting LGBTQ+ rights took place in 1994. The festivities stretched on for the […]
MUSUBU is a group of young professionals in the GTA who are proficient in Japanese. On May 17, the organization held its foundation ceremony and reception. Approximately 70 participants, composed primarily of young businessmen, attended […]
On May 3, 2018, an event to celebrate the 90th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Canada, hosted by the city of Mississauga, was held in Mississauga Civic Centre. In this remarkable 90th year […]
Muji Canada introduced the Juicer Mixer with Mill in October to its kitchen line-up. The mixer can make a wide range of cuisines such as soups and potages, while the mill can be used to […]
I feel like the men I have introduced in my recent articles were too out of reach. Therefore, now I decide to introduce this multitalented wholesome f*ckboy named Eric Chou. This Taiwanese singer is nicknamed […]
Another ethnography of online spaces; read this a couple of months ago. Bonnie Nardi uses Dewey’s activity theory (never heard of this before the ethnography) to analyze World of Warcraft. Dewey’s theory allows us to […]
Japan is famous for many things: food, animate, music and culture. On Halloween day, I would also want to remind you that Japan is also famous for their horror stories and urban legends. One time […]
Halloween in Japan is different from anywhere else. Unlike in the western countries, majority of people in Japan don’t do ‘trick or treating’ (because that’ll cause meiwaku to your neighbors and that is the last […]
I recall watching one of MC Jin’s interview on Youtube. He was telling the interviewee that he was really popular in Hong Kong back then, it was the equivalent of Justin Bieber of Hong Kong. […]
An entertaining, informative, non-technical, character-driven narrative and introduction to Bitcoin. Popper recounts the origins of Bitcoin: it was an attempt by fringe, anarchist-libertarian online communities (the Cypherpunks) to create a currency that decentralizes the power […]
Chikako was once Kikuji’s father’s plaything (Kikuji’s father, deceased in the novel, was a Japanese man of leisure with a reputation in tea ceremony). Kikuji remembers going with his father to Chikako’s home as a […]
Great book about Bitcoin by one of the leading educators of the technology. Some great, original insights as well. Bitcoin is “the concept of decentralization applied to the human communication of value” (p. 2), with […]
Have you ever wished to have a neighbor like Totoro? Or wish to have someone like Kiki to deliver your amazon package? Have you ever looked at your pet goldfish and wish he is secretly […]
