Enjoy an anime character treasure hunt
If you are an anime fan and a smartphone user, why not come explore the area around JR Ogikubo and Nishi-Ogikubo stations? An event that gives you the opportunity to take photos of popular anime chara...
March 23, 2014
If you are an anime fan and a smartphone user, why not come explore the area around JR Ogikubo and Nishi-Ogikubo stations? An event that gives you the opportunity to take photos of popular anime chara...
“I’m sloppy and shy” Despite academic accolades and professional success, Aoi Yamazaki has remained humble. The POP☆COOL section is produced in cooperation with Sports Hochi (http://hoc...
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CHIBA—To learn the art of drawing shojo manga—comics for girls—like a proper artist, learning from a pro may be the fastest way. An illustration school at Aeon Mall Makuhari New City in Chiba se...
I went to Taipei recently to participate in the Fancy Frontier, Taiwan’s largest event for dojin manga magazine fans, on Feb. 15 and 16. Dojin manga magazines are publications privately published an...
Nambu ironware has been crafted over the last 400 years in current Iwate Prefecture, a treasure house of traditional handicrafts. An exhibition under way at Panasonic Corp.’s Shiodome Museum in Tok...
I’ve traveled to such countries as France, Italy, South Korea, Spain, Russia and Brazil as the producer of the “Kawaii Ambassadors” (Cute ambassadors) program under the auspices of the Foreign M...