LIFESTYLE

The Japanese have a very distinct stereotype towards foreigners: the Japanese take bathes and foreigners take showers. Although there are many foreigners who beg to differ, the term “bath” is much different in Japan than it is anywhere else in the world.

Best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Asian American artist Maya Lin's latest artwork is once again the center of attention in an exhibition entitled Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes.

I have been warned. I have been repeatedly warned by family, friends and peers that Japan was full of perverts, which was why I smuggled peppy spray into my suitcase. At first I was skeptical, what man isn’t a pervert? No matter where I go in this world, there are bound to be perverts and unconventional behaviours

Growing up in the Iwate prefecture on the northeast coast of Japan, Chef Chie Shirahata was, from a young age, very interested in the art of food. Making her foray into the restaurant world by rolling sushi in a restaurant near her home, she quickly showed an aptitude for the art of sushi and was taken under the wing of

In Japan, Matcha is a variety of fine, powdered green tea used particularly in traditional Japanese tea ceremony, as well as to flavour and dye foods such as mochi and soba noodles, and of course, green tea ice cream.

During my two weeks in Osaka I was starting to accept Japan as my new home. This was a new rush euphoria. You see, I was training in Japan’s second largest city. I was slowly able to use the trains without asking for confirmation every single time, and navigating my way around the different platforms. I knew which

My sister and I grew up listening to our Japanese mother tell us stories about her childhood spent growing up in a small town outside Tokyo. My mother was born in 1925 and, like many others of her era, endured the Depression during her formative years. She belongs in the ranks of parents who scrape the mayonnaise jars

Contemporary Photography from China” includes the work of eight emerging artists living and working in China. Each artist has a distinct approach to the medium of photography that reflect altering responses to the changes taking place in China's economy, society and culture. For most of these artists in the

“Ethno” is derived from the word ethnicity; “centric” means centre, the only one, universal. Therefore, an ethnocentric person is one who views the world and others based on the values of their own culture and upbringings as the standard and only way.