UPDATE (January 27, 2026) — Due to unforeseen circumstances, this program has been canceled. Our exhibitions, including The House of Pikachu: Art, Anime, and Pop Culture, remain open to the public.

With digital overload and constant stress dominating life, soft colours and whimsical objects work like visual therapy. That’s what Kawaii interiors aims to do. When GS Shruti (@shrustudies), a ...

Discover the beauty of Enoshima Island in this stunning 4K walking tour. Just a short trip from Tokyo, Enoshima offers coastal views, historic shrines, lively streets, and peaceful nature trails. A ...

Escape the city with a relaxing 4K walking tour of Enoshima Island, a scenic destination just outside Tokyo. Explore coastal paths, spiritual shrines, ocean views, and local street life in one of ...

Many events are planned this year for the 75th anniversary of the first ascent of Annapurna, and the 70th anniversary of the first successful expeditions on Kangchenjunga and Makalu. But there is much ...

Nearly 50 years ago, a Japanese Women's Everest Expedition (JWEE) team was on its way to climb Mount Everest, and it faced an avalanche. While staying at a high altitude on May 4, 1975, the team was ...

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It was May 4 1975. The Japanese Women’s Everest Expedition team had been living at a high altitude for six weeks, and were less than a week away from their scheduled bid for the summit of Mount ...

The most controversial anime villains raise the greatest debates in the fandom since their motivations and the eventual outcomes of their actions are all so ingrained within the viewers. These ...

A team of Nintendo Wii modders have spent the past year creating a scaled-down version of the classic console that’s so small it literally fits on a keychain. The Kawaii measures just 60mm square and ...

Yasuda opens this biography of Junko Tabei (1939–2016), the first woman to summit Everest, with a description of a childhood trip to a mountain, where she first awakens to the excitement of climbing ...