Alexia Duchêne, from 'Top Chef' to New York: 'Americans love the spectacle'

Former 'Top Chef' semi-finalist Alexia Duchêne opened Le Chêne restaurant in New York in May. In a bourgeois setting, the ...
The Pantagraph

Virtual reality opens doors for older people to build closer connections in real life

Many retirement developments serve as a tranquil refuge for older people who can no longer traveling to faraway places or ...

8 new cookbooks begging to be put to good winter use

A donabe is a Japanese earthenware pot. It’s also the name of a style of one-pot dishes. Naoko Moore walks you through ...
France 24

From predator to plate: Japan bear crisis sparks culinary craze

Since Japan recorded a spike in deadly bear attacks, Koji Suzuki has struggled to keep up with booming demand for grilled ...
The New Yorker

Feast Your Eyes on Japan’s Fake Food

Lifelike food replicas have long been a fixture of Japanese dining culture. Now, in an exhibition at Japan House, they are being spotlighted as art.
The Brooklyn Paper

Holiday Craft Fair returns to Japan Village with 2 days of local makers, art and seasonal shopping

Sunset Park’s Japan Village is gearing up for one of its most beloved community events of the year: the annual Holiday Craft Fair. Returning on Dec. 13 and 14 on the second floor of Sunrise Market ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Japanese tourist village battles to keep bears at bay

Visitors take souvenir photos next to a bear warning sign at Shirakawa-go, a popular tourist spot and one of Japan’s UNESCO World Heritage sites, in Shirakawa village, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bear ...
automaton-media

Rune Factory 4’s creators are doing everything they left undone in their new life sim RPG Farnia Village. We ask them what comes after the massively successful Kickstarter

ManaGames, a new studio led by former Rune Factory series developers, recently announced its debut game – Farnia Village. The upcoming title is in development for PC (Steam) and DLsite, with future ...
Houston Chronicle

'Rental Family' spotlights real-life Japanese businesses that offer fill-in relatives, friends

TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Ichinokawa's life could be right out of the movie “Rental Family” as the founder nearly two decades ago of the Heart Project business in Japan, which he bills as a surrogate ...
gematsu

Slow life simulation game Japanese Rural Life Adventure coming to Switch, PC

Fix up an old house, make the yard nice, grow your own crops, and become self-sufficient. View the cherry blossoms in the spring; Attend the festival in the summer; Eat roasted sweet potatoes in the ...