The mooncake season is on us again, with Mid-Autumn Festival taking place this year on 21 September. Traditionally, mooncakes have...
Touched by Japanese craftsmen's single-minded devotion to quality, Tong hopes to emulate this spirit in Singapore with his watch straps. Each of his handcrafted straps is a piece of Japanese culture and tells its own unique story.
Leong Minyi is a Singaporean textile artist specializing in traditional Japanese dyeing techniques. Her Yukata design was displayed alongside works of artists from countries like Austria, Canada, China, USA, etc. in the 11th International Shibori Symposium. She shares about how her journey apprenticing in Japan and meeting the late renowned...
Where is home, truly? Mika Tan and Yuki Takeda, a Singaporean-Japanese couple, talk to us over tea about the joys...
Akadot TV collaborates with Hikarin, popular J-pop cover singer in Singapore! Hikari has just returned as a soloist after the...
Japan is a land of four seasons, unlike here in Singapore where we have only two – hot or rainy. For this month, I want to focus on the current season– autumn, or aki in Japanese!
3-D drawings featuring alluringly fluffy lions and glittery rainbows – chalk artist Rica does this all effortlessly using simple oil...
This heritage center pays no shortage of tribute in memoriam to the local forces, but it also implores us to explore the gravitas of conflict and the measures that good men and women must take to prevent such atrocities from happening ever again.
Evacomics is a web comic series that first rose to fame with its “Japan versus Singapore” comparison comic strips, which presented cultural differences in everyday life between the two countries with a light-hearted and witty narration. The well-loved series was also published in compilation books “Eva, Kopi and Matcha” (2014)...
In my previous article, I've talked about my struggles of getting to know people in Japan. Fortunately, I think I've cracked the formula on how to be part of Japanese society, which is actually pretty common sense.
Hello! I am Koh-sensei, and welcome to my column. I'll be sharing tidbits about Japan, from language to culture every month, and I'd like to discuss about the word 'sensei' for my inaugural piece.
Mina-san, konnichiwa! For those of you learning Japanese, I believe that there are times where you feel the urge to use what you have mastered so far outside of the classroom – for instance, while on holiday in Japan, or to watch anime or listen to Japanese music without referring...
Most Japanese expats would be intimately familiar with MBS, the Merlion, and the glitz and glam a la Crazy Rich...
Hinamatsuri, or Dolls’ Day, falls on 3rd March each year. We speak to 2 Singapore-based Japanese ladies to find out what it means to be a Japanese woman in this day and age.
