Most often than not, the beauty trends we follow start somewhere else and make their way to us months (sometimes years) later. Recently, kawaii nail art has been bubbling up on Instagram and TikTok, ...

Japanese "KAWAII" Culture through Free Exhibition & Harajuku Day Pop-Up Event JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles is pleased to announce the opening of “Yes, KAWAII is Art -EXPRESS YOURSELF-” in partnership with ...

Japanese leading contemporary artist Takashi Murakami showed up in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan for his first exhibition in the country in 10 years. Inspired by Japan’s “otaku” subculture ...

Japan's 'cute culture' has been taking over the world for a while now, but its history and background remain somewhat underappreciated. This exhibition, entitled 'Jakuchu's Adorability and Shoen's ...

Japanese street fashion and alternative culture has been more influential than many realize and this new exhibit featuring work by the man many consider the “king of Kawaii” – Sebastian Masuda– makes ...

If this sounds hard to believe, you can experience the kawaii poop culture at the Unko Museum Okinawa, which opened in ...

Long before the current obsession with all things kawaii, there was Rune Naito, the artist whose 1960s pictures of dishy girls and characters like the doe-eyed Runepanda laid the groundwork for an ...

Cuteness is not a quality that often gets much air time in the rarified halls of an art museum. Its commercial appeal may have exploded in recent decades, flooding shop shelves and social media feeds ...

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