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Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and cultural soft power. Dressed in a kimono, Hello Kitty performs a classical ...

Convenience stores, a very American concept for people on the go, were first introduced in Japan in the 1970s. Today, they’re an intrinsic part of life throughout the country – even more so than in ...

Misa Kimura was still a student from Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, when she visited Tokyo’s Harajuku neighborhood for the first time. It felt like stepping into a dream. “Every kind of clothing or ...

Since they first showed up in the 1980s, pellet grills have been bridging the gap between two approaches to outdoor cooking that were once thought to be mutually exclusive: propane grilling, with its ...

Weber has been making grills for nearly 75 years, but it's relatively new to pellet smokers. Following last year's debut of the Searwood line, it released the Smoque earlier this year, a more ...

Want to expand your culinary repertoire beyond barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers this summer? Consider a smoker. Whereas a grill cooks meat directly over a flame, smokers use indirect heat to cook ...

Every major holiday as a kid, we’d drive to Dallas from Houston and stop off to eat at Woody’s Smokehouse. It was the kind of place that served smoked brisket and links by the pound, only had tea to ...

Chiikawa, a contraction of the Japanese phrase nanka chiisakute kawaii yatsu, which means something like “so small and cute,” refers to the adorable animal characters that appear in a manga series ...

I love the taste of smoked foods, but hate babysitting a smoker all day. Plus, I live in Michigan: smoking outdoors is out of the question for half the year. After using the GE Profile Smart Indoor ...