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In the Winter of 2023, I had a wonderful opportunity to be part of the production team Tales of Two and One Boohoo at my school’s theatre program, Regal Rendition. Tales of Two and One Boohoo was an entirely student-produced children’s p...

【What is a "Trickster"? 】 When you first hear the word “trickster,” what do you think of? Perhaps you think of a cunning fox who uses their wits to confuse the protagonists or a small faery who indulges in pranking characters for their...

【What is a "Trickster"? 】 When you first hear the word “trickster,” what do you think of? Perhaps you think of a cunning fox who uses their wits to confuse the protagonists or a small faery who indulges in pranking characters for their...

【What is a "Trickster"? 】 When you first hear the word “trickster,” what do you think of? Perhaps you think of a cunning fox who uses their wits to confuse the protagonists or a small faery who indulges in pranking characters for their...

The valley of Mānoa, located east of downtown Honolulu on the island of Oahu, is known to be a lush, green valley with daily rain showers. Like all existing natural phenomena, a creation story is passed down through various generations i...

【】 Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), known as the "father of Japanese folklore studies," was a multifaceted intellectual who pursued a complex career as a bureaucrat in the Japanese government, a scholar, and most importantly, a folklorist. ...