A delightful combo of fun and elegance! On the left, a kawaii-style bunny cookie resting on a juicy strawberry. On the right, ...

Learn how to make these satisfying and super kawaii cookies — from a smiling hot cocoa mug to a cupcake, cookie, cheeseburger ...

Ultra-cute as a lifestyle exploded throughout Japan in the 1950s and ’60s with artist Rune Naito, whose illustrations (and later, netsuke-style ceramics) of adorable girls and big-eyed animals ...

Louis Wain, Ginger Cat, 1931 [Image: courtesy of Bethlem Museum of the Mind/Somerset House] Of course, it would take hundreds of years for the cult of cute to go mainstream. For Catterall, the ...

In Japan, ‘cute’ is a big deal. Their own word for it, kawaii (“ka-why-ee”), is more of an ethos than an adjective. Shops and billboards are filled with big-eyed fluffy figures.

Integral to the global phenomena of cute, the exhibition asserts, is “kawaii,” a Japanese word which literally translates as “cuteness.” According to the exhibition, ...

AIEA, Hawaii (KHON2) — The “Kawaii Friends Fair” kicks off Thanksgiving weekend at Pearlridge Center. Kawaii means cute in Japanese, so you can expect there will be cute offerings from local ...