japanese

VICE meets Canada's real Lolitas, fans of a Japanese street fashion that promotes modesty and femininity with lacy dresses and bows. Watch as they prepare for a tea party where dozens will meet, socialize and feel empowered without being sexualized.

This pork is drenched in a delicious homemade miso sauce.

In this VICE Sports exclusive, we visit with two retired rikishis to get their take on life after sumo.

Watch and learn as supermodel actress Tao Okamoto takes us on a dreamy night out in her wonderful world.

In and out of the dojo, Byamba shows us how to shop, cook, and eat chankonabe--a Japanese stew eaten by sumo wrestlers to pack on the pounds.