If you love watching Japanese movies and television programs, chances are you have already seen a geisha.

KYOTO – The Kyoto International Film and Art Festival (KIFF) returned for the fifth year last Oct. 11-14, presenting over 70 films from around the world and a series of art, cultural and United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) awareness events held at venues across the city.

TOKYO – Popstar Royalty Sarah Geronimo represented the Philippines in the 2nd ASEAN-Japan Music Festival at the NHK Hall in Shibuya on Oct. 4.

Do you find yourself getting an extra serving of this and that during autumn? You just can’t help yourself from getting a second serving of that delicious matsutake mushroom soup and a third slice of that rich and creamy pumpkin pie!