During the rebuilding of Japan after World War II, a Japanese toy designer took a discarded tin can and molded it into an intricate model car. Just inches in length, it created a phenomenon in the ...

A lot of people know Blairsville-based David Chaek for his large portfolio of photography and sign/graphic work. What most people don’t know, however, is that Chaek has an extensive collection of ...

Don't worry about having to memorize the phrase, "Klaatu barada nikto," in Kevin Hardy's house, because Gort isn't there. Not that Hardy wouldn't pounce on the chance to place a bid if Gort ever ...

The Japan Society in New York has an unusual exhibit featuring a collection of Japanese tin toys from the early post-WWII period. It’s called “Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys from the Golden Age of the ...

The tango was introduced in Argentina about 1902, but the dance didn’t become a craze until about 1916. It spread to Paris, the United States and Europe and remained a favorite until the 1920s. Early ...

In 1945, Matsuzo Kosuge, a Japanese toy designer, picked a tin can off the streets of Kyoto, which had been spared the devastation of U.S. bombing because of its religious significance, and fashioned ...