The images were scanned from the book ‘Youkai hyakumonogatari emaki’ (妖怪百物語絵巻) published by Kokusho Kankokai in 2003. Fortunately it includes a transcription of the cursive script, along with some notes on the old Japanese and the book has a little commentary about each monster. The Bakemono Zukushi handscroll, painted in the Edo period (18th-19th century) [...]

Being a successful actor is more than looking good on screen and being able to bring a script to life. Recognizing a good thing when you see one can be the crucial twist in their carriers. Bad luck and poor choices are a big part of Hollywood lore. Careers have been made or broken [...]

Performed in the central and southern highlands of Peru, the Scissors Dance is a traditional event that tests the physical and spiritual strength of the participants. Westerners usually regard “La Danza de las Tijeras” as a physical test where two men have to prove their dexterity and resistance to pain, but to the people of [...]

It is a very topical issue today when the summer heat came in force. These pictures were taken in New York in 1953 and show children having fun with a fire hydrant and fighting with a heat wave back then. I guess, not much has changed since then, I would love to do this too. [...]

Somebody likes to take pictures of nature. Others enjoy taking pictures of themselves, their family and friends. But there are people like Danny Santos II who like to take photos of strangers on the city streets. This photographer lives in Singapore. So far he has about 65 portraits of strangers, but his goal is to [...]

To be a good photographer is not an easy task. You really need to have a good eye and to recognize a good shot when you have it. There are a lot of the people with cameras and hey automatically think that if they have a cam they are photographers, and that simply doesn’t work [...]

Antisa Khvichava from western Georgia was born on July 8, 1880. The woman, who lives with her 40-year-old grandson in an idyllic vine-covered country house in the mountains. She retired from her job as a tea and corn picker in 1965, when she was 85, records say. Her age couldn’t immediately be independently verified. Her [...]

Crazy as it may look, this is for real, and it is actually being sold in Japan as well in some countries who import this. I can’t see why would someone import something like this, but it is an exported item, so it means that someone must import this. For some I will try to [...]

This is a project of a photographer Peter Menzel from The USA fro is working for the National Geographic and made one interesting book from all around the world where he presents the national cuisines and how much money does a average family from one country is spending per week to put some food on [...]

Most of the movie stars really deserve that name, they really are genuine stars and their ability to transform is remarkable. When a movie is being made by a true story the actor is the one which has to get into that part and to become that person, has to do some study and not [...]