Home » Places » Kyoto Discover Kyoto’s culinary heart at Nishiki Market Welcome to our comprehensive travel guide for visiting Nishiki Market, a destination known for its unique blend of cultural richness, history, and educational value in Kyoto, Japan. Here, you will find detailed insights into what makes Nishiki Market such a unique cultural attraction. About Nishiki Market, often dubbed “Kyoto’s Kitchen,” is a crucial experience for anyone passionate about food, culture, and arts. Dating back to 1615, it’s a bustling, narrow street lined with over 100 shops selling fresh seafood, traditional snacks, and local crafts. The dynamic displays of…
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Ambassador Steve Lang, U.S. Coordinator for International Information and Communications Policy, and Special Envoy Eileen Donahoe, Coordinator for Digital Freedom, are in Geneva, Switzerland, leading a U.S. interagency delegation for the WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event and AI for Good Global Summit May 27-31. For over twenty years, the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) have guided global digital cooperation across the UN system and spurred efforts to leverage digital technologies for sustainable development. The WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event is organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), UNESCO, and other UN agencies and co-hosted by the ITU and…
Fossilized skin and other soft tissues are exceedingly rare, and it is only under special conditions that these rarest of fossils are preserved. Most skin is preserved as impressions in the rock, but under rare conditions and incalculable odds, a 3D fossil of the actual skin can form. These fossils provide an exceptional window into the appearances, evolution and anatomies of prehistoric animals. As graduate students in the Reisz Lab of vertebrate palaeontology at the University of Toronto, we study such fossils to help answer critical questions surrounding major evolutionary innovations. Fossilized skin Our study, published in Current Biology, details…
When George Miller was directing Anya Taylor-Joy in the role of Furiosa, Taylor-Joy says he told her: ‘mouth closed, no emotion, speak with your eyes’. That’s it, that’s all you have. Taylor-Joy has only 30 lines of dialogue, but in the first half of the film Furiosa is played (admirably) by a younger actor, Alyla Browne. But even when Furiosa doesn’t speak, the new films are a huge step forward for the portrayal of women’s stories in the Mad Max world. Science-fiction disaster films Max is silent for much of the first four films and he does not appear in…
There are few better feelings than that of practicing a hobby, slowly honing your craft and then being able to spread the joy it brings you with others around you. Though it’s ultimately fulfilling, the pursuit can be a challenging undertaking. Orlando-based dancer Kaitlyn Sardin, however, has achieved it, with a passion that she has embraced for 20 years now. As a child, Sardin began dancing ballet at the Elizabeth Parsons School of Dance. During a ballet recital, she saw a performance of Irish dancing for the first time during the intermission and was immediately fascinated by it. “It was…
WILLARD, OH – One of the world’s largest and best-known tool and equipment manufacturers could have prevented a 29-year-old maintenance electrician from suffering severe burns during an electrical arc blast at a company facility in Willard if required safety standards were followed, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found. An arc flash occurs when an electric current travels through the air from one conductor to another, or to the ground. These flashes can produce temperatures over 35,000 degrees Fahrenheit and can cause serious injury and even death for people nearby. In response to the employer’s report of the worker’s hospitalization, the…
“Enjoy the human side of electioneering,” Aitken similarly urged. “There’s always humor, there’s always humanity, there’s always stories, there’s always a chance to enjoy a pint. And don’t show your own pessimism to your supporters.” When the moment comes, “losing well and graciously is important,” he said. “Politics is purely, completely unpredictable, and you’ve got to have a personality that can cope,” Rifkind added. And for those who do survive the carnage, there’s the prospect of remaining in opposition interminably. Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve was one of only 32 new Tory MPs elected in 1997; “it was weird,” he…
Modern life relies on electricity and electrical devices, from cars and buses to phones and laptops, to the electrical systems in homes. Behind many of these devices is a type of energy storage device, the supercapacitor. My team of engineers is working on making these supercapacitors even better at storing energy by studying how they store energy at the nanoscale. Supercapacitors, like batteries, are energy storage devices. They charge faster than batteries, often in a few seconds to a minute, but generally store less energy. They’re used in devices that require storing or supplying a burst of energy over a…
Thank you, President, and let me thank Mozambique for convening this meeting. I’m also grateful to all our briefers for their remarks today. As they have set out, it is critical that we move from commitments to concrete actions on women, peace and security and youth, peace and security. I will set out three broad priorities. First: participation. We know that women’s full, equal, meaningful and safe participation – as leaders, negotiators and peacebuilders – greatly enhances the chances of long-lasting peace. We are working to make this a reality. Through the Peacebuilding Fund, the UK is supporting women and…
Geneva/ Port Moresby, 28 May – After the devastating landslide that struck Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, on 24 May, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), local authorities, UN and other partners are rapidly mobilizing to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis. According to the country’s National Disaster Centre, over 2,000 people are buried under the rubble after the massive landslide, triggered by heavy rains – marking one of the deadliest disasters in the country’s recent history. “The scale of this disaster is truly heartbreaking,” said Serhan Aktoprak, IOM Chief of Mission in Papua New Guinea. “We are coordinating with…