Casey Baseel
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.
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![Exclusive Super Mario Yoshi figure to be given away at Dodgers Stadium [Video]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/03/yd-2.jpg?w=640 "Exclusive Super Mario Yoshi figure to be given away at Dodgers Stadium [Video]")
Yokohama ramen continues to bring differently delicious tastes together with ie-kei pizza.
Pokémon franchise celebrates its 30th anniversary with a partnership with the Spanish luxury ceramics craftsmen.
Shinjuku Ward Office has a restaurant that’s open to anyone, but have they kept up their quality and value since our last visit?
Ghibli-themed sweets shop puts together a cherry blossom viewing party for a pair of Totoros.
“People don’t forget to take their testicles with them when they go home” says sauna in explaining new policy.
Agency for Cultural Affairs wants two-tiered ticket pricing system at 12 National Museums.
![Visiting Japan’s one-and-only, and only-for-a-limited-time, Dragon Ball noodle restaurant[Photos]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/03/db-3.jpg?w=640 "Visiting Japan’s one-and-only, and only-for-a-limited-time, Dragon Ball noodle restaurant[Photos]")
Marugame Seimen branch in downtown Tokyo transforms into an anime eatery with awesome artwork inside and out.
Updated forecast says a burst of warm weather, with more sun to come, will be speeding up cherry blossom buds’ development.
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Aspiring pirate kings share hugs with each other and a bit of Japanese culture with the world.
After keeping secret for nearly 30 years, Eiichiro Oda has written it down on a paper, put that paper in a chest, and tossed it into the sea, where it remains even now.
Higher rates now in effect, projected to bring in more than 7 billion yen in extra revenue.
No trip to Tokyo’s other otaku neighborhood is complete without a visit to this local landmark.
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Things got off to a good start on our crazy-cheap trip to the land of the gods, but with funds running low, will we have a roof over our heads on a snowy night?
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Can we make it from the capital to the land of the gods, sightsee, eat, find a hotel, and make it home for just 30,000 yen (US$195)?
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