Right in the middle of one of Japan’s trendiest neighborhoods is a celebration of old-school media.
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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Tired of the dai pan problem, arcade seeks to channel fists towards more appropriate target.
Fantasy tale provides best of both worlds with a story that students both can and will want to read.
Get Wild taikin puts a swaggering period on the end of the day, and Guren shukkin helps on the other end.
Believe it or not, this building isn’t abandoned, it’s open for business.
Flipnote Warrior is a labor of love, but it might need your help to get finished.
The designers know you’re going to try to ride that Pokémon you bought “for your kids,” so this Pikachu is as sturdy as it is adorable.
Fly from Tokyo to Okinawa for less than the price of a fancy Starbucks coffee…but you’ll need to hurry.
Kappazushi is usually a friend to our budget…and maybe it still is with the Mega-size Crab and Salmon Roe Sushi Rice Bowl.
Our reporter couldn’t make it home to visit Mom and Dad, so she wanted to let them eat her face instead.
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