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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Only a few weeks left to visit the idol singer eatery, plus possibly one more Akihabara landmark.
New shop within walking distance from Scramble Intersection also has giant Mewtwo in research tube greeting guests.
Gift shop kimono are almost nothing like the real thing, but can Mr. Sato’s fashion aura transcend national boundaries?
Intentional or not, there’s no way to see this park in one of Japan’s largest cities and not think of Pikachu throwing down.
Slurping is the norm in a Japanese noodle house, but is it OK to bite off your ramen if it’s more than you can chew?
Organizing Committee considers relaxing rules for the Games during Japan’s always hot and humid summer.
All the fried chicken you can eat (plus all the beer you can drink), whenever you want it!
Company continues to put people first as it meets with victims’ families and refuses to use funds for business recovery.
A long stretch of the Yamanote Line is taking a break while construction crews get ready for its newest station.
Techniques developed in Kyoto hundreds of years ago make Pikachu as beautiful as he is adorable.
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All-you-can-drink Starbucks and amazing views part of Tokyo’s new 170 meter-high sky lounge
More foreign tourists than ever before in history visited Japan last month
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Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
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Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
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