Japan’s national and Tokyo temperature records fall on the same day as intense heat wave continues.
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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New Chitose Airport Onsen isn’t just convenient and gorgeous, it’s an amazingly cheap place to spend the night too!
The name of the restaurant is Coffee Mafia, but it’s the poster for 100-yen beer that has our attention.
Japan is dangerously hot this summer, and dehydration can sneak up on you without warning, so stay safe with this easy tip.
When this senior citizen saw someone drop their wallet in a crowded station, he used the power of teamwork to return it.
We can (hardly) believe it, but the long-awaited anime is finally going to get in the damn theater!
Over two dozen students complain of nausea and other symptoms after assembly for topic that definitely could have waited for a cooler day.
Japan is usually willing to look the other way about booze on the rails, but not this time.
After a seven-year self-imposed TV ad suspension, company shows images of relaxed families and offers cute bunny character merchandise.
All-nude shopping and dining excursion was planned for his comfort, not so much other people’s.
Tokyo’s trains are too crowded for just a top 10 list, and the worst is one that runs at almost double 100-percent capacity.
People aren’t getting bit by the aggravating insects in Japan this summer, those some might say the reason why is something even worse.
Titles from Final Fantasy and Attack on Titan franchises also on list in wake of deaths thought to have stemmed from online bullying.
After repeated visits to indoor amusement park for kids, son feels just like a lot of grown-ups do.
Seven out of ten say they enjoy anime and manga, and over 15 percent spend more than 90,000 yen a year on their otaku hobbies.
Shockingly, a Japanese company deems it’s possible for it to be too easy for people to get beer.
Turns out even physical media benefits from a free trial, one of Japan’s largest manga publishers learns.
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