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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Is this Japan’s best hotel breakfast buffet? With unlimited beer and steak, it’s hard to say no

Sister property to Japan’s best business hotel-breakfast chain lets you start your day the beer, steak, and ice cream way.

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Spirited Away live-action stage announces first outside-Japan performances

Adaptation of Studio Ghibli classic is coming to London, keeping its Japanese stars and Japanese-language dialogue.

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Japan’s new random-destination die-roll train tickets — Amazing bargain for just 36 bucks

If luck’s on your side, you can save 83 percent off normal train fare, and even if it’s not, you’ll still save at least 34.

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Japan’s Princess Aiko won’t have tiara made for her, in consideration of hard economic times

Break with tradition continues.

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Pikachu-lid Cup Noodle design could be the cutest instant ramen package ever

Fingers crossed that Pikachu’s ears will be on Cup Noodle lids soon.

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Standing sleeping pods coming to Tokyo cafe, promise to relieve fatigue and stress【Pics】

Nescafé Harajuku is offering the opportunity to nap like a giraffe.

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Over half of Japanese students in nationwide test score zero percent in English speaking section

But that number might not tell the whole story of why so many were at a loss for words.

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Sales of Japan’s most convenient train ticket/shopping payment cards suspended indefinitely

Suica and Pasmo have become an ubiquitous part of life and travel in Japan, but you can’t get a new card for either.

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The awesome anime and game figures of Japan’s Wonder Festival Summer 2023【Photos】

Japan’s biggest and best figure and model show returns with VTubers, action heroes, and the kind of figure that makes us wish we had an extra two thousand bucks to spend.

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Tokyo Station’s second-most popular bento is great because of what it isn’t【Taste test】

Unassuming inarizushi just might be the best bento to grab at Tokyo Station.

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Man arrested for throwing dog at police officer in Japan

It’s not nice to throw things, dogs included.

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Whole-Pikachu curry plates with Gen 1 starter buddies coming to Pokémon Cafe【Photos】

Plus a new popping Pikachu dessert drink.

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Japanese masturbatory aid Tenga’s president reveals how crazy HARD he works

Top man in the company is intimately involved in product testing.

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Mint chocolate whipped cream sandwiches poised to become Japan’s latest convenience store hero

7-Eleven has us wanting to head north ASAP.

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Japan’s Japanese population dropping in every part of the country, foreign population rising

Study shows fewer Japanese living in each and every prefecture, opposite for foreign resident number.

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Beautiful Ghibli glass tableware invites Totoro and Ponyo to lunch and tea time this summer【Pics】

Perfect for iced tea, chilled noodles, or however else you want to cool yourself off.

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Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron gets North American screening date in September

Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime movie will be seen for the first time in North America in Canada.

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Awesome rice ball making machine promises perfectly pressed onigiri in just 30 seconds【Video】

No more crumbly rice balls or singed fingers.

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Tokyo’s coolest open-air museum gets even cooler with hot summer nights event

Edo Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum wants to take you back in time to an old-school summer festival.

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How do fans in Japan feel about the new One Piece Netflix live-action trailer?

The live-action adaptation of the beloved anime/manga is almost here, but will it be smooth sailing into the hearts of fans in the series’ home country?

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