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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Chief priest cites popularity of miko heroine in anime hit Your Name for increased interest in traditional role.
Tokyo pop culture center is a reflection of what young otaku are into, which means it never stays the same for very long.
Short on time to pick which bento to buy before your train leaves? Let us help you choose.
System is quick and easy to use, requires no payment or registration.
Majority of participants who don’t live with Mom and Dad are losing money while they work in the anime industry.
Usually, people email Mr. Sato to call him garbage, but this young woman from Singapore had something else to say.
KFC Japan wants to help keep the smell of your finger-lickin’ good meal out of other passengers’ noses.
Ordinarily inactive creatures will tug like two dogs who want the same bone.
Grabbing the attention of young minds with the implied power of hot lead.
Because even if the train wasn’t moving, some passengers had to go.
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