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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Come for the unlimited beer, stay for the Japanese-style fried chicken (and probably the ramen).
It doesn’t have a star yet, but our research points to this Shinjuku restaurant getting the honor soon.
Artist thinks men have a much narrower view of what’s attractive.
We were inspired to take more than a few pictures on our visit to the ongoing trade show taking place south of Tokyo.
Not satisfied with dominating only Japan’s cow cravings, Yoshinoya adds karaage to its menu in Akihabara.
This may look like a bathroom crisis, but it’s actually an educational opportunity.
Instead of Pikachu, these creative Pokémon fans have chosen each other.
The flowers won’t be opening from their buds for a few more weeks, but you can crack open a bottle of this special craft brew right now.
Artist thinks those aren’t so much decorations as they are disguises.
If you can’t get enough of Japan, or just happen to be the indecisive type, this mix of Yebisu Beer and Kyoto green tea is for you.
There’s a fine line between “cute displeased” and “hurt-the-player’s-feelings” displeased.
Bis sis is totally OK with having this fellow musician as her new brother-in-law.
We pay a midnight visit to this central Tokyo hill where rumor holds a ghost sobs in the dead of night.
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