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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Godzilla vs. Evangelion towels need all of Japan as stage big enough to contain their awesomeness

Culturally cool tenugui let you show your love of Eva Units, kaiji, and your favorite Japanese prefecture all at once.

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All-Japanese cast set to start filming in Europe next month.

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This Lego samurai castle would be amazing even if it wasn’t also an awesome pop-up book 【Video】

Extremely talented builder needs neither stone, lumber, nor paper for this mind-blowing project.

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Swanky Tokyo hotel’s 2.2-pound bacon cheeseburger has us wanting to book a room for the food coma

Some would say it’s wrong to go to a fancy steakhouse and order a burger. If so, then we don’t want to be right.

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A fresh take on old-school Pocket Monsters and mobile suits.

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When Love Live! is your life, it’s hard to feel more alive than this.

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Kyoto Starbucks’s elegant over-river seating might make it the country’s coolest coffeehouse

Seattle-based chain adapts to Kyoto style with summertime seats that offer a taste of traditional culture as you sip your coffee.

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Hey! It’s perfectly normal for a young man to be interested in that sort of thing!

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Why does Japanese writing need three different sets of characters? (Part 2)

We’re back and ready to take on the third, and most puzzling, type of Japanese text: katakana.

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Japan is getting its first full-scale Legoland amusement park

But it’s not Tokyo that’s being graced with the block-based attraction.

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”Don’t panic” is rule one during an earthquake. These pooches decided to break it.

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We try Japan’s amazing-looking salad “cakes,” now on sale in Tokyo! 【Pictures】

Looks can be both beautiful and deceiving.

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Japan’s new ukiyo-e passports are going to look awesome

When Japanese travelers go abroad, they’ll be taking some of the country’s most famous and beautiful examples of woodblock print artwork with them.

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World’s only Michelin-starred ramen is getting an instant noodle convenience store version

Famous Tokyo restaurant teams up with Circle K and Sunkus chains.

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Starbucks Japan’s new Baked Cheesecake Frappuccinos promise to be both cheesy and awesome

The coffeehouse is giving Japan something to look forward to during the dreaded rainy season.

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Surprisingly, Sailor Moon wasn’t even close to the top pick.

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Wagyu vs. kokusangyu – The difference between the two types of “Japanese beef”

Before you order that Japanese steak, make sure you know what you’re getting.

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Awesome Captain America and Iron Man Ramen now being served at Tokyo restaurant 【Photos】

We could eat this all day.

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This is not how anyone wants to start their day.

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Just because you like dirty dojinshi doesn’t mean you can’t have a clean room.

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