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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Second batch of themed intimate apparel rounds off representation of the hit series’ core cast.
Every day, thousands of commuters and tourists passing through Tokyo Station have to fight against decades’ worth of video game-developed conditioned responses.
Taking a page from traditional artisans, these treats shine like gold near the Sea of Japan.
If you’re a magical girl, or just an anime fan, in need of some seaside R and R, this unique swimwear is for you.
After dancing the night away, we just end up with a hangover, but apparently it helps Pikachu evolve to a higher state of combat prowess.
For some reason, when it’s raining cats and dogs, McDonald’s customers in Japan seem to start craving fish.
It’s said that men and women see the world differently, so sometimes they draw it differently too.
Pokémon Centers embrace the rainy season, plus roll out new line of Migawari Substitute merchandise.
Grab your tickets and your keyblades, because two Kingdom Hearts concert series are coming with a total of 15 performances in six countries.
Pikachu and pal Rayquaza are getting ready to set up camp at the base of the tallest structure in Japan.
Even if you didn’t back their campaign, these awesome pieces of bushido fashion can now be yours.
Belle, Beast, and Big Hero 6’s biggest hero part of extensive renovations planned for the park and its neighbor Tokyo Disney Sea.
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Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
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Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
We asked a Uniqlo employee what four things we should buy and their suggestions didn’t disappoint
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Visit the birthplace of the Japanese daruma in Gunma Prefecture
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