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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Japan’s rail system is so easy to use, even this kitty commuter has no trouble with it.
Tokyo resident is the first foreign member of the Hattori Hanzo Ninja Squad.
Family and nature both feature prominently in this stirring glimpse of a day spent far away from the bright lights of Tokyo.
Because why stop at wearing your love for you favorite character on your sleeve, when you can wear it on your whole body?
Even when their brief time comes to a close, the cherry blossoms continue to be breathtakingly beautiful.
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