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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Japanese TV issues heatstroke alert, says to avoid exercise, keeps showing high school baseball game
Maps, walking routes, and more to help you navigate your Poké-pilgrimage in the bayside city south of Tokyo.
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[Deleted] Article written for April Fool’s Day 2018
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Life-size vibrating Legend of Zelda Master Sword for sale from Nintendo【Photos】
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