Krista Rogers
Starting with a love of J-Pop and J-dramas when she was 13, Krista Rogers has left her quiet New England hometown in the States both to study abroad in Tokyo and to work on the JET Program in beautiful Yamagata prefecture. She misses chatting in the local dialect and staging Kamehameha battles in the hallway with her students. Although she's currently working on her master's degree in Boston, she will without a doubt be back in Japan before long and buying way too much at Book-Off and Tower Records again. When she needs a break from schoolwork, Krista enjoys eating yakiniku, figure skating, finding cute cafes, watching Big Bang MVs, and continuing on her quest to catch 'em all.
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Celebrate important life events or the changing of the seasons with an extra special artistic touch in the corner of your mail.
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Khaosan Tokyo Samurai Capsule is stylized after a traditional Japanese tea house and is in a prime Tokyo location to boot.
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“Matto,” as he’s called in Japan, seriously impresses with his delicately colored illustrations of Tokyo shops.
On July 15, the King of the Monsters is set to trample all over Japan’s southern city of Fukuoka! Er, well, maybe just the art museum…
The hit manga-turned-anime is about to receive its first live-action adaptation for television.
The limited-time game has you and the rest of the world pitted against the franchise’s ooey-gooey mascot character–100 million of them, in fact!
A city in northern Japan unveils its new moe character whose three-pronged mission is “moe x rap x town revitalization.” Yep, rap is included.
We bet you’ve never heard anything quite so “delicious for your ears” as this unique commercial and its accompanying second !
This recent video of some skillful biking based on an anime character’s special cycling technique has already been retweeted over 61,000 times.
The crisply suited men of World Order are here to teach you some basic Japanese business tricks (and advertise an energy drink while they’re at it).
“The 100 what??” That was our initial reaction too, but the official list is just what it sounds like!
Artist digitally manipulates videos of kung fu masters practicing their craft to create sequences of mesmerizing motion.
Messagess of support, this time from Taiwan, keep pouring in following the deadly earthquake in Kumamoto.
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Japan’s human washing machines will go on sale to general public, demos to be held in Tokyo
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We deeply regret going into this tunnel on our walk in the mountains of Japan
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Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
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No more using real katana for tourism activities, Japan’s National Police Agency says
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The dream of riding Final Fantasy Chocobos is coming to Tokyo VR centers
Got a question for Haruki Murakami? Website lets you ask the author directly, and in English, too
Evangelion original anime studio Gainax is now completely dissolved, Eva’s creator mourns ruined friendships
Mr. Sato shares his own secret Ministop hack to help save the ailing convenience store
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