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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This isn’t a scene from the running of the bulls — it’s from the running of the otaku at KiraFes 2016!
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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!
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Messagess of support, this time from Taiwan, keep pouring in following the deadly earthquake in Kumamoto.
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