Category: Culture

I’ve related my prominent recollections of AN Entertainment’s dabbling in licensing anime. But I forgot to include the anecdote about our aborted work on character merchandising. I don’t

Okay. I’m just a little late to learn about Arby’s March 8th tweet introducing “ArbysWaifu,” complete with “doki doki” heart flutter. The concept isn’t entirely new. In fact,

One odd difference that I suspect a lot of Americans aren’t used to upon reaching Japan is the difference in the way carbonated bottles are sealed. Americans are

First some initial reflections and thoughts. Comparing two brief snapshots may not accurately propose a complete contrast and summation, but Tokyo does seem to have appreciably changed just

With exhaustion setting upon all three of us, we woke rather late. Although we didn’t have a distinct plan for the day, we knew that the day was

The morning started late when Justin was still asleep at 10:30. When he woke and prepared for the day, the three of us took two medium-sized, fairly lightweight

Justin & Scott woke fairly early, but at 10:30am I was still asleep, so they woke me. We left the hotel bound for Odaiba to see the Gundam

For reasons unknown, I woke especially early – around 6:30am. At 9:45 I walked downstairs to the breakfast buffet in the hotel lobby while Justin & Scott slept

After getting back to the hotel room late after the movie and composing the blog record of the day’s events, I didn’t get to sleep until 5am. So

Since we qualified for only two free breakfast recipients, this morning Scott & Justin went for the morning meal while I remained in the room researching the relevance

Monday morning in Tokyo was cloudy but still warm. Justin, Scott, and I took the shuttle bus from the Hilton Hotel to Shinjuku Station. Once at the station

Justin & Scott woke rather early, but I chose to sleep in a bit. We finally left the hotel at 11am. At the hotel driveway turnabout, my friend

Mornings seem to arrive very early in Tokyo. At 6:30 in the morning, the sun was already high and especially bright, waking all three of us. Each of

All three of us got varying amounts of sleep in the LA Airport Hilton before catching the shuttle bus to the airport. At terminal 4 we approached the

In March 2016 my friends Scott & Justin went to Tokyo for the first time, bringing me along on my ninth, I think, trip. From the outset Scott