Category: Culture

On our final morning in Tokyo, Phil & I woke early and packed. After Phil came downstairs, I went up and showered. When we fully cleared the dining

Our final full day in Tokyo began with Phil & I taking the Keisei Line train to the Oshieage (Sky Tree Mae) train station. At our local Aoto

Our next to last full day in Tokyo began in earnest when Phil & I took the Keisei line train to Shiodome where we transferred onto the Yurikamome

Phil & I began our day’s adventure by traveling to Asakusa. We exited the train station’s Senso-ji exit, turned left, then headed toward the crowd of people. The

While trying to ignore the loud noises of the house next door being demolished, I slept in until 10:30. Eventually Phil & I left the house, headed for

I woke around 7am to the loud noise of workmen demolishing the abandoned house next to ours. Phil came downstairs at ten. So I went upstairs and took

Once again, I had difficulty sleeping. So I left the house at 8:30, taking the Keisei line to Asakusabashi, where I switched to the Chuo local JR train

On the early morning of our first full day in Tokyo, local time ten to six AM on Monday, September 22, I decided that I’d dress and take

For my ninth, I think, trip to Tokyo I was going with former AnimeNation web-monkey Phil, who was visiting Japan for the first time. On the morning of

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