The first anime to make it unto my interesting summer 2010 anime list was Highschool of the Dead. Wouldn’t say I’ve been a big fan of zombies in video games, movies or anime but I fell in love with the high energy trailer of this series I decided that I’d give it a watch. The first...

I am now nine months into Operation Visit Japan which means I am now past the halfway point and pretty soon I’ll be heading into the home stretch. My constant research into what to do and where to go when I get to Japan continues but with a limited budget I’ll have to cut down that massive...

The people who run the Japanese postal System are obviously cool people and from time to time they issue limited edition stamps that not only feature boring things like flowers, shrines and antique statues but also uber awesome things like anime that would make fans world wide scream for the opportunity...

New video games are nice and although Tokyo Game Show is held once a year to showoff the latest and best from most Japanese gaming companies I like to look out for more than just the video games. So stop watching that new Last Guardian Trailer and pick up your lower jaws that fell while watching the...

Japan recently hosted the foreign ministers of a couple Caribbean islands at a meeting in Tokyo called the Japan-Caricom ministerial conference chaired by Japanese foreign minister Katsuya Okada. The Caribbean ministers brought up topics such as climate change, earthquake-hit Haiti, reform of the Security...

Japan is well renowned to be a land of lovers of all things cute. Hello Kitty and Pikachu are two of the biggest starts in Japan because they both rank highly on the adorable meter. Japan lived up to the cute-loving reputation when a police station in Yokohama unveiled a brother sister paring of fraternal...

I was originally drawn to Black Rock Shooter because of the character designs, the dark tones and somewhat unique look to the main character made me excited about the potential of this anime. It took quite a while for the official original video animation to be released but that didn’t stop various...

I saw something recently that made me realize realize something very very important – I love Japanese trains more than Star Wars O.o! I experienced a geekgasm when I saw the Star Wars chopsticks a while back but the new Shinkansen ones have the aspiring densha otaku (Japanese train enthusiast)...

The Yakuza series of games or Ryū ga Gotoku as it is known in Japan is a series of games that I have always looked on from afar and admired but have been unable to play due to inaccessibility or a watered down western release. Yakazu 4 blasted back unto my gaming radar and made my list of top 10 games...

It’s been a while I shared photos from my monthly photographic adventures. On the last Sunday of each month a local photography group I am a member of on Flickr pool funds together, rent a bus and head out for a entire day snapping pictures and making great memories. When we are not exchanging...