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Casey Baseel

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.

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Studio Ghibli film towels with English dialogue lines are cinematically cool and cute[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2026
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Beautiful soft cloth versions of iconic Ghibli scenes warm the heart and inspire the spirit.

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• Japan
• (anime • Caslte in the Sky • cool • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Howl's Moving Castle • Kiki's Delivery Service • Laputa • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • Porco Rosso • Princess Mononoke • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • towels • Whipser of the Heart)

Sanrio collaborates with Sesame Street for adorable merch and sweets in Japan[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 3, 2026

Looks like someone told Hello Kitty and friends how to get (how to get) to Sesame Street.

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• Japan
• (cafes • Cinnamaroll • cute • food • Hello Kitty • Pompompurin • Sanrio • Sesame Street • Sesame Street Market • sweets)

Japan triples departure tax, foreign tourists and locals now must pay more to leave country

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2026

As of July, it now costs more both to enter and leave Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • departure tax • Japan travel • overtourism • society • tourism • travel)

Japan’s Mocchurin donuts declared too popular to exist by creator Mister Donut, will disappear soon

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 1, 2026

Mister Donut saw all the Mocchurin that it had made, and they were very good…too good, in fact.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • food • Mister Donut • Mocchurin • sweets)

Japan’s Pokémon mailboxes saved from removal with last-minute extension on final day

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 1, 2026

Pikachu, Eevee, and Piplup get new leases on life in Yokohama, and it’s thanks to fans.

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• Japan
• (anime • awesome • COK • cool • cute • Eevee • mailbox • manga • Pikachu • Piplup • Pokemon • post office • travel • video games • Yokohama)

Japan’s new pettably fuzzy cat-shaped earbud chargers meow to let you know their status[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 1, 2026

Neko also has a three-minute purr mode for relaxing to.

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cute • earbuds • earphones • technology • video)

Live-action Persona adaptation to be produced by Netflix, probably not set in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2026

Has enough of Persona’s identity been retained to keep fans happy?

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• Japan
• (Atlus • Live action • Netflix • Persona • Sega • video games)

We try out the joys of Japan’s kakuuchi wine vending machine

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2026

A new take on a fading part of Japanese drinking culture.

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• Japan
• (Aeon Liquor • Aeon Mall • alcohol • COK • drinks • kaku-uchi • kakuuchi • SNJO • vending machines • wine)

Tokyo has only two barley tea makers, and we visited one to see how mugicha is made

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2026

With barley tea going into glasses as the weather heats up, we find out what goes into making barley tea.

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• Japan
• (barley • barley tea • COK • drinks • factories • mugicha • SNJO • tea)

New live-action Pokémon adaptation announced for Pokémon Unite

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2026

News of fifth-anniversary project for the Pokémon MOBA mobile game is drawing a mixed reaction.

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• Japan
• (anime • Live action • manga • Pokemon • Pokémon Unite • video games)

Sanrio Character Poll announces winners, Hello Kitty absent from top 10 in many countries

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2026

70,647,379 votes tallied, and one European nation apparently loves Sanrio’s often-forgotten grannie character.

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• Japan
• (cute • Hello Kitty • Pompompurin • Sanrio • Sanrio Character Poll • Sanrio election)

Live-action Spirited Away stage play announces world tour with first-ever U.S. and Canadian dates

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 29, 2026

The Spirited Away stage play will cross over to the other side of the Pacific for the first time ever, plus make its return to the U.K.

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• Canada, Japan, Taiwan, UK, USA
• (anime • Live action • manga • spirited away • Spirited Away play • stage plays • Studio Ghibli)

Japan’s Mos Burger goes super-premium for summer with eel burgers that require pre-orders

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 29, 2026

Summer is the season for unagi, and Mos Burger has some very special, and very expensive, sandwiches on the way to celebrate Doyo no Ushi no Hi.

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• Japan
• (burgers • crazy • Doyo no Hi • Doyo No Ushi No Hi • eel • expensive food • fast food • food • freshwater eel • Mos Burger • rice burgers • unagi)

Taco Spaghetti appears in Japan, and our taco fan rushes to try it[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 29, 2026

Tacos and spaghetti have earned love around the world, but will their meeting in Japan be a tragedy?

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • food • pasta • restaurants • SNJO • spaghetti • tacos • taste test • weird)

Beautiful new dangling Totoro socks let the Ghibli mascot sway with every step[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 28, 2026

Lacework designers turn their talent to Totoro for adorably fashionable socks and clutch bag.

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• Japan
• (anime • bags • cute • fashion • Ghibli Museum • Ghibli Museum Online Shop • manga • My Neighbor Totoro • socks • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japanese man’s gross conveyor belt sushi social media prank video gets him a 500,000-yen fine

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2026

Cost of sushi? 132 yen. Cost of being a moron? 500,000.

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• Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • crime • food • forced obstruction of business • gross • Hama Sushi • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • pranks • restaurants • revolving sushi • sushi)

Pikachu brings electric style to brand-new Pokémon G-Shock watch featuring every stater trio

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2026

Timepiece is a stylish salute to 30 years of Pokémon history.

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• Japan
• (anime • Casio • fashion • G-Shock • manga • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games • watches)

The adorable, delicious joy of the Totoro cream puff gift box[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 27, 2026

Turns out Studio Ghibli’s forest spirit is also a magical dessert.

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• Japan
• (COK • cream puffs • cute • food • My Neighbor Totoro • Shirohige's Cream Puff Factory • SNO • Studio Ghibli • sweets • taste test • Totoro)

Tokyo cops arrest foreigner for suspected visa violation, don’t know what new residence cards look like

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 26, 2026

Seems like the people doing on-the-street immigration checks should know what immigration documents look like, doesn’t it?

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• Japan
• (crime • foreigners in Japan • immigration • Living in Japan • police • police questioning • residence card • shokumu shitsumon • society • zairyu card)

Nintendo’s Animal Crossing crosses over to Baskin-Robbins Japan with special ice cream and merch

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 26, 2026

Nook Inc. takes part in delicious new business venture.

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• Japan
• (Animal Crossing • Baskin Robbins • Baskin-Robbins Japan • COK • cute • food • ice cream • nintendo • sweet • video games)

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