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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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Japan’s Yellow Shinkansen to be retired, last chances to ride it come with eye-popping prices

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2026
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Usually impossible for travelers to ride, Doctor Yellow is no ordinary bullet train, and it won’t be around much longer.

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• (bullet trains • Central Japan Railway Company • Doctor Yellow • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • JR West • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel • WEST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY)

7-Eleven Japan’s new sweets burger is a mouthwatering philosophical debate

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2026

Does this qualify as a new addition to the convenience store’s lineup of sweets sandwiches, or should it be considered something different?

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • food • sandwiches • sweets • sweets sandwiches)

Private Shinkansen Supreme Class Cabin pricing, start date, and details announced by Japan Railways

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2026

Profound luxury for travelers with deep pockets is coming later this year.

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• Japan
• (bullet trains • Central Japan Railway Company • Japan Railway Company • Japan travel • JR • JR Central • JR Tokai • luxury trains • luxury travel • shinkansen • tourism • trains • travel)

Nearly half of Pokémon hot spring’s statues have been damaged less than two months after opening

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2026

Adorable new ashiyu destination has no Pokémon battles, but injuries to the creatures are still occurring.

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• Japan
• (anime • ashiyu • cool • cute • footbaths • hot springs • Ishikawa • Ishikawa Prefecture • Japan travel • manga • Noto • Noto Peninsula • onsen • Pokemon • tourism • travel • video games)

Foreign tourist arrested in Japan after drifting in museum parking lot[Video]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2026

The Dumb and the Inconsiderate: Tochigi Drift.
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• Japan
• (cars • crazy • crime • drifting • tourist crime • vandalism • video)

Starbucks Japan creates special drink bottle bags, adorable stickers for all 47 prefectures[Pics]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 23, 2026

Starbucks Day Trip line gives each and every part of Japan a chance to shine.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • drink bottles • drinks • drinkware • Starbucks • Starbucks Day Trip • Starbucks Japan • stickers)

Japan announces sudden 400-percent increase in visa fees for foreigners entering the country

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 22, 2026

First increase to visa fees in nearly 50 years will affect some arriving foreigners more than others.

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• Japan
• (COK • foreigners in Japan • Japan travel • Japan visa • Japanese visa • Living in Japan • society • tourism • travel • visa)

Harajuku Custom Icees come to help Tokyo’s Takeshita Street stay cute and cool this summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2026

Slushy sweet drink from the U.S. makes its Harajuku debut.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Harajuku • Icee • sweets • Takeshita Street)

100-meter tall Hello Kitty artwork appearing on Japanese Ferris wheel, jumbo Pompompurin nearby

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2026

Sanrio Fes brings gigantic cuteness to Minato Mirai.

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• Japan
• (Cosmo Clock • Cosmo World • cutem • Ferris wheel • Hello Kitty • Minato Mirai • Pompompurin • Sanrio • Sanrio Fes • Yokohama)

Pokémon coming to Japan’s highway rest stops with exclusive merch and stamp rally this summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2026

Pikachu and pals make a compelling reason to skip the bullet train while traveling in Japan over the next few months.

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• Japan
• (anime • cars • cute • expressways • highway rest stops • Japan travel • manga • parking areas • Pikachu • Pokemon • service areas • tourism • travel • video games)

New adorable Osaka foodie destination, Chiikawa Bakery Osaka, opening soon with crazy ramen bread

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 20, 2026

Anime/manga-themed café’s baked goods run the range from cute to crazy, just like Chiikawa itself.

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• Japan
• (anime • bakeries • bread • Chiikawa • Chiikawa Bakery • COK • crazy • cute • food • manga • ramen • sweets • themed restaurants)

Suspected Japanese ice cream cartel under investigation for price-fixing

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2026

Six of Japan’s biggest ice cream makers face accusations of collaborating to keep fairly priced ice cream out of consumers’ hands/stomachs.

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• Japan
• (COK • crime • food • Glico • ice cream • Lotte • Meiji • Moriyama.Akagi Nyugyo • sweets)

7-Eleven Japan to start selling Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches this summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2026

Rising star in Japan’s foodie scene is making its 7-Eleven debut.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • banh mi • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • sandwiches)

Tokyo has a cafe that prohibits talking inside, and here’s why it’s awesome

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2026

If you need a break from the noise in your life, this Koenji cafe is waiting for you.

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• Japan
• (cafes • COK • cool • crazy • quiet • restaurants • SNJO • weird)

Japan’s Pikachu and Eevee Pokémon mailboxes to be removed at end of month

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 18, 2026

The time has come to say goodbye to Yokohama’s adorable Poké-postal infrastructure.

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

Kiki’s Delivery Service to be adapted to live-action series by BBC, Studio Ghibli not involved

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 17, 2026

Kiki’s next adaptation will draw from her original, pre-anime roots, but will audiences give it a chance?

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• Japan, UK
• (anime • BBC • Kiki's Delivery Service • Live action • manga • Studio Ghibli)

Abandoned pirate pleasure ship sinking south of Tokyo Bay, city orders destruction

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2026

Avast, here not be free mooring, declares Kawasaki.

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• Japan
• (boats • crazy • kawasaki • pirate boat • pirate ship • pirates • ships • weird)

Japanese soccer fans show excellent manners as World Cup opens[Pics, video]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2026

Chants and headbands aren’t the only tradition supporters of Japan’s sports teams bring with them when attending events overseas.

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• Japan
• (2026 World Cup • COK • culture • etiquette • manners • moving • soccer • society • sports • touching • World Cup)

Studio Ghibli store Donguri Republic announces opening of first-ever store in America

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2026

Giant Totoro heads across the Pacific as Ghibli specialty shop opens up in California.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime & manga • COK • Donguri Kyowakoku • Donguri Republic • Donguri Republic in Los Angeles • Los Angeles • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Japan’s Pokémon Slowpoke Train goes on hiatus, but a mini version could be yours to own

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2026

With the full-scale train needing to take a break, toymaker Takara Tomy is here to pick up the Slowpoke slack.

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• Japan
• (anime • cute • figures • Japan travel • Kagawa • Kagawa Prefecture • model trains • Pokemon • Slowpoke • Takara Tomy • tourism • toys • trains • travel • video games • Yadon)

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