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Krista Rogers

Starting with a love of J-Pop and J-dramas when she was 13, Krista Rogers has left her quiet New England hometown in the States both to study abroad in Tokyo and to work on the JET Program in beautiful Yamagata prefecture. She misses chatting in the local dialect and staging Kamehameha battles in the hallway with her students. Although she's currently working on her master's degree in Boston, she will without a doubt be back in Japan before long and buying way too much at Book-Off and Tower Records again. When she needs a break from schoolwork, Krista enjoys eating yakiniku, figure skating, finding cute cafes, watching Big Bang MVs, and continuing on her quest to catch 'em all.

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Extreme Budget Travel! Can you do a trip to Manila with 50,000 yen (US$333)? – Part 2

Krista Rogers
Mar 8, 2024
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What will Go’s first full day in the Philippines bring him?

SE Asia
(50000 yen • 50000 yen travel • COK • crazy • extreme budget travel • food • Go Hatori • halo-halo • lechon • Manila • massage • Philippines • SNJO • travel • weekend trip)

Extreme Budget Travel! Can you do a trip to Manila with 50,000 yen (US$333)? – Part 1

Krista Rogers
Mar 5, 2024

Go takes a short weekend trip to the Philippines and enjoys delicious food and more.

SE Asia
(50000 yen travel • budget travel • COK • crazy • extreme budget travel • food • Go Hatori • Manila • Philippines • SNJO • travel)

Go back to school with new Japanese randoseru backpacks featuring Pikachu and Eevee locks

Krista Rogers
Feb 20, 2024

Stylish school satchels with a distinctive Poké-flair can now be preordered for soon-to-be Pokémon trainers and students.

Japan
(anime • backpacks • bags • COK • Eevee • elementary school • fashion • Pikachu • Pokemon • randoseru • school • video games)

Our fridge is full after ordering a lucky bag from restaurant in Yokohama’s Chinatown

Krista Rogers
Feb 17, 2024

If you ask us, drowning in dumplings isn’t a bad way to go.

Japan
(Ahiruneko • Chinatown • Chukagai • Daichin Kitchen • dim sum • dumplings • food • frozen • gyoza • online • shumai • steamed buns • Yokohama)

Mos Burger spices things up with a brand-new gochujang burger they promise is addictingly good

Krista Rogers
Feb 13, 2024

Popular Japanese burger chain offers a Korean-inspired new menu item and also brings back a popular past crispy chicken favorite for a limited time.

Japan
(chicken • Chicken Tatsuta • fast food • food • gochujang • hamburger • Korean • Mos Burger • spicy • yangnyeom)

We spill the tea–a guide to all of Japan’s Gogo no Kocha Milk Teas sold in the wintertime

Krista Rogers
Feb 9, 2024

We sampled all 11 flavors of milk tea by the popular brand so that you’ll know exactly which one to grab next for your perfect cuppa.

Japan
(black tea • COK • drinks • Gogo no Kocha • Kirin • milk tea • SNJO • taste test • tea)

Universal Studios Japan looks to expand, diversify its workforce with new employee incentives

Krista Rogers
Feb 8, 2024

Amid a backdrop of recently expanding its workforce by 2,000 crew members, USJ raises the hourly wage and more for part-time workers.

Japan
(Amusement Parks • COK • society • theme parks • Universal Studios • Universal Studios Japan • USJ • wage increase • working in Japan)

We try Yoshinoya’s take on Setsubun ehomaki lucky sushi rolls with mixed results

Krista Rogers
Feb 3, 2024

The verdict seems to be that you’re either going to roll with them…or not.

Japan
(beef • Ehomaki • food • lucky • Seiji Nakazawa • setsubun • sushi • Yoshinoya)

Weekly Shonen Champion manga magazine offers several issues for free in light of Noto Earthquake

Krista Rogers
Jan 31, 2024

Longstanding manga magazine shares an act of kindness on behalf of those affected by the devastating New Year’s Day earthquake.

Japan
(Akita Shoten • free • Go Nagai • Ishikawa • manga • Noto earthquake • read for free • relief • Weekly Shonen Champion)

The price of newly built apartments in central Tokyo skyrocketed over 100 million yen last year

Krista Rogers
Jan 31, 2024

Prices for those who want to live in new housing in one of the 23 special wards hit an all-time high.

Japan
(23 special wards • Apartment • constructions • mansion • new • Real Estate Economic Unit • rising costs • Tokyo)

The one in which we sample top-notch melon in the Crown Melon Lucky Bag

Krista Rogers
Jan 25, 2024

This melon specialty shop’s unique lucky bag puts a fruity spin on the New Year’s tradition.

Japan
(COK • crown melon • food • fruit • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2024 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2024 • Lucky Bags • melon • mikan • Shizuoka • SNJO • specialty)

Super Mario meets Gelato Pique in Japan’s coziest and latest loungewear sets

Krista Rogers
Jan 24, 2024

This fourth collaboration series with the Super Mario franchise adds 41 new styles to the mix including series antagonist Bowser for the first time.