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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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New spring and summer line of Outdoor Kimono offers a traditionally modern way to chill outside

Krista Rogers
Apr 18, 2023
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The Yamato Kimono x Snow Peak collaboration returns with a new line of durable, breathable kimono for outdoor adventures.

Japan
(clothing • collaboration • collection • nature • new • Outdoor kimono • Snow Peak • traditional • Yamato Kimono)

Kitchen Forest Totoro line of kitchen goods is now here to enchant your spring cooking adventures

Krista Rogers
Apr 17, 2023

These adorable illustrations of Totoros with various veggies and acorns will transform your kitchen into its cutest form yet.

Japan
(apron • cooking • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • kitchen • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • tools • Totoro • utensils)

Got rice? The tastiest rice ever compels bread-fan Mr. Sato to eat more rice than ever before

Krista Rogers
Apr 11, 2023

Cooked in a traditional earthenware pot, there’s something about this Maboroshi no Koshihikari rice that almost spirited him away.

Japan
(COK • dining • Ginza • gourmet • koshihikari • Mr. Sato • rice • Salon Ginza Sabou • SNJO • Tokyo)

Eating tuna and parrotfish like the locals on the Amami Islands’ Yoron Island

Krista Rogers
Apr 11, 2023

We try shopping and dining at the number-one approved local store by residents of this small island in the southwest of Japan.

Japan
(A-Coop • Amami Islands • COK • cooking • dining • fish • Kagoshima Prefecture • local • SNJO • Tasuku Egawa • Yoron Island)

Choshimaru offers a limited-time Explodingly Big Sushi Roll, or basically sushi in sushi armor

Krista Rogers
Apr 10, 2023

What’s the true form of this rolled sushi hiding underneath the Final Boss sushi?

Japan
(big • Choshimaru • COK • decadent • dining • food • Mr. Sato • norimaki • pudding • purin • roll • SNJO • sushi • weird)

Who has the most cost-effective fast food French fries in Japan? We investigate nine big chains

Krista Rogers
Apr 4, 2023

Can we please make performing experiments with potatoes an Olympic sport? I’d watch that all day.

Japan
(Ahiruneko • calculation • COK • cost performance • fast food • food • french fries • fries • potatoes • SNJO)

Heading to Hiroshima? Here’s a plan to enjoy three local activities on Miyajima in one day

Krista Rogers
Mar 28, 2023

Our reporter shares her day of soaking up a little bit of the local marine farming, global cuisine, and a walk through the past.

Japan
(boat tour • experience • fun • Heian Period • Hiroshima • Italian • itinerary • Itsukushima • Mari Morimoto • Miyajima • oysters • travel)

We stroll down memory lane while actually strolling down Sazae-san-dori in Fukuoka City

Krista Rogers
Mar 28, 2023

The city’s street dedicated to Japan’s beloved Sazae-san characters evokes a feeling of warm nostalgia.

C Asia, Japan
(anime • COK • comic • Fukuoka • K. Masami • Machiko Hasegawa • manga • newspaper • Sazae-san • SNJO)

There’s more to do than just look at the flowers at Tokyo’s biggest riverside sakura celebration

Krista Rogers
Mar 21, 2023

If you’re in Tokyo, take a day to immerse yourself in the Edo period atmosphere during one of these events while enjoying the cherry blossoms.

Japan
(boat • cherry blossoms • COK • culture • Edo River • Edogawa River • events • festival • flowers • Fukagawa • hanami • market • Oedo Fukagawa Sakura Festival • outdoor • sakura • schedule • Tokyo)

Sega celebrates graduation season with chalkboard art of iconic video game characters

Krista Rogers
Mar 20, 2023

A touching video clip culminates with some famous well-wishers sending a special message to this year’s graduating class.

Japan
(art • chalk • education • graduation • moving • Persona • Puyo Puyo • Ryu ga Gotoku • Sega • Sonic • touching • video • video games • Yakuza: Like a Dragon)

Lawson Store 100 sells two new simple, inexpensive bento showcasing popular Japanese side dishes

Krista Rogers
Mar 14, 2023

If you’ve ever wished that there was just a little bit more of a certain side dish in your lunch, you’ll absolutely love these bento bargains.

Japan
(bento • convenience store • food • hijiki • kinpira gobo • konbini • Lawson Store 100 • lunch • Seiji Nakazawa • simple)

Attack on Titan x Uniqlo pairing unleashes a colossal collaboration on the world

Krista Rogers
Mar 14, 2023

Upcoming line of T-shirts celebrates the anime moving into its final story arc.

Japan
(anime • Attack on Titan • clothing • collaboration • fashion • Hajime Isayama • manga • Uniqlo)

Art Aquarium Ginza offers a captivating new way to enjoy the cherry blossoms–with goldfish!

Krista Rogers
Mar 8, 2023

The extremely Instagrammable museum ushers in sakura season with gorgeous displays of real fish, illuminations, and cherry blossom decorations galore.