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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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Survey reveals how Japanese people plan to spend the 2023 New Year’s holiday
- Krista Rogers
Dec 29, 2022 - Tweet
Questions explore the ongoing impact of the pandemic on family traditions and what people plan to spend the most money on for celebrations.
- Japan
- (Covid • family • food • holiday • New Year's • osechi • oshougatsu • plans • Shokubunka • survey • trends)
We try the recommended way to eat Ippudo’s new instant cup rice…which involves twice the Ippudo
- Krista Rogers
Dec 28, 2022
Ippudo’s new “pollack roe-flavored pickled mustard greens cup rice” recently landed on shelves at 7-Eleven Japan.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • COK • convenience store • food • Ippudo • konbini • mentai • Noodles • ramen • rice • SNJO • soup • takana)
7-Eleven Japan begins to implement new colorless food containers to reduce CO2 emissions
- Krista Rogers
Dec 21, 2022
The new containers have already been rolled out at store locations in Japan’s northernmost prefecture Hokkaido.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • bento • boxed lunches • CO2 emissions • CO2 reduction • COK • convenience store • environment • environmentally friendly • food • Hokkaido • konbini • reduction)
Survey reveals the most-played Pokémon games in Japan among other generational trends
- Krista Rogers
Dec 20, 2022
Hint: The most-played Pokémon games are part of the Game Boy family of games.
- Japan
- (COK • Game Boy • Nintendo DS • nintendo switch • Pokemon • Pokémon Gold • Pokémon Silver • Pokémon Green • Pokémon Red • video games)
Is Jiro-style ramen takeout from the supermarket as good as the real deal?
- Krista Rogers
Dec 14, 2022
We find out if this reasonably priced bowl stacks up to the ramen served at popular noodle chain Ramen Jiro.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Jiro-style • Noodles • ramen • ramen jiro • Seisen Ichiba • SNJO • supermarket • taste test)
We visit the full-scale Evangelion statue in Kyoto and particularly delight in the food tie-ins
- Krista Rogers
Dec 13, 2022
Sure, testing your Eva synchronization rate in the entry plug is pretty cool, but so is the food faithfully recreated from the anime.
- Japan
- (anime • COK • entry plug • Evangelion • food • Kyoto • mecha • Neon Genesis Evangelion • robots • Saya Togashi • SNJO • theme park • Toei Eigamura • Toei Kyoto Studio Park)
A new way to enjoy a cuppa: We try making curry with tea-brewed rice【SoraKitchen】
- Krista Rogers
Dec 7, 2022
One simple tweak to your rice preparation results in a more flavorful dish of Japanese-style curry.
Is this newly released sweet konnyaku, jelly or pudding? We try to sort out the custardy chaos
- Krista Rogers
Dec 6, 2022
We unravel the true nature of the mysterious new flavor of Konnyaku Batake jelly that has our brains and our tongues in a twist.
- Japan
- (caramel • custard • Daiki Nishimoto • dessert • konnyaku • Konnyaku Batake • MannanLife • new product • pudding • purin • taste test • weird)
Yoshitomo Nara x Stella McCartney shared capsule collection coming soon to shelves
- Krista Rogers
Nov 29, 2022
This upcoming collaboration combines the work of one of Japan’s most iconic contemporary artists with eco-conscious high fashion and social activism.
- Japan
- (activism • art • COK • collaboration • fashion • Stella McCartney • Yoshitomo Nara)
The new mustard mayo black pepper yakisoba “Demon King” flavor is here to terrorize tongues
- Krista Rogers
Nov 28, 2022
Our reporter’s tastebuds get taunted when he underestimates the true power of the Demon King.
- Japan
- (black pepper • Demon King • mustard mayonnaise • Noodles • Peyoung • pk sanjun • taste test • yakisoba)
We find the best “homestyle” onigiri at a super local chain of convenience stores
- Krista Rogers
Nov 23, 2022
We encounter delectable rice balls that could have been made by mom on an island far from Japan’s mainland.
- Japan
- (Amami Oshima • convenience store • egg • food • Kagoshima • konbini • onigirazu • onigiri • pork • rice balls • Shimanchu Mart)
We visit super popular tuna specialty joint Izakaya Hitoshi on Okinawa’s Ishigaki Island
- Krista Rogers
Nov 22, 2022
After failing to secure a reservation for one month prior to his visit, our reporter gets in with some luck and ascends to tuna heaven.
- Japan
- (dining • gourmet • Ishigaki • izakaya • Izakaya Hitoshi • maguro • Okinawa • pub • Restaurant • tuna)
J-Pop group Travis Japan’s worldwide major debut single “Just Dance!” dances into the charts
- Krista Rogers
Nov 15, 2022
The group’s debut single performs exceptionally well on the U.S. music charts as its members look collectively towards the future.
- Japan, USA
- (Capitol Records • Johnny & Associates • Just Dance! • major debut • music • streaming • Travis Japan • worldwide)
The 2022 Soraniwa Music Festival: A day of music, laughter, and family atmosphere
- Krista Rogers
Nov 15, 2022
After previously taking part in all kinds of prep work, Seiji finally experiences the culmination of his fellow team members’ hard work and dreams.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • family • Kanagawa • moving • music • music festival • nature • outdoor • Sagamihara • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Soraniwa • touching)
Re. Uniqlo Studio begins handy and affordable clothing remake/repair service in Tokyo
- Krista Rogers
Nov 9, 2022
During this trial phase, the new workplace-within-a-store offers repairs and custom remakes of clothing purchased at Uniqlo.
- Japan
- (brand • Chitosedai • clothing • fashion • LifeWear • recycle • remake • repair • reuse • service • Setagaya • Tokyo • Uniqlo)
Urusei Yatsura official Tomobiki High School female uniforms are about to invade your closets
- Krista Rogers
Nov 8, 2022
Fans of Rumiko Takahashi’s classic sci-fi comedy will soon be able to wear summer and winter versions of the uniform as depicted in the new show.
- Japan
- (anime • Cospatio • cosplay • fashion • Lum • manga • Rumiko Takahashi • Seifuku • uniform • Urusei Yatsura)
1 in 20 Japanese junior high school students regularly missing school, government study finds
- Krista Rogers
Nov 2, 2022
The number of truant elementary and junior high school students in Japan is also the highest ever recorded.
- Japan
- (attendance • COVID-19 • elementary school • junior high school • MEXT • skip school • study • truancy)
Two Sushiro workers form the Conveyor Belt Sushi Union, seeking better wages and more
- Krista Rogers
Nov 1, 2022
Among other grievances, workers allege that they are not paid fairly for their preparation time or labor and hours worked are unjustly rounded down.
- Japan
- (Akindo Sushiro • collective bargaining • Conveyor belt sushi • Kaitenzushi • labor • Restaurant Workers' Union • Sushiro • union)
Government survey finds teleworking at least once per week raises Japanese worker happiness level
- Krista Rogers
Oct 26, 2022
On the flip side, the number of mental health illnesses diagnosed that are attributed to work-related stress also continues to rise.
- Japan
- (happiness • karoshi • Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare • overwork • remote work • report • survey • telecommuting • work from home)
Pokémon’s official baby brand opens Monpoké Marché, its first long-term, physical store in Odaiba
- Krista Rogers
Oct 25, 2022
This store-in-a-store is for all of the littlest Pokémon lovers in your life, with play and rest areas to entertain the whole family.
- Japan
- (babies • Babies R Us • children • Monpoke • odaiba • play • Pokemon • shopping • store • Tokyo • Toys R Us)
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