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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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Show off your love for sushi with Pageboy x Hama Sushi clothing collection

Krista Rogers
Mar 22, 2022
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Might we have stumbled upon a new genre of clothing that we’ll dub “fish fashion”?

Japan
(COK • fashion • food • Hama Sushi • Hamazushi • Pageboy • sushi)

“I choose BOO!” Gengar engagement and wedding rings are here to haunt your nuptials

Krista Rogers
Mar 22, 2022

We thought there was only the ghost of a chance that Gengar would end up on a ring, but we’re happy to be proven wrong.

Japan
(anime • engagement rings • fashion • Gengar • jewelry • Pokemon • Pokemon jewelry • rings • U-Treasure • video games • wedding rings)

Chichibu Railway now offers the chance to host your wedding reception in a retro steam locomotive

Krista Rogers
Mar 15, 2022

The new SL Paleo Express Wedding packages are a dream come true for railway enthusiast couples.

Japan
(Chichibu Railway • reception • Saitama • SL Paleo Express • steam locomotive • wedding train)

Japanese Youth Conference petitions government to end compulsory after-school club activities

Krista Rogers
Mar 15, 2022

Students take action to raise awareness of violations in the current law and seek further information through student surveys.

Japan
(after-school clubs • bukatsu • Japan Sports Agency • Japanese Youth Conference • mandatory • sports • voluntary • Youth Parliament Japan)

Retro reveals: Men choose the top ten anime series of the 1970s

Krista Rogers
Mar 10, 2022

These iconic series, spanning sci-fi to sports, were instrumental in paving the way for anime of subsequent decades.

Japan
(1970s • anime • Ashita no Joe • COK • Doraemon • lupin III • Mobile Suit Gundam • retro • Space Battleship Yamato • survey • Top Ten)

Psyduck teapot produced by Japanese craftspeople is here to serve up a headache-soothing cuppa

Krista Rogers
Mar 8, 2022

Stylishly cute new kitchen good pays homage to an item from the fourth generation of Pokémon games.

Japan
(anime • cute • drinkware • Mino ware • Pokemon • Psyduck • teapot • video games)

Japan’s West Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train service to Nagasaki is set to open this fall

Krista Rogers
Mar 1, 2022

JR Kyushu reveals the starting date for the newest stretch of Shinkansen in southwestern Japan.

Japan
(bullet train • Kamome • Kyushu Shinkansen • Nagasaki • Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen • shinkansen • Takeo Onsen • West Kyushu Shinkansen)

Second series in Uniqlo’s “Pokémon Meets Artist” collection of graphic T-shirts revealed

Krista Rogers
Feb 28, 2022

New designs by artist duo Magma will feature Pikachu, Charizard, and other fan favorites composed from collages of objects.

Japan
(artist • fashion • graphic T-shirts • magma • Pikachu • Pokemon Meets Artist • Uniqlo • UT)

Akihabara Nagomido manga cafe x Felissimo Cat Division Parlor collaboration café is open meow

Krista Rogers
Feb 22, 2022

Month-long specialty cafe offers the purrfect dishes and goods for cat lovers in Japan’s capital.

Japan
(Akihabara • cafes • cats • COK • cute • Felissimo • food • Nekobu • restaurants • Taisho • themed restaurants • Tokyo)

Meow’s that? 2022’s ranking of the top cat names in Japan

Krista Rogers
Feb 22, 2022

For the third year in a row, this particular name takes the top spot for all felines, male or female.

Japan
(Cat Day • cats • Japanese language • linguistics • names • pets • ranking • Top Ten)

We sample both of the “secret” Starbucks cakes that you can only order online

Krista Rogers
Feb 16, 2022

Incredibly rich and dense, these cakes are perfect for Extreme Fans of cheesecake or chocolate.

Japan
(cake • Cheesecake • chocolate cake • dessert • online • secret • Starbucks Japan • sweets • Takaki Bakery • taste test)

Our reporter shares her reflections on competitive karuta playing manga Chihayafuru ending soon

Krista Rogers
Feb 15, 2022

She’s not the only one whose life has been impacted by the emotional weight of this story.

Japan
(anime • Chihayafuru • competitive • game • K. Masami • karuta • manga • poems • Yuki Suetsugu)

Tochigi Prefecture’s three new Pokéfuta are the first in the north of Japan’s Kanto region

Krista Rogers
Feb 8, 2022

These new Pokéfuta also mean that half of all Japanese prefectures are now equipped with their own unique Pokémon manhole covers.

Japan
(anime • cool • cute • manhole covers • Poké Lids • Pokéfuta • Pokemon • Tochigi • travel • utsunomiya • video games)

Kagawa Prefecture is transformed into Slowpoke Paradise in a brand-new travel campaign

Krista Rogers
Feb 8, 2022

Slowpoke buses, Slowpoke hotel rooms, and even a Slowpoke ferry pop up in Kagawa’s cities (but don’t worry because the service isn’t slow).

Japan
(hotel • hotels • Kagawa Prefecture • Pokemon • Slowpoke • takamatsu • themed • transportation • travel • udon • Yadon)

The Top 10 anime theme songs that Japanese people jammed to at karaoke in 2021

Krista Rogers
Feb 1, 2022

Both the opening and ending theme of this particular anime made it into the Top Three.

Japan
(anime • anisongs • Beastars • Daiichi Kosho • DAM karaoke • Demon Slayer • karaoke • singing • theme songs • Tokyo Revengers • Top Ten)

We visit Osaka’s newly dubbed Koreatown for the first time and set our sights on all of the food

Krista Rogers
Jan 31, 2022

After viewing 60+ varieties of kimchi in a single shop alone, our reporter learns that she has much to learn about Korean cuisine.

Japan
(dining • food • Ikuna Kamezawa • kimchi • korean food • Osaka Ikuno Koreatown • Seiji Nakazawa • travel)

Retired pro wrestler Riki Choshu greets you at the door in this new line of sound gachapon toys

Krista Rogers
Jan 25, 2022

Even our pro wrestling-loving reporter can’t quite explain why these toys exist.

Japan
(Bandai • capsule toys • COK • crazy • funny • gachapon • pro wrestling • Riki Choshu • SNJO • vending machine toys • weird)

Lost at the nengajo lottery this year? Get a second chance by winning your way to onsen instead

Krista Rogers
Jan 25, 2022

People who didn’t win the official New Year’s greeting card lottery now have a new chance to win discounted or even free entry to certain hot springs.