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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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We stumble across hidden gems at Paris branch of Japanese second-hand bookstore Book Off in Paris
- Krista Rogers
Nov 2, 2021 - Tweet
Japan’s biggest chain of used books and other media blends right in with the City of Lights.
- Europe, Japan
- (Book Off • books • COK • culture • france • Ikuna Kamezawa • Junkudo • paris • shopping • SNJO • travel)
Japanese baby name app releases 2021 ranking of top ten most intriguing boy and girl baby names
- Krista Rogers
Nov 2, 2021
App publishes a ranking of the names that got the most hits during expectant parents’ searches.
- Japan
- (baby names • COK • Japanese language • Japanese names • kids • linguistics • name • Parenting • parents • ranking • society)
Top 10 areas in Japan’s capital region where women who live on their own want to live
- Krista Rogers
Oct 26, 2021
Survey also asks for women’s ideal places to live if money weren’t an issue.
- Japan
- (Apartment • living • rent • survey • Tokyo • want to live • Woman Chintai • women)
New clothing collection using upcycled meisen silk kimono aims to reweave modern culture
- Krista Rogers
Oct 26, 2021
Pop-up stores in Gunma Prefecture will also showcase these fashion items that bridge the past and present.
- Japan
- (Ay • clothing • craft • creative reuse • fashion • kimono • meisen • silk • traditional modern • upcycle)
This Robo Chef will make you perfect fried rice without any need to lift a heavy wok
- Krista Rogers
Oct 19, 2021
Our reporter couldn’t get enough of this kitchen machinery that requires no more physical exertion than simply throwing in the ingredients.
- Japan
- (chahan • Eating Out Expo • fried rice • MIK • restaurant industry • Robo Chef • robot • Seiji Nakazawa • Tokyo)
Four lucky towns in Fukushima Prefecture will receive a Chansey Pokémon Park
- Krista Rogers
Oct 19, 2021
Fancy having a play date with Chansey?
On Halloween, turn any character into a wounded zombie version with these few simple steps【Pics】
- Krista Rogers
Oct 12, 2021
Our reporter shares her pro tips for applying wound makeup for her masked, zombie version of fan-favorite Harley Quinn this year.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • fashion • halloween • Harley Quinn • makeup • mask • Natsuki Gojo • scary • SNJO • tips • zombie)
The world’s best invention is now even better in the form of a specially built gaming kotatsu
- Krista Rogers
Oct 12, 2021
Game enthusiasts and kotatsu enthusiasts now have something to be doubly enthusiastic about together.
- Japan
- (Board games • card games • clever • cool • furniture • game kotatsu • interior • kotatsu • table • warm)
When life doesn’t give you expensive tuna, build a tuna fishing vessel plastic model instead
- Krista Rogers
Oct 5, 2021
We wanted to eat fresh-from-the-boat tuna but couldn’t, so we did the next most logical thing and built a realistic tuna fishing boat instead.
We joined the 10,000 otaku who recently congregated in Madrid for Japan Weekend
- Krista Rogers
Oct 4, 2021
Our visiting Japanese reporter shares her thoughts on the Spanish capital’s tribute to Japanese culture in its various forms.
- Europe, Japan
- (anime • COK • convention • cosplay • Japan Weekend • Japanese culture • Madrid • manga • otaku • SNJO • Spain)
The Japanese Internet chooses the top too-sexy-for-their-own-good male voices in anime
- Krista Rogers
Sep 29, 2021
Find out whose voices melt listeners’ hearts just a little bit every time they open their mouths.
- Japan
- (anime • Goo Ranking • male • poll • seiyu • survey • voice actor)
The number of elderly people in Japan this year has yet again smashed multiple records
- Krista Rogers
Sep 28, 2021
Japan’s labor shortage is so bad that the government is even recruiting old folks who are willing to work.
- Japan
- (elderly • labor shortage • Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications • old • population • respect for the aged day • society)
Japanese home center emergency evacuation set could save your life, make you look like a goldfish
- Krista Rogers
Sep 21, 2021
How does this one stack up against Muji’s recent disaster preparedness kit?
- Japan
- (Cainz Home • COK • disaster prevention • disasters • earthquakes • emergency preparedness • fire • safety • SNJO)
The popular Night at the Aquarium: Lots of Sex exhibit returns to Tokyo’s Sunshine Aquarium
- Krista Rogers
Sep 21, 2021
We bet you’ve never read the words “sexy” and “fish” in the same phrase before.
- Japan
- (aquariums • exhibitions • funny • Ikebukuro • science • Sunshine Aquarium • Sunshine City • Tokyo • weird)
Here’s what happens when Cowboy Bebop’s star voice actor tries imitating a bird【Video】
- Krista Rogers
Sep 15, 2021
Koichi Yamadera: The Man, the Myth, the Pigeon.
- Japan
- (anime • Cowboy Bebop • imitation • Koichi Yamadera • pigeon • Ranma 1/2 • seiyu • twitter • video • voice actor)
Limited-time One Piece-themed Wonda canned coffees are now on sale in Japan!
- Krista Rogers
Sep 14, 2021
You can collect a total of 44 unique designs featuring fan-favorite characters from the best-selling manga series in Japanese history.
- Japan
- (anime • Asahi • beverage • canned coffee • limited time • manga • One Piece • themed • Wonda)
We assembled an Edo period-style tea-carrying mechanical doll【Pics, videos】
- Krista Rogers
Sep 8, 2021
The jury’s still out on whether it’s creepy, cute, or creepy-cute.
- Japan
- (COK • culture • design • Edo period • Gekkan • history • karakuri ningyo • mechanical doll • model kits • robot • science • SNJO • tea-carrying doll)
National Film Archive of Japan releases shocking historical videos of 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake
- Krista Rogers
Sep 7, 2021
A new publicly accessible website compiles contemporary footage of the deadliest natural disaster in Japanese history into a 64-minute film.
- Japan
- (disasters • earthquakes • Great Kanto Earthquake • history • National Film Archive of Japan • natural disaster • rare • Taisho Era)
Dance the decades away with Travis Japan on their newly dedicated YouTube channel
- Krista Rogers
Sep 1, 2021
The Johnnys’ Jr. group also feeds our love for nostalgic and classic J-Pop.
- Japan
- (dance • decades • Johnny's • Johnnys’ Jr. • nostalgia • retro • Travis Japan)
The most brilliant summer homework idea ever: Eat wagyu for Yakiniku Day
- Krista Rogers
Aug 30, 2021
Teachers, feel free to assign us this year’s and next year’s homework while you’re at it!
- Japan
- (agriculture • beef • gourmet • school • summer homework • taste test • Wagyu • Zen-Noh)
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