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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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Coming soon to Japan’s Family Mart convenience stores: A whole lot of digital signage

Krista Rogers
Aug 25, 2021
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The Family Mart of the future plans to use plenty of electronic advertising to assault your senses.

Japan
(ads • convenience stores • digital signage • Family mart • Itochu • konbini • marketing • new company • technology)

Samurai luxury — Renovated 400-year-old ryokan near Chiba’s coast can be yours to rent【Photos】

Krista Rogers
Aug 24, 2021

The inn is actually an upgraded traditional Japanese house that’s continuously served as a residence for officials for more than 400 years.

Japan
(Chiba • COK • culture • Edo period • history • hotels • inns • kominka • rotenburo • ryokan • Sengoku period • travel)

Tottori Prefecture is holding a Pokéfuta stamp rally for a chance to win some sumptuous prizes

Krista Rogers
Aug 18, 2021

Pokélovers can have fun taking in the local sights AND entering a lottery to win some local delicacies.

Japan
(lottery • manhole covers • Pokéfuta • sand dunes • sandshrew • stamp rally • Tottori Prefecture • travel)

What it’s like to apply for and receive a vaccine passport in Japan for travel abroad

Krista Rogers
Aug 17, 2021

Our reporter shares some important things to know if you’ll be applying for a vaccine passport within Japan.

Japan
(COVID-19 • Ikuna Kamezawa • ministry of foreign affairs • overseas • proof • travel • vaccination • vaccine certificate • vaccine passport)

My Neighbor Totoro fruit and vegetable shop series meets your daily nutritional needs for cute

Krista Rogers
Aug 10, 2021

Nothing’s more wholesome than these seven servings of Totoro and summertime produce goods.

Japan
(cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • fruits • merchandise • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • vegetables)

Blue Impulse’s cockpit version video gives us an intimate look inside an aerobatic plane 【Video】

Krista Rogers
Aug 10, 2021

See the Tokyo metropolis like you’ve never seen it before in this 360-degree rotatable video from the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Japan
(2020 Olympics • 2021 Olympics • 360 degree video • aerobatics • air show • airplanes • Blue Impulse • cockpit • cool • Japan Self-Defense Forces • JASDF • Tokyo Olympic • video)

Food delivery service’s payment processing error allows some people to eat for free…for 3 years

Krista Rogers
Aug 3, 2021

Demae-can, one of Japan’s top food delivery services, is consequently seeking lump-sum payments from affected users.

Japan
(damages • Demae-can • error • home food delivery • mobile payments • mobile phone carriers • payment • takeout)

Kadokawa president apologizes and takes pay cut for his comments about censoring manga

Krista Rogers
Aug 3, 2021

The publishing president is “deeply reflecting” on his “inappropriate comments” during his recent appearance on a TV program.

Japan
(apology • censorship • gravure • Kadokawa • manga • publishing • Takeshi Natsuno)

Casio partners with Pac-Man for a new but vintage-looking digital watch

Krista Rogers
Jul 28, 2021

Relive the thrill of this classic arcade game every time you need to tell the time.

Japan
(Bandai Namco • Casio • cool • digital • new product • pac-man • video games • watchess)

Three centipede and cockroach species are newly named and placed under protection in Okinawa

Krista Rogers
Jul 27, 2021

It really bugs us that Japan has the prettiest bugs.

Japan
(arthropod • centipede • cockroach • COK • insect • Ministry of the Environment • new species • Okinawa • protection)

Mr. Sato falls for the biggest egg sandwich he’s ever seen…but what does it look like inside?

Krista Rogers
Jul 21, 2021

“The sun egg sandwich” is 20 centimeters (7.87 inches) in diameter and is on a mission to become a new famous local product of Saitama Prefecture.

Japan
(Cafe Sangria • egg sandwich • food • Ikebukuro • Mr. Sato • Saitama City • specialty • sun egg sandwich • tamago sando • Tobu Department Store • Tobu Railway)

New summer ice cream-flavored mini KitKats come with a serving of summer homework topics

Krista Rogers
Jul 20, 2021

Japanese kids can exercise their mouths and minds by participating in a contest to brainstorm ideas about the future.

Japan
(contest • future • homework • ice cream • Kit Kat • Miraikan • Nestle Japan • new flavor • odaiba • snacks • summer vacation)

Traditional noodles undergo a cute evolution in Kawaii Company’s new rainbow somen

Krista Rogers
Jul 13, 2021

These five flavors of cute and colorful Miwa somen are just in time to brighten up your summer.

Japan
(cool • cute • Felissimo • food • Kawaii • Kawaii Company • Nara • Noodles • Sebastian Masuda • Senjutei • somen • summer)

Become a noodle expert with Takara Tomy’s new Soba-Making Master and free online cooking lesson

Krista Rogers
Jul 13, 2021

Making homemade soba with the whole family has never been so satisfying.

Japan
(ABC Cooking Studio • COK • cooking • DIY • Noodles • soba • Soba Making Master • Takara Tomy)

Our reporter transforms into a fancy celebrity to sample the fanciest udon at Marugame Seimen

Krista Rogers
Jul 8, 2021

Two new limited-time menu items at the restaurant feature Kobe beef, so we pulled out all of the stops to feel worthy of this gastronomic celebration.