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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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Who knew that Kumamoto Castle was a Transformer hiding in plain sight all this time?

Krista Rogers
Sep 1, 2018
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Kumamoto Castle may be more than meets the eye.

Japan
(awesome • castles • cool • earthquake • funny • Kumamoto • Kumamoto Castle • robots • Transfomers • twitter)

Terminally ill father accompanies bride down the aisle in tear-jerking Philippine wedding

Krista Rogers
Aug 27, 2018

Get ready to break out the tissues for some of the most bittersweet feels you’ve ever felt.

SE Asia
(cancer • fathers • Las Piñas • moving • Philippines • sad • touching • video • Wedding)

Pokémon’s Professor Oak, Cowboy Bebop’s Jet Black passes away at age 67

Krista Rogers
Aug 23, 2018

The world mourns the passing of another anime legend.

Japan
(Cowboy Bebop • death • Pokemon • Professor Oak • twitter • Unsho Ishizuka • voice actor)

Japanese net users react to the results of the 2018 Global Liveability Index

Krista Rogers
Aug 21, 2018

Two Japanese cities made this year’s list of the Top Ten Most Liveable Cities in the World.

Global, Japan
(cities • EIU • liveable • Osaka • ranking • survey • Tokyo)

Dragon Ball’s Lord Beerus shows up at mortal’s house, lowly humans beware!【Cat cosplay】

Krista Rogers
Aug 17, 2018

If there’s one lesson that the Dragon Ball anime has taught us in recent years, it’s that you should never cross a God of Destruction (without cup noodles).

Internet, Japan
(anime • Beerus • cats • cosplay • cute • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • funny • pet)

Mr. Sato tries to eat a cheap beef bowl, gets a massive, luxurious surprise in the process

Krista Rogers
Aug 14, 2018

Why could Mr. Sato possibly be freaking out over this delectable beef bowl?

Japan
(beef • beef bowls • COK • food • gyudon • meat • Mr. Sato • restaurants • rice bowls • shinjuku • SNOJ • Tokyo)

Surprisingly simple and fast process of hand-lettering store’s name on glass awes net users

Krista Rogers
Aug 10, 2018

Aka that time when watching the paint dry really was fun.

Internet, Japan
(cool • craftsmanship • hardware • lettering • painting • twitter)

Japanese publishers team up for a “Stop! Pirated manga” online campaign

Krista Rogers
Aug 7, 2018

The fight against the illegal distribution of manga online is somewhat ironically led in part by a famous pirate character.

Internet, Japan
(industry • manga • pirating • publishers • sales • Shonen Jump)

Our reporter goes on a one-night, three-day “Extreme New Zealand Trip” over the weekend

Krista Rogers
Jul 31, 2018

Join our Japanese-language correspondent P.K. Sanjun on his whirlwind time-warping tour of Auckland, which still got him back in time for work on Monday.

New Zealand
(Auckland • COK • food • New Zealand • P.K. Sanjun • Pokémon GO • SNOJ • travel)

Japanese rocker shares granny’s art online, Twitter goes wild, she sends note of thanks in return

Krista Rogers
Jul 27, 2018

Don’t sweat it if you find yourself tearing up at this simple but sweet gesture to get an obaachan the recognition she deserves.

Internet, Japan
(artwork • grandmother • painting • sweet • twitter)

Mom shares life-changing tip to stop her kids from fooling around on her smartphone

Krista Rogers
Jul 24, 2018

Here’s one way to keep your kids’ hands off your phone…and possibly give them some nightmares to boot.

Internet, Japan
(advice • kids • mask • Noh • scary • smartphone • twitter)

Veteran anime voice actor Kappei Yamaguchi displays hidden artistic talent… yet again!

Krista Rogers
Jul 22, 2018

Perhaps the 52-year-old voice of Inuyasha and Ranma should seriously consider a mid-life career change to manga artist?

Japan
(anime • Detective Conan • Kappei Yamaguchi • seiyuu • Shinichi Kudo • Toshiyuki Morikawa • twitter • voice actor)

Synchronized Shiba siblings spark spontaneous satisfied squeals【Video】

Krista Rogers
Jul 17, 2018

Who can resist those smooshy faces and all-too-cute tongues?

Internet, Japan
(animals • cute • dogs • pets • shiba • Shiba Inu • video)

Illustrator for Square Enix, Capcom stuns with whiteboard armor artwork and more

Krista Rogers
Jul 12, 2018

Some people just have too much talent…save some for the rest of us!

Internet, Japan
(armor • art • drawing • school • twitter • whiteboard)

Nine times Japanese people got schooled on their own country and culture by foreigners

Krista Rogers
Jul 10, 2018

Japanese people dish on things foreigners told them that they’d never realized before about their home country.

Global, Internet, Japan
(countries • cultural differences • life • twitter • workplace)

Photos of abandoned power plants in Japan show the hidden beauty in ruins【Photos】

Krista Rogers
Jul 6, 2018

Deteriorating facilities remind us of the power of time and the fragility of man’s monuments.
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Japan
(abandoned buildings • beautiful • photos • power plants • ruins)

Sailor Moon’s Moonlight Densetsu as played on traditional Japanese instruments

Krista Rogers
Jul 3, 2018

The classic theme song comes to life in a brand-new way that evokes a different style of “miracle romance.”

Internet, Japan
(anime • culture • koto • Moonlight Densetsu • music • Nami Kineie • Sailor Moon • shamisen • wagakki)

Literally wipe out your chances of academic failure with prep school’s unique erasers

Krista Rogers
Jun 28, 2018

One school hopes a simple motivational tool will help students get into their dream universities.

Japan
(college entrance exams • eraser • fail • pass • takamatsu • yobiko)

Natto-flavored potato chips are now yours for the taking (or trashing) in Japan

Krista Rogers
Jun 25, 2018

The latest offering from Japanese snack manufacturer Calbee has got some people eagerly awaiting its release and others scratching their heads in puzzlement.