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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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Cats in trouble, washing bags, and visual kei bands: What do these three things have in common?
- Krista Rogers
Apr 25, 2016 - Tweet
The Japanese Twitterverse has been sharing some handy tricks for rescuing our feline friends in times of emergency.
- Cats, Japan
- (animal welfare • cats • dogs • rescue • visual kei • washing bag)
Maru the cat sticks his head in a bag, emerges with fashionable pigtails【Video】
- Krista Rogers
Apr 24, 2016
All Marus are adorable, but Pigtailed Maru is especially memorable.
Get your hands on the Nanoblock version of Evangelion Unit-01, coming this month
- Krista Rogers
Apr 19, 2016
Spice up your work space with a model of Eva Unit-01 from the hit anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion (wimpy teenage pilot not included)!
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (anime • Evangelion Unit 01 • Nanoblock • Neon Genesis Evangelion • toy • toys)
Idolmaster anime becoming Korean-drama, idol applications to be accepted from around the world!
- Krista Rogers
Apr 18, 2016
South Korea will receive a live-action drama adaptation of the hit idol video game and anime franchise, with a few significant changes.
- Anime & Manga, Entertainment, Games & Tech, Japan, Korea
- (Idols • K-dramas • Live action • The Idolmaster • TV dramas • video games)
This is what happens when you cook rice with coffee in your rice cooker 【Rocket Kitchen】
- Krista Rogers
Apr 18, 2016
In the name of science, our caffeine-addicted team of intrepid reporters continue their culinary tradition of trying their taste buds to the limits.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (coffee • cooking • experiment • food • rice • rice cooker)
New “Submariner Camera” is ready to get up close and personal with your pet fish
- Krista Rogers
Apr 18, 2016
This new device will take playful pictures of Goldy, Bubbles, and the rest of your piscine pals.
- Games & Tech, Japan
- (camera • CCP • fish • submarine • Submariner Camera • underwater • video)
Evangelion’s Gainax studio establishes new business… cultivating tomatoes
- Krista Rogers
Apr 13, 2016
Legendary anime studio GAINAX, of Neon Genesis Evangelion, FLCL, and Gurren Lagann fame, has entered the tomato business.
- Anime & Manga, Food & Drink, Japan
- (anime • Evangelion • farm • GAINAX • Kobe • tomatoes)
Turn your smartphone into a telescope and take pictures of outer space with new device
- Krista Rogers
Apr 11, 2016
Ever wished you could take pictures of the moon’s craters on your phone? Now there’s a way, thanks to a new smartphone telescope gadget!
- Games & Tech, Japan, Space
- (astronomy • cool • Elecom • photogrophy • smartphone • space • stars • telescope)
Traditional Japanese cultural trivia of the day: Bonseki rocks! (literally)
- Krista Rogers
Apr 11, 2016
You’re probably familiar with bonsai, but what exactly is its other traditional art form cousin, bonseki?
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Characters in this textbook from Taiwan want to teach you Japanese using two-timing tactics
- Krista Rogers
Apr 10, 2016
You’ll feel motivated to both study harder and buy this textbook when you see this unconventional sample sentence!
“150 Years of Japanese Uniforms” illustrated encyclopedia is now on sale
- Krista Rogers
Apr 10, 2016
These gorgeous illustrations of workers’ uniforms over the past century and a half is sure to charm lovers of seifuku [uniforms] everywhere!
- Art, Japan
- (drawings • encyclopedia • guidebook • history • illustrations • Seifuku • uniforms)
Funny reaction video shows Americans trying sea urchin for the first time
- Krista Rogers
Apr 4, 2016
How do you think this group will react to the taste of one of Japan’s favorite sushi delicacies?
- Food & Drink, USA
- (food • funny • reaction • sea urchin • sushi • uni • video)
Paris’ Japanese-style crêperie will take care of all of your cute cravings
- Krista Rogers
Apr 4, 2016
Our reporter hops on a plane to Paris to check out Princess Crêpe, a Japanese-style creperie in the City of Lights!
- Anime & Manga, Cute, Europe
- (creperie • crepes • cute • france • lolita • moe • paris • Princess Crepe)
Lottery prize figurine of Dragon Ball Super’s hero Goku is also super expensive
- Krista Rogers
Apr 4, 2016
You’d have to be almost as wealthy as the Briefs family to win all four of the different versions!
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Super • figurine • game center • lottery • Son Goku • toys)
Satoru Noda’s Golden Kamuy manga series wins the 2016 Manga Taisho award
- Krista Rogers
Apr 4, 2016
The results are in and the 2016 Manga Taisho goes to Golden Kamuy.
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (award • Golden Kamuy • manga • Manga Taisho • Satoru Noda)
Artist’s unique artwork imagines Singapore locales as adorable, anthropomorphic characters
- Krista Rogers
Apr 3, 2016
If you’re a resident of Singapore, you’ll definitely want to check out what your neighborhood looks like in moe character form!
- Anime & Manga, Art, SE Asia
- (anthropormorphism • art • characters • moe • places • Singapore)
Young Japanese cosplayer whips up some costume magic to transform herself into Harry Potter
- Krista Rogers
Mar 30, 2016
Seriously though, is that an old snapshot of Daniel Radcliffe on set??
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (anime • cosplay • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter • Japan • Nippombashi Street Festa)
Iwami in Tottori Prefecture is now offering a Free!/High Speed! anime tie-in location map guide
- Krista Rogers
Mar 28, 2016
Fans of Free! and its High Speed! feature film adaptation can now visit all the places their favorite swimming boys would have frequented.
- Japan
- (free • High Speed! • Iwami • Map • swimming • Tottori Prefecture • tourism • travel)
Pokémon Centers around Japan celebrate the opening of Kyoto branch with commemorative goods
- Krista Rogers
Mar 28, 2016
Imperial court noble Pikachu, maiko Pikachu, and a Shiny Ho-Oh download are some of the exciting gifts now available around Japan!
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (campaign • download • Ho-Oh • Kyoto • maiko • Pikachu • Pokemon Center)
China’s People’s Daily newspaper promotes dancing boy as “the future King of Salsa”
- Krista Rogers
Mar 28, 2016
Watch out, salsa dancers of the world — you’re about to be in for some stiff competition!
- China
- (dance • funny • People's Daily • salsa)
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