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Richard Simmonds

Originally from Sussex in the UK, Richard came to Japan for the first time in 2011 to teach English. Deciding that only one stint as a student wasn’t enough he returned to go to university in Osaka where he still lives, working slowly towards his inevitable destiny of being killed in an avalanche of manga and textbooks, surrounded by the discarded wrappers of assorted matcha-flavour sweets and biscuits. Whilst continuing his love-hate- hate relationship with the Japanese language he works as a translator, writer and sometime bar pet gaijin.

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Looking for love in Japan? Come to the Aiseki Beach House this summer!

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 30, 2017
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Meet singles and eat and drink as much as you like in a prime location right next to the Pacific. And all for free (if you’re a girl).

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• Japan
• (Aiseki-ya • Beach party • dating • gokon • goukon • Japanese Singles • summer)

Beautiful papercraft commercial celebrates 106 years of Japanese company Idemitsu【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 30, 2017

A blend of modern and traditional designs come together for a whistle-stop tour.

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• Japan
• (Idemitsu • papercraft • Shadow theatre • TV commercial • video)

Husband “Death Note” shows dark side of Twitter, and married life

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 28, 2017

Fortunately for these bad husbands, no “shinigami” death gods seem involved…yet.

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• Japan
• (blog • Deathnote • marriage • twitter)

AKB48 mega-fan creates labour-saving CD packaging-opening machine【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 24, 2017

Although presumably created at great expense and effort.

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• Japan
• (AKB48 • crazy • funny • Idols • technology • video • weird)

Bath transforms Japanese Twitter beauty’s appearance…and seemingly gender too!

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 22, 2017

Twitter user goes from girliest of girls to manliest of men in two minutes flat.

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• Japan
• (cosplay • crossdressing • crossplay)

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen creator Piko Taro to get the anime treatment

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 19, 2017

Piko Taro‘s comedy gets a fairy tale animation makeover.
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• Japan
• (anime • fairy tales • Pen-Pineapple-Appe-Pen • piko taro • ppap)

Japanese high school student’s workshop project blows minds, hides things.

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 17, 2017

Looks like a simple block of wood? There’s a secret inside, or at least there could be!

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• Japan
• (cool • design • highschool)

Japanese survey reveals the reason for Your Name’s immense popularity

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 15, 2017

It turns out a specific demographic of the audience is the driving force behind the animated hit’s domestic success.

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• Japan
• (anime • cinema • Japanese movies • movies • your name.)

Japanese architects give new meaning to the phrase “open-plan office”

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 10, 2017

Bright, fresh, breezy, and nowhere safe to pick your nose or scratch your arse?

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• Japan
• (architecture • business • cool • design • Open-plan office)

Hatsune Miku goes retro sci-fi with God of Manga-style makeover

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 9, 2017

Vocaloid star Hatsune Miku meets the “God of Manga,” Osamu Tezuka, in new exhibition.

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• Japan
• (anime • Hatsune Miku • manga • museums • Osamu Tezuka • vocaloids)

ANA’s gluten-free meal? A single banana, allegedly

• Richard Simmonds
  Jun 1, 2017

Have a banana? No joke.

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• Japan
• (airlines • ANA • bananas • gluten-free)

Gudetama: How did Sanrio’s lethargic egg become so popular in Japan?

• Richard Simmonds
  May 11, 2017

The team at Vox shed light onto the development and popularity of the lovable egg with a bum.

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• Japan
• (cute • funny • Gudetama • Sanrio • video)

The secondhand Suzuki that has been everywhere, including the moon?【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  May 10, 2017

Visual effects artist Eugene Romanovsky goes all out to sell his beloved Suzuki Vitara.

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• Space
• (cars • funny • Suzuki • video)

To eat or to play? Do both with a somen noodle slider from Japan!

• Richard Simmonds
  May 9, 2017

No need to resolve the timeless dilemma when meal-time comes, as you can do both at the same time, and all in the comfort of your own home!

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• Japan
• (cool • food • Noodles • slide • somen • toys)

We try an amazing all-you-can-eat pizza deal for less than three bucks in Tokyo

• Richard Simmonds
  May 2, 2017

Family restaurant chain Olive Hill offers up a whopping 10 pizza varieties as part of their eat-until-you-drop lunch special.

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• Japan
• (all-you-can-eat • Eating Out • family restaurant • Olive Hill • pizza • tabehodai • Tokyo)

Fake monks targeting foreign visitors to Japan?

• Richard Simmonds
  Apr 17, 2017

Mock monks after your money? On layman‘s terms.

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• Japan
• (fraud • monks • Omamori • scam • shrines • temples)

Godzilla speaks! Interview with 12-movie veteran kaiju actor Haruo Nakajima【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Apr 12, 2017

The man who wore the 100-kilogram (220-pound!) suit in the first 12 films talks about his experiences.

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• Japan
• (Godzilla • Haruo Nakajima • interview • kaiju • movies • video)

Can you sing at least one anime song? Then you’re a step closer to a job with this company

• Richard Simmonds
  Mar 18, 2017

Pass the first stage interview with karaoke! Or, by playing wink murder.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime songs • job hunting • karaoke • otaku • weird)

Japan’s insane “dekotora” vehicles look like Transformers come to life【Video】

• Richard Simmonds
  Mar 10, 2017

Disco trucks in the spotlight.

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• Japan
• (decorated trucks • Dekotora • Lorries • Transformers • Tricked-out • trucks)

Canned food that will never reach its use-by date discovered in Japan!

• Richard Simmonds
  Mar 2, 2017

Have those ingenious Japanese invented food that never goes bad? Not quite.

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• Japan
• (canned food • crazy • expiration date • food • funny • Leap Day • weird)

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