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Brian Ashcraft
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Originally from Texas, Ashcraft has called Osaka home since 2001. He has authored six books, including most recently, The Japanese Sake Bible.

While I don’t disagree with all that you wrote, the Japanese economic miracle is credited as starting in 1955. A decade later, the Japanese economy was the second largest in the world. Read more

Yeah, but not on Food and Wine and Martha Stewart. But Christmas pizza sounds AWESOME. Read more

Roasts are what my family has always eaten at the holidays. Roast beef is considered fancy food in Japan, so it’s served on special occasions or during parties. Read more

There are some good tracks on it! Better than I thought it would be. What did you think?? Read more

We can use American plugs in Japan. The power charges are *slightly* different, but I always just plug my Japanese electronics in in the US, no problemo. Read more

This is my opinion, but I think there are a couple reasons: One is that those are separate businesses (pachinko parlors and the little stand that buys the balls), and I’m not sure how they’d do that for a video game. Pay for the controllers? I honestly don’t know. Another is that I think since there is a law regarding Read more

Yeah, it’s...different. I’m interested in hearing the rest of the album! I think he’s always been the more experimental of the two brothers (as evident in his Chemical Bros collaborations, tracks like Fuckin’ in the Bushes, etc). Read more

Wow, that typo was up for only a few minutes. You’re quick! Read more