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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.
Another arcade is closing in Tokyo. Taito Station Shinjuku West Exit, which opened in 2018, will shutter on March 21. With fewer customers, and tourists banned, arcades are hurting.
Syphilis. Rabies. Ebola. While you’d probably not like to get any of these, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control…
E. Honda’s Street Fighter II bathhouse stage is iconic. On the back wall is a mural with Mount Fuji, a kabuki actor,…
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Track: Country Road (cover) | Artist: Goose House | Album: N/A
Whenever there’s an earthquake in Japan, inevitably on Twitter come photos of people’s anime statues knocked off…
Announced last December, Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast) has a new animated…
During the Japanese version of this week’s Nintendo Direct, a pleasant surprise was announced: a summertime game…
Wood carvings are one of Vietnam’s traditional handicrafts, but instead of religious-themed works, DWoodart Studio…
To mark the game’s tenth anniversary, a Nier Replicant remaster was announced for the PS4, Xbox One, and Steam.…
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Track: No Longer | Artist: YeYe X Moto Kawabe | Album: No Longer (single)
Japanese whisky isn’t yet one hundred years old. The country set up its first proper whisky distillery in 1923. And…
This weekend, north-eastern Japan was rocked by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake. Considering how devastating earthquakes…
Each year, fans send Valentine chocolates to Square Enix. Some are addressed to characters while others are for the…
It’s rather common for anime fans to know character’s ages. But for years, Gintama’s age has not been revealed. That…
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Track: 1999 | Artist: Hitsujibungaku | Album: 1999