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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.
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Track: Mugenmirai | Artist: Perfume | Album: Future Pop
This weekend, official Fist of the North Star single malt Scotch whisky was released in Japan. Bottles of Kenshiro-branded 20-year-old Teaninich-distilled single malt are 20,900 yen ($197), while Raoh-branded Glentauchers-distilled single malt are 24,200 yen ($228). Both are already sold out.
Twitter user Granicoph, a 3D modeler based in Tokyo, has created impressive 3D models of Nausicaä of the Valley of…
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Track: Mack The Knife (Live) | Artist: Ella Fitzgerald | Album: The Lost Berlin Tapes
This week Microsoft showed off the Xbox Series X and S, and revealed the next-gen consoles’ price tags. So how has…
When people in Japan buy masks, then typically shop at drug stores, purchasing disposable ones. But increasingly,…
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Track: Be a Rebel | Artist: New Order | Album: Be a Rebel (single)
Fortnite is a big hit, especially on the Switch. Nintendo thinks the game deserves its own Switch—and they’re…
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Track: Velouria (Alternative Version) | Artist: Pixies | Album: Bossanova
The Mimaru hotel chain has locations in Osaka, Kyoto, and Tokyo. While most of its rooms are apartment-type hotel…
Talented Hong Kong-based model-maker Sean P. Yung has created a tank with a mock Famicom on it, trading a military…
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Track: Fade Away (War Child ver.) | Artist: Oasis | Album: Help!
Today, Microsoft revealed its smallest Xbox ever, the Xbox Series S. The internet, inevitably, reacted.
This year sucks. 2021 will hopefully be better, but Tetsuya Nomura has his eye on 2022. It’s a big milestone in the…
In Super Mario 64, the Backwards Long Jump trick has been used to refer to a glitch that’s known in Japan as Ketsu…
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Track: Fake Plastic Trees (cover) | Artist: Phoebe Bridgers x Arlo Parks | Album: N/A
September 3 was the day that Zenitsu Agatsuma from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba was born. It’s not uncommon for…