November 19, 2019

How to Celebrate the Holiday Season in Japan?

This article was first featured in the Winter 2018 issue of Cosplay Deviants magazine.  So, you’ve recently landed in Japan and are wondering what there is to do during the […]
November 6, 2019

COCO’s X Fate/Grand Order

The first part of the special collaboration between Japanese family restaurant COCO’s and the Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front – Babylonia anime series debuted today and will run until the […]
October 22, 2019

Hunter x Hunter Cafe at Animate Cafe 3 Ikebukuro

The Animate Cafe 3 shop in Ikebukuro is currently hosting the 5th Hunter x Hunter cafe collaboration which focuses on the Zoldyck Family and will run until the 29th of October. […]
October 20, 2019

Anata no Warehouse Arcade in Kawasaki

On the 15th of October, the legendary five-story arcade facility Anata no Warehouse (Your Warehouse) located in Kawasaki announced that they will be closing its doors for good on the 17th of […]
September 15, 2019

Tokyo Game Show 2019

I was able to attend the Tokyo Game Show this year which is a video game convention held annually in September in the Makuhari Messe, in Chiba, Japan. The event […]
September 2, 2019

Nikko Toshogu Shrine in Japan

I recently visited the Toshogu Shrine located in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 1617 to enshrine Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616), the founder […]
August 19, 2019

Onsen Musume Exhibition at Toranoana in Akihabara

An exhibition for Enbound, Inc.’s Onsen Musume (Hot Spring Girls) project was recently held at the Toranoana Akihabara C Store in Akihabara. Onsen Musume is a project to help increase tourism to Japanese hot springs […]
August 18, 2019

MIN-NARAKEN Exhibition at Toranoana in Akihabara

An exhibition for MIN-NARAKEN who is the illustrator of bishoujo games for Alice Soft was recently held at the Toranoana Akihabara C Store in Akihabara. The event featured various illustrations from […]
August 12, 2019

40hara Iyapan Exhibition 6 at Akihabara

I’m a big fan of 40hara and he recently had his sixth exhibition based on his popular Iyapan (I Want You To Make a Disgusted Face and Show Me Your […]
August 8, 2019

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure at Tower Records Shibuya

The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind anime series recently took over Tower Records main store in Shibuya and being a fan of the series, I decided to go check it […]
August 7, 2019

My First Impact with the Evangelion Bar in Ikebukuro

I recently experienced my first impact at the Evangelion Bar which is taking place in Ikebukuro until September 1. The small compact bar is decked out with multiple TV screens […]
July 30, 2019

Wonder Festival 2019 Summer

Last weekend I attended the Tokyo Wonder Festival 2019 Summer event which is dedicated to various different types of figures. While the main focus is to display and sell garage […]