B’z is one of Japan’s most successful rock duo’s in Japan which consists of guitarist, composer and producer Matsumoto “Tak” Takahiro and vocalist and lyricist Inaba Koshi. Since their debut back in 1988, the band shows no signs of wavering, having sold over 100 million Read More …
The following was also featured on Neo-Tokyo 2099: In the late 1970’s and through the 1980′,s “City Pop” (a term used for adult contemporary music in Japan) was very popular. According to music writer Kanazawa Hisakazu, City Pop is ” a popular music genre in Read More …
For anyone going to the Hiroshima Peace Museum, I highly recommend visiting the shop and picking up the English adaptation of Tezuka Productions and Aoki Takeo’s “Hiroshima no fukkō: Genbaku no higeki o norikoeta hitobito” (Hiroshima’s Revival: Remembering how people overcame destruction and despair) with Read More …
Hey, what’s up everyone! Still working on getting my laptop setup (bare in mind, I can only work on it once I get home from work and not much time right after before I have to get some sleep), this time, I’ll share a few Read More …
When I was a child, I can easily remember having the basic slingshots that you would use for weeks until the cheap rubber band snapped on your wrist and you would hope you can find a thick rubber band as a replacement. I can remember Read More …
Shin Guk-jin (3 Minutes Master) Where Are You TV is an onshore fishing YouTuber that livestreams and posts videos from fishing trips. It’s a fascinating YouTube channel that has been around for more than eight years and has over 29,600 subscribers. Please check out her Read More …
Around December, we start to get ice around our windshield and what I dislike about the experience is that it takes awhile for my Prius-C to thaw out and because of that, I have to wake up and get ready for work earlier. So, when Read More …
As I look at these photos from my years in college and I think about the good times, but also friends who are no longer with us and have passed away. Friends that I have seen while visiting Japan in recent years but also thinking Read More …
In a past blog post, I wrote about growing up in the town of Lemoore, California but how I got into Japanese culture and moving to Long Beach, California, which furthered my interest even more. Back in the late ’90s, at California State University, Fresno Read More …
Greetings everyone! I’m back home! Granted, I am jet lagged and sleep is going to be a challenge for a shortwhile, but after a month in Japan, it was another incredible adventure. But what made this adventure even more memorable are the wonderful people I Read More …
I’ve been using the B-Land 6.2″ LED Ring Light for vlogging and for TikTok. For one, I like the fact that I can go hands free and record/stream live. I like the fact that the light can be switched to a more white light, warm Read More …
Shin Guk-jin (3 Minutes Master) Where Are You TV is an onshore fishing YouTuber that livestreams and posts videos from fishing trips. It’s a fascinating YouTube channel that has been around for more than eight years and has over 29,600 subscribers. Please check out her Read More …
fimoTV (fisherman’s mountain) is a Japanese fishing YouTube channel that has been around for over 15 years and has over 63,100 subscribers. They are among the longest running YouTube channels still pumping out videos to this very day! It’s a definite go to source for Read More …
Hi everyone! In the next few hours, I will be on an airplane off to Japan. I know a lot of people (including friends) have asked “Japan again?”. And it’s understandable. For me, I love Japan, maybe not enough to move there but I love Read More …
Click here to Purchase this Film on Amazon In 1968, a group of women who were sewing machinists at the Ford Motor Company Limited’s Dagenham assembly plant in Essex walked out on their jobs to protest their jobs which were graded at Category B (less-skilled Read More …
From my last blog, I wrote about how Y’s Road was the largest bike shop chain in Japan. Offering varieties and brands of bikes, the stores are no doubt, the goto store for bikes and accessories. Let’s take a look at the cycling accessories offered Read More …
In Japan, similar to the US, you have your local bike shops and then you have big chains. One of the most popular chains is Y’s Road (pronounced as “Wise Road”), Japan’s largest sports cycle specialty store. And I have to say, of all the Read More …
One of the statues featured at the Matsuoka Museum of Art is “The Statue of Enehey”. Made of Limestone. Egypt. New Kingdom, late 18th dynasty (1300-1200 b.c.). Excavated from Saqqarah, a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, Saqqarah served as the necropolis for the Ancient Read More …
When Okazaki Takashi’s manga and anime series “Afro Samurai” came out, I know there were people who felt it was silly that there was a Black man as a samurai. In reality, there was actually a real Black man who was a samurai and his Read More …