I am a major believer in opening one’s mind to the world and that includes enjoying pop culture from other countries. That includes music. Lately, I’m listening to Yamashita Tatsuro’s “山下達郎 – OPUS ～ALL TIME BEST 1975-2012～”, Dream Come True’s “DREAMS COME TRUE GREATEST HITS Read More …
“The Navigator” is a film that definitely shows the audience why Buster Keaton is one of the three kings of silent comedy. The film not only offers wonderful physical and risky comedy that Keaton is best known for, the amount of gags and having an Read More …
Greetings everyone, My “Random Musings” Travel Vlog #31 went up this past weekend but due to YouTube rules, it’s only available for viewing in Japan. But you can view it here: But I went ahead and posted an off-shot “Random Musings” to make up for Read More …
One of my favorite sculptors is Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, an influential and prolific French sculptor, painter and teacher. From his dark sketches (inspired by classic and contemporary literature) to his earlier career to the amazing sculpture he would make a few years later through the early Read More …
Hanshin Koshien Stadium, sure it may be the home of the Hanshin Tigers but for Japanese baseball fans, Hanshin Koshien Stadium is a place where dreams are made of. The stadium opened back in August 1, 1924 as a stadium to host the national high Read More …
A second post for the day and some good news from JapanBall.com. One of the big things that Japanese baseball fans of Wayne Graczyk’s “Japanese Baseball Media Guide” was wondering if whether or not the book will continue, after his passing last April. And the Read More …
Since 2014, Yahoo! Japan has been one of few companies that have continued to raise money for those affected by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster of March 11, 2011. On that fateful day, more than nearly 2,000 people died, nearly 120,000 people were displaced. Read More …
Recently, I have noticed that Ancestry has made a few tweaks to their DNA section and it has done a much better job of starting to narrow things down to a region. When I last blogged about my DNA results, it would just feature Asia Read More …
This year, one of Japan’s most successful pop group’s, TRF (Tetsuya Komuro’s Rave Factory) will be celebrating their 25th year anniversary. When I first started listening to Japanese music, TRF was the first pop group I listened to. In fact, I can remember it quite Read More …
As I watch “Samson & Delilah”, I can’t help but feel respect towards filmmaker Warwick Thornton. For taking on something that others may consider as taboo or something that people knows that happens in Australian society but confronting those issues in his film and perhaps Read More …
When it comes to film that seem realistic by nature, verbose as if we are watching conversations with a perfect flow and for the most part, realism and conversation on the big screen done right, I’m a big supporter of those films. Eric Rohmer’s 1969 Read More …
This morning, I was reading Eric Levitz article on “We Must Cancel Everyone’s Debt, for the Economy’s Sake”, especially reading the comments on universities should be “free” (for engineering, science and mathematically-founded degrees). For me, my college loans were sold while I was in Read More …
I’m often asked of how I became interested in Japanese culture. I know a lot of people get into it because of their interested in Japanese animation, the music, cinema and often pop culture-related. I think it would be a shock to some if I Read More …
As a big fan of the “Terrace House” Japanese reality TV series, I was looking forward to the fourth series titled “TERRACE HOUSE OPENING NEW DOORS” which airs on Fuji TV, shown on Fuji on Demand (FOD) but also on Netflix Japan. And is a Read More …
From Trans-media studio, Lion Forge, which focuses on comic publishing for all age groups, the company strives to publish titles that reflect the diversity of today’s world in their characters, creators and the Lion Forge team and to create original content. Recently, I read Italy-based Read More …
I am often asked of how I took my day and night shots of Tokyo Station and where can they go to take photos of the location. First, I didn’t take my DSLR or lenses, I just used a Canon Powershot G7x and Panasonic DMC-LX10 Read More …
Possibly the primary artist featured at the “Decoration never dies, anyway” exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum is Yoshikazu Yamagata. For those not familiar with Yoshikazu’s work, may have seen it and not be aware of it. His work was seen for Parco Read More …
As we featured in our first part of the “Decoration never dies, anyway” exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, there are more artists and their works I have yet to feature. So, let’s continue with my blog coverage from the exhibition! Featuring Kour Read More …
In 1983, the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum opened to the public. Located at the building that was the former residence of Prince and Princess Asaka and was influenced by studying in Paris in the 1920s. While I will discuss more about the Tokyo Metropolitan Read More …
