Casey Baseel

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Casey Baseel spent his formative years staring in frustration at un-subtitled Japanese TV programming shown on Southern California’s international channel. Taking matters into his own hands, he moved to Tokyo to study the language, then found work in Yokohama a decade ago teaching, translating, and marketing hotels he can’t afford to stay in. When not participating in the eternal cycle of exercising to burn the calories form his love of Japanese food, Casey scours used comic and game shops for forgotten classics, drags his wife around the country in a quest to visit all its castles, sings karaoke not nearly as well as he thinks he does, and counts the days until the summertime bars open on Enoshima Beach.

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Park in Japan offers special love confession plans with 6 million lights

Grand kokuhaku plan requires advance check of the words you plan to confess with.

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Frightening video shows Japan’s stop-and-listen-for-trains driving rule maybe isn’t so silly after all

Not exactly what you expect to happen at a railroad crossing with a gate.

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“We came to Japan to shoplift” – Ring of foreign thieves arrested for stealing nearly 100 Uniqlo items

Arrest leads to connection with over 5,000 more stolen items.

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I’m home…with Pokémon! – Touching animated video shows the joy of heading back to your hometown

Pokémon-style Lunar New Year celebration has a universally heartwarming vibe.

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Ghibli cats set to star on your fingertips with new Whisper of the Heart finger puppet series

Five puppets for your five fingers.

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International-hit candy Hi-Chew adds English to in-Japan logo, makes it bigger than the Japanese

America’s second-most popular Hi-Chew flavor will also make its in-Japan debut.

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Louis Vuitton’s fancy new bags look like anime character merch to people in Japan【Photos】

One person’s damier pattern is another person’s Ichimatsu, with all that entails in a post Mugen Train world.

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Tokyo’s flagship Starbucks in prime cherry blossom spot kicking off sakura season with food, drinks, art

Reserve Roastery will look pretty in pink, whether you’re looking at the building, your glass, or your plate.

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Anime girl English teacher Ellen-sensei to star in written-in-Japanese light novel series

Ellen Baker expands her (New) horizons.

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Why do Japan’s noisy-gulp drink commercials exist, and are they gross?【SN24 reader survey】

We asked your opinions about this long-standing, big-gulping tradition.

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Foreign student’s comment leads to Japan’s favorite tonkotsu ramen being added to school lunch menu

This guy must now be a hero to his classmates.

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Studio Ghibli’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind becomes wristwatch of Seiko【Photos】

Hayao Miyazaki includes message card for buyers of watch inspired by his first fully original film.

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The Petitcalator is Japan’s weirdest world record-holder in its most-forgotten big city【Videos】

Kawasaki site has held a Guiness World Record for more than 30 years.

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Chibi Totoro Valentine’s chocolate cream puffs appear, are sweet both inside and out

Tokyo’s Ghibli-themed bakery whips up some special treats for a day of chocolate love.

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Beautiful new Hatsune Miku shoes make you look like the virtual idol, look like her themselves too

Mayla captures the essence of the Vocaloid with lever little details.

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Foreigners arrested in Japan on charges of posting manga images before official on-sale date

Multiple prefectures’ police forces coordinate for arrest of pair on piracy charges.

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Sega successor opens new arcade with a regional craft beer bar inside it

Multiple regional brewers and amazing taiyaki will keep you from getting too thirsty or hungry while you’re at Japan’s newest arcade.

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Is Japan’s custom of slurping noodles irritating, and why do they do it?【SN24 reader survey】

Foreign traveler’s comment about soba slurping sparks some slurping soul searching, and the SoraNews24 reader community weighs in.

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American ehomaki? Searching for lucky Setsubun sushi rolls in the U.S.【Taste test】

Looking for a taste of home-away-from-home while back home.

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Japan’s hardest rice crackers, snacks of the shinobi, go soft, so do they have a reason to exist?

Taste-testing the “soft cooked hardness” of Iga.

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