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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Can you enjoy a day at Tokyo’s Kokugikan sumo stadium if you know nothing about the sport?【Pics】

Our sumo beginner gets a lesson from a kimono-clad veteran.

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Tokyo Metro adds platform display showing where least crowded parts of the next train will be

Test program could help Tokyo commuters go from crazy crowded commutes to simply very crowded commutes.

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A beautiful, bittersweet interspecies anime romance that’s also an instant noodle commercial【Vid】

Kitsune udon and kitsune girl star in the latest gorgeous anime video from Nissin.

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Brad Pitt’s Bullet Train adds Japanese subtitles for its Japanese dialogue, makes Japan happy

It might sound redundant, but sound really is the issue here.

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Fly-through video of Sailor Moon Museum exhibit shows what’s waiting for fans in Tokyo【Video】

Exhibit enters its second phase, which will still be open when Japan reopens to international tourism.

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All-ages Catbus, real-world Spirited Away office part of new Studio Ghibli museum exhibit【Photos】

If you can’t get one of the limited number of Ghibli Park tickets, the Ghibli Exhibition will still give you a taste of the magic.

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Testing our luck – Can visiting Japan’s power spots improve the omikuji temple fortune you draw?

After a month of visiting auspicious sites, Seiji’s luck levels should be maxed out, right?

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Fushigi Yugi gets new manga chapter and pop-up store with new art to celebrate 30th anniversary

It’s like Suzaku just made fans’ wishes come true.

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Play this Nintendo game with your partner before you decide to marry them, Japanese Twitter says

Some pre-marital fraternal violence can reveal your chances of spousal happiness.

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Spy x Family’s Anya appears on giant video billboards in Tokyo to steal the city’s heart【Videos】

Spy x Family’s littlest-but-biggest star makes her Cross Shinjuku Vision debut.

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Idol singer from Keyakizaka46 says she’s now working as a Tokyo bar hostess

”This is a type of work I’ve really been longing to do.”

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So long, CDs – Japan’s Geo chain will no longer purchase used compact discs

Decision starts the countdown to the chain’s end of selling used CDs too.

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Japan’s Raincoat Man arrested for stealing 360 women’s raincoats, “As exciting as lingerie”【Vids】

Raincoat man’s reign of terror has ended.

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Okinawa airport’s must-eat Pork Tamago Onigiri finally opens a branch in Tokyo!【Taste test】

Tokyoites can now enjoy this favorite pre-flight meal of travelers without getting on a plane.

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Japan’s newest potato chip flavor: Convenience store fried chicken

Family Mart’s Famichiki is too delicious to be limited to chicken form.

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Official My Neighbor Totoro cookbook teaches you to make Satsuki’s bento and other Ghibli meshi

”Children’s cooking picture book” will delight Ghibli fans of all ages.

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Cup Noodle’s latest giveaway prizes are insane, even by Cup Noodle standards【Pics】

Nissin is never afraid to think outside the box, and this time they’re way outside of it.

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Japanese convenience store will now ask customers who ask for a fork to use chopsticks instead

Family Mart no longer gives a fork.

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Japanese town’s Pikachu, Eevee mailboxes are awesome, and there’s another Pokémon to see too【Pics】

Three Pokémon species are ready to send your mail on its way in this city south of Tokyo.

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Apparently Tucker Carlson never read our explanation of Japanese breast-related vocabulary.

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