Dale Roll

Dale is a world traveler, but her heart will always be in Japan, and not just because she had to sell it to get enough money to FINALLY get that giant Lapras plushie from a UFO catcher. She spent her youth devouring East Asian pop music and dramas, and her student days with her nose in books about the Heian period and the history of Chinese medicine in Japan, so when she moved to Japan it was like a dream come true. She loved her life there and everything that Japan had to offer, but after grudgingly admitting that she loves her husband, whom she met there, even more, she moved with him to Spain. When she isn’t writing or struggling to speak Spanish that isn't mixed with Japanese, she likes to spend her free time eating tasty food, playing Pokémon, rewatching Sailor Moon, and annoying her husband with impromptu karaoke solos.

Inspired by a family member’s recent need for a wheelchair, our reporter tries to see Tokyo from their perspective.

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What happens to Cup Noodle Mystery Meat when you cook it in a rice cooker?

This northern Tokyo capsule hotel is cheap, clean, comfortable, and has amazing amenities

Tokyo restaurant offers “DIY Tempura Bowls,” so of course we had to go check it out

What’s it like traversing Tokyo using only wheelchair accessible routes?

We try super rare Shizuoka food souvenirs in the form of blue gelato and purple baumkuchen

Love Sugar Butter Sandwich Trees? There’s a flavor limited to Haneda Airport that you must try!

What are the top 10 most popular shrines among international tourists? Study reveals…

We found a giant slab of konnyaku jelly and tried turning it into a giant slab of steak

What’s it like living with an unusual name in Japan? We talk with a super-rare Mr. Heianzan

We try to strike it rich with a tour of an Edo-era gold mine and a gold panning workshop

We try our luck by spending 100 yen at a mystery capsule machine in a Chiba souvenir shop

Do gohan no otomo, Japan’s traditional easy white rice toppings, work with toast?【SoraKitchen】

We channel our inner Osakan auntie with a lucky bag full of animal-print clothes

It looks like fish, but does it taste like it? Imitation tuna almost breaks our minds 【Taste test】

How many married people with children in Japan admit to cheating on their spouse? Survey says…

Is Lotteria’s new meat sauce burger a challenge to the reign of Mos Burger’s Japanese classic?

Need a taste of spring before the cherry blossoms? Try this Osaka park with over 500,000 flowers

House hunting? Here are some tips that might prevent headaches and frustrations

Celebrate cherry blossom season with a wine-and-dine bus tour of Tokyo’s best spots

We test out slippers from a company whose couch makes its users “useless human beings”

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