Tag: USA

If America is famous for "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet" (as one TV commercial back in the day ...

One thing I've learned about the Japanese: they're extremely seasonal, going out of their way to enjoy different foods and ...

One new anime from the currently-running season that caught my eye is Jinsei, which means "life" as in the span ...

I've made the 11-hour flight from California back to Japan, the land of onsen hot springs and toilets that wash ...

Hello from Anime Expo 2014, the premier anime convention in the U.S.! We're all ready to have a great time ...

Anime Expo is this week, and J-List will have a huge booth this year, with tons of amazing eroge and ...

I've been having lots of fun with my daughter, taking in the sights of South Florida before arriving up in ...

I'm taking another brief vacation, this time journeying to the sunny state of Florida, USA, with my daughter. In addition ...

Google has radically changed the way we get information, and if you have a question about something -- say, about ...

I occasionally get questions about how taxes work for foreigners living in Japan, and since April is tax season, I ...

  It's finally here: the long-awaited English release of Steins;Gate, the popular visual novel of science, time travel and otaku ...

Anime is a great bridge between Japan and the rest of the world, an enjoyable way for us all to ...

One thing I've always been impressed with is the "cultural footprint" of Japan, which is just a small country in ...

When studying a language, it's not uncommon to encounter a word that that's difficult to translate on a 1-to-1 basis. ...

Food can be an important bridge between cultures, something Yasu and I are certainly learning here in the American South. ...

One of the minor challenges about being back in the U.S. is getting used to driving on the opposite side ...

Well, our time at Anime Weekend Atlanta is done, and we're sorry to see it end. We had a blast, ...

I've made the long hop from Japan to the U.S., this time to Atlanta, Georgia, where I'll be attending Anime ...

One of the amusing things about living in Japan is seeing what can only be described as "American branding," selling ...

Japan is a great country, with a lot to offer both short-term visitors and tourists as well as people like ...

Language reflects the society that creates it, and there are many interesting words that give us insight into Japan. I ...

Well, we're done with another Anime Expo, and this one was loads of fun as usual. We greeted many fans ...

We've finished the first day at Anime Expo, and we're all incredibly tired after selling so many awesome products from ...

My pre-convention season trip across the U.S. continues, having taken me from Utah to the other side of Wyoming, where ...