Dancing With Ghosts: Obon

By PatrickDrazen 1 month ago.

The dead are back... and they're down to party!

The Haunted Camphor Tree

By PatrickDrazen 1 month, 1 week ago.

Ghosts! Trees! Totoro! Patrick Drazen breaks down some more Japanese history for us!

Who is: Hatsune Miku?

By MisledYouth 1 month, 2 weeks ago.

MisledYouth is taking you to school!

Interview with Isaac Lew of Intermixi

By Mike Prasad 2 months, 1 week ago.

In the world of Japanese pop culture travel companies, you have the lambs and you have the lions... and word life, Isaac Lew is THE lion. Rumor is R. Kelly bases his entire life on him, and Hugh Hefner keeps him on speed-dial on his Facebook top 8. We tracked down mister Lew at his high-rise Tokyo compound and had a real-talk convo with the king of the game, wherein Isaac schooled us as to how he walks the walk...

JAPAN’S REAL MAGICAL GIRLS: MIKO

By Patrick Drazen 2 months, 1 week ago.

A history lesson for ya... The truth about the Shinto temple maidens!

“So you wanna study anime at Harvard, huh?” J-Pop Culture & Academia

By AnimeEv 2 months, 1 week ago.

Wanna know what it's like to study anime?

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