Finn Burton
A Milestone for Sega Means a New Console for us Sega may not be the gaming powerhouse it once was, but the lasting impression the Japanese company has made on the video game industry is ...
Spending Christmas in Japan Since Christmas is not native to Japan so it was always going to be a commercial event. Just like the UK, Japan gets an annual blizzard of advertising, sales, promotions, and ...
Protecting the tallest tower in Japan from angel attack! Tokyo Skytree is a striking landmark without a doubt, and can cut through the Tokyo skyline so dramatically it feels like part of your local area ...
Naming Pokémon is a serious business, and I don’t just mean thinking up clever and hilarious nicknames for your team (I still consider naming my Onix ‘Boulderdash’ the height of my writing career). Instead I’m ...
It’s one of the most disconcerting questions you could be asked before a first date. As you get ready to meet someone for the first time, with no friends about for support and feeling nervous ...
Japan’s Worst Kept Secret A movement in the shadows, a silhouette in the moonlight, a knife in the back; Ninja are one of Japan’s most iconic characters, dashing from the pages of history into anime ...
Something Super on the Horizon Theme parks are big business in Japan, but the two largest are the infamous Disney World and Universal Studios Japan, known as Uniba or USJ. Universal Studios Japan in Osaka ...
My favourite part of paperwork Japanese bureaucracy is not generally a source of entertainment and fun. More like a source of soul destroying paperwork which requires you to fill in your address sixteen times and ...
American Inspired Horror The spookiest festival of the year is just around the corner, sneaking ever closer. Perhaps you’ve been preparing for Halloween with horror movies, pumpkins, and by putting a lot of effort into ...
Forget Cool Japan, this is Scary Japan! Zombies, vampires, ghosts and werewolves are the mysterious creatures we love to fear, but just like Halloween itself they’re not native to Japan, inspired by and shipped over ...
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