Still Alive: One Year in Japan
At the risk of sounding like Koji Oe, here’s a personal post about my time thus far in Japan… As the title says, it’s been just over a year since I first arrived here in Japan dazed and confused. I’ve learned a lot, and there’s been plenty of happy...
The Lupin III Pilot Film: A Lupin That Never Was
When I was back in America a couple of months ago, I decided to order the DVD boxset of the first Lupin III TV series, because hey, that’s something I’ve wanted forever. I finished watching it a few weeks ago, and I’ll try to get a review up before...
Omokage Lucky Hole VS Machiyama Tomohiro “We’re Sick and Tired of Songs about ‘Believing in’ things like ‘Sakura’ and ‘Tomorrow'”
Or, “Sakura” ya “Ashita” o “Shinjiru” Uta wa Mou Takusan! Last week there was a talk event between OLH and subcultural superstar Machiyama Tomohiro in Itabashi. You may know Itabashi as one of those stops on the Sobu line between Ochanomizu and Shinjuku. I couldn’t be asked to read...