Japan
08 Jul
Travels: Facing Fears with Japan’s “In The Heights”
Hello all! Today I wanted to jump back several years to one of the first really impactful experiences I had while living in Japan – one that taught me a HUGE lesson which is to ALWAYS GO FOR IT when in the land of the rising sun. Not to mention, I love recalling this experience […]
Read more 26 Feb
Travels: The Bunny Island (Usagishima) – A Cuteness Overdose!
Hello my dears! Today, we’re diving into one of my past travels in the land of the Rising Sun back in May of 2018 to the island of Okunoshima (大久野島), better known as “Usagishima” (うさぎ島) or the Bunny Island! Usagishima is known for the thousands of wild rabbits roaming the island and has made its […]
Read more 11 Jan
Featured Artist Spotlight: Daisuke Ono (小野 大輔)
Hello all! Have a bit of a late Featured Artist for the month of December (you can’t blame me! You know how busy the holidays get!), but I’m excited about this one. We’re diving back into the world of talented Seiyu (声優 ), or Japanese Voice Actors, to spotlight Daisuke Ono (小野 大輔), or OnoD, […]
Read more 07 Sep
Travels: Hiroshima
“I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world.” – Sadako Sasaki (佐々木 禎子) Greetings World Travelers, Today’s post is about one of my recent adventures in Japan in the beautiful city of Hiroshima (広島). I never got the chance to go to Hiroshima while living in Japan, so […]
Read more 13 Jul
Tokyo: Top 10 Places for the Anime Fan
What’s up my fellow nerds and nerdettes? Those that know me know that I have a favorite city and it’s one that I lived essentially next to for a little over two years of my life (and just saying, I go back whenever I can). That city? The one and only Tokyo, Japan. The heavily […]
Read more 18 Jun
Featured Artist Spotlight: Junichi Suwabe (諏訪部 順一)
Hey loves, We have another Featured Artist today, this time, the talented Seiyu (声優) and Singer, Junichi Suwabe (諏訪部 順一), of Tokyo, Japan! If you’re a long time fan of anime, there’s next to no doubt that you’ve heard Junichi at some point if you’re familiar with the original subtitled versions of the shows. A […]
Read more 14 May
Travels: Miyajima
Good afternoon lovelies! I wanted to share with you all today my experience at Itsukushima (厳島), more popularly referred to as “Miyajima” (宮島) or “Shrine Island”, located southwest of the city of Hiroshima (広島). As one of the “Nihon Sankei” (日本三景), or “Three Views of Japan” coined by the scholar Hayashi Gaho (1618-1688), it is […]
Read more 17 Oct
Review: The Alucard Show
Hello fans of Japanese entertainment and the like, I bring you a special review today. There’s something strangely exciting about seeing a musical not performed on Broadway. Perhaps it’s not knowing exactly what you’re getting yourself into. Or perhaps it’s knowing that for a musical not from Broadway to be selling tickets, it has to […]
Read more 19 Jun
X4 Concert: XXXX Zepp Tokyo – May 31st, 2018
Hello everyone! It’s been a good 2.5 years since I’ve had the chance to go to an X4 concert, in other words, much too long. A lot has changed, new members, new songs, new fans, but all of them I found to be marvelous additions to the X4 community. So a little background before I […]
Read more 13 Jun
Travels: Back From Japan… and Exhausted; Also X4 and KH3
Hello all, So I’m finally back from the land of the rising sun. It took me about a week to get over the worst of Jet Lag, but be sure to look for some new upcoming posts regarding my travels and new photography work! I went to Hiroshima, Miyajima (above photo taken there), Usagishima, Kyoto, […]
Read more