Today is indeed a unique day in the history of the world, more specifically in the country of Japan. Yesterday marked the end of a literal era, the Heisei Era (meaning “peace everywhere”), of Japan. Now with the Crown Prince’s ascension comes the beginning of a new era, known to the world as the Reiwa Era (令和) with a translated meaning of most closely the phrase “beautiful harmony”.
Very quick overview of the event I attended last week, DC’s Sakura Matsuri, the ending event of the Cherry Blossom Festival held annually in DC in celebration of the the first 2000 Cherry Blossom trees gifted to Washington DC from Tokyo to enhance the growing relations between the two countries.
Wanted to write a very quick entry here of my experience at Katsucon 2019. I haven’t been to Katsucon regularly for a few years now – mostly due to distance in my location from the convention. However, this year, I decided to give it a go again!
I’m going to touch on one of my favorite tricks related to travel. This time, to make traveling more affordable: getting an airline/hotel credit card. Specifically in my case, the United Card.
Life is full of many joys and so many of them come from exploring God’s magnificent creations. So go! Get out there! Get outside of your comfort zone! Learn about the world and the people in it, first hand. Be open. See things in front of you, without a camera in between.
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 genuinely be good.
Browsing through the internet, there were whispers of it. The makings of another live action movie based off one of those Japanese animes. But for some reason, it didn’t get as much attention as other movies in the works. Perhaps hopes just weren’t high enough for it, this thing called “Bleach”. Fast forward to September 14th, 2018 when Netflix released the film for English audiences (July 20th for Japanese audiences). And it was GOOD.