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NEVER have I been more excited about sharing with my you, my dear readers, than now. Back in November of 2011 I had the greatest pleasure of meeting, in person, the man himself: Baye McNeil. But to us in the social media world we have come to know hi...

With the onslaught of festivities my wish to all of you for the New Years is: Live Well, Laugh Often and Love Always. . . See you in the year of the Dragon! 旧年中大変お世話になりました (kyūnenjū taihen osewa ni narimashita) 本年もよろしくお願いい...

The year seemed to have gone by pretty fast, yes? To me it just seemed like yesterday I was frantically getting things in the mail to have them arrive on time for Christmas. Instead, this year I am surrounded by the warm hearts of the people of Rikuz...

Before I continue, a reminder about what the Northern Prefectures (Japan) are  still going through . . . I am currently somewhere along the coast of Rikuzentakata. The picture below is a stop we made in Kesennuma. Of a group of six, four of us decide...

No. . . Not really. . . What it is, is a great bunch of folks I am proud to call “family”. Gaijin Heroes is a brain child of one who goes by @silverstar22b. In a nutshell, Gaijin Heroes is a group of expats from all around the world who now live and...

Hey gang! Just a quick post for fun with pictures as I wait on my in-laws to get ready for a night out and din din.😁 I arrived into Haneda really late last night (Nov. 12th) at about 00:24 or 1:24am for you civies. So I am soooo bleary eyed right now...

It’s that time again! I’m a victim of my own success. So it’s been decided that this will be dubbed the 2nd ANNUAL INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT for 2011. NO purchase necessary and NO restrictions to enter. Open to ALL demographics and EVERYONE has a chanc...

Whenever I return to Japan I always make it a point to get my “fill” of the city skyline. In the same way I need to be able to see Mt. Fujisan, I always feel content when I get an hour of just me and the cityscape. There is just something poetic I fe...

It’s been a couple of days since I returned to Hawaii from Japan. I have with me now are pictures and some haunting memories. I had been helping in Rikuzentakata, Natori and Sendai, Japan, cleaning up debris and getting to know the locals on behalf o...

Magnitude 8.5 (9.0) – NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN 2011 March 11 05:46:23 UTC 2:46 p.m. Tokyo time These were the first words I heard that day after turning on the TV. The siren blasts around town alerted my wife and I about the disaster. Our...

St. Valentine’s Day is celebrated in an interesting manner in Japan. It is actually “celebrated” on two different dates. On February 14, girls present gifts, mostly chocolates, to their boyfriends or any man close to them. The favor is then returned...

As 2010 comes to a close I want to wish all my good friends and friends to be a joyous celebration as we usher in 2011. I wish I could be with you at the celebrations around town but as it is things sometimes never go as planned. As I am nursing the...

With the coming of the festive season I want to wish you all the best in life and good health. I also want all of you to take the time to reflect all the good things that has happen in the past year. All too often it’s easy to remember all the negati...

It’s time I gave back to the community whom have given me so such encouragement and friendship through the few years I’ve first logged onto the net. Very simply, It’s my way of saying, “Thank you!” where I could not sit and share a cup of java or jui...

Last year my wife and I returned to Japan to visit family. During that time I gave her a whole day to herself to do whatever she wanted. But she still wanted me to tag along! That day she wanted to go shopping at, of all places, SHIBUYA! So I, being...

FOREWORD: Sorry for the long hiatus! I’M BACK! and I’ll be updating this blog a little more often now. But first I have a VERY special surprise for you good folks. Ready? Without further ado. . . For those of you who know me you know how much I love...

Hilo International Airport Tarmac: This week I was working on the Big Isle of Hawaii. On my return trip the Hilo Airport was practically empty! On a Friday no less! I had arrived early because of the new TSA proceedures. And wanted to relax a little...

I came across this gem of a music video by Miyazaki Hayao called ON YOUR MARK (1995). It been circulating on YOU TUBE for a bit and apparently has sparked some conversation on the spirit of humanity and the course we’re taking for our future. I do no...

Hawaii has a very diverse ethnic culture. Most evident of this is the fact that all over Hawaii there are cultural “parks”. Today I had a chance to catch this temple bell because of an account I had to visit in Lahaina. The following is and excerpt e...

Does this opening look familiar? When I first started watching anime this was ones of the series that hooked me into the Japanese culture. From that moment on I decided to learn Japanese and visit the country that could make such a universally themed...

Japander.com was a pretty great website for catching celebrities pitching Japanese or American products on Japanese TV. And there were a LOT of them from Kiefer Sutherland to Catherine Zeta-Jones. But a lawsuit brought about by lawyers for Leonardo D...

Peter Payne of J-List originally told of this tale in this J-list blog. It is a very interesting read and I urge you to check it out. I’ve heard a couple versions of this story and the one Peter Payne quotes here is the most common one. Click here or...

Recently Sankyo released their extended Pachinko Game Parlor commercials featuring the mechas of Macross. Labeling the machines as “MACROSS FEVER“.  In the past they have featured JPOP recording artist KODA KUMI and American actor NICOLAS CAGE. If yo...

Miku Hatsune – The Christmas Sugary I don’t have a lot to offer all of you, my friends, but I hope this little video will brighten all otaku hearts out there. 新年おめでとうございます! 明けましておめでとうございます! Frohe Weihnachten und einen gute...