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“For me, namazake is the best kind to drink, and I’m so into Kikusui.” So declares apprentice manga artist Eiko Magami as she refers to Fun...

Sometimes a pictures says more than any amount of waffling by me.

There's nothing quite like seeing a brand new flick advertised here in Tokyo with fliers in which the boring Roman alphabet is expunged ...

When I was five-years-old, I bought a toy robot with the money my Nan gave me for my birthday: a made-in-Japan, wind-up tin carouser whose m...

Sometimes things aren't so subtle after all, especially when you have a big, slightly blacked-out loo (stuffed, apparently, with used to...

Topless Robot is the site run by Rob Bricken , my former editor at the late lamented Anime Insider magazine. I absolutely love it, but then...

Chiyoda Ward : home to over 36,000 businesses employing over 888,000 people, at least according to the stats I just found elsewhere on the I...

Have been awaiting this baby for some time now, with whispers circulating round the traps - Mamoru Oshii 's first feature-length live-ac...

As a city, Tokyo isn't really known for its affection for old buildings. Aside from the fact the historical structures in this metropoli...

Not quite sure what the point is of this Citroën , parked permanently in Jiyugaoka , about 5 minutes from our place. I know it's a perma...