Live Your Dreams
Z. Stylar: "The title of my debut Japanese CD is"STREET SYMPHONY". I'm presenting it as a musical work of art with rnb/hip-hop/street sensibilities. I...
Springtime Foods
Ah, spring is finally here. There is nothing better than that break in the weather when you can put away those winter coats, turn...
An Insider’s Educational Experience
Among the major benefits of being a teacher in a foreign country are the opportunities it provides for meeting and speaking with the “natives”....
Matsumoto Castle
In Japan I’ve been almost everywhere, and I’ve loved almost everywhere I’ve been. So maybe I’m just easy to please. But I haven’t always...
What to Read About Japan and Why
Japan isn’t always an easy place to understand. Sometimes, for the innocent and unknowing foreigner, it can seem all but impossible. What he needs...
Tokyo Auto Salon 2013
Tokyo Auto Salon is the first real auto event of the year. It's a great way to mingle with the biggest gathering of automotive...
Bad Man Forward! Bad Man Pull Up!
Some of the best images of my time here in Nagoya are memories of hot club nights surrounded by droves of ecstatic Japanese girls...
NACO 2013 S/S Fashion Report
Story by: Rene Kawaba
Photos by: Jeffrey Johnston
Nagoya Collection, also known as ‘NACO’, a fashion show that specifically highlights the fashion trends for girl’s who...
Flash Mob Wedding
It’s early December 2012, (not now, but then)---. William Zies has been on me a few weeks about something called a ‘flash mob wedding’...
Soul Diner
Go back in time when guys had pompadours, leather jackets, and their weapon of choice was a comb, Gilligan and the Skipper were “Lost”;...
