Category: POP CULTURE

I found RIDE ON TIME and Melodies! These vinyls are also both special finds. The Melodies vinyl I found includes a Calendar from the year 1984 and the RIDE ON TIME vinyl I also found

View More City Pop fans: now you can own a Tatsuro Yamashita Vinyl! 

BOOKOFF is the largest chain of used bookstores from Japan. They have been around since the 90s and having major success started opening up stores in the US in the 2000s.

View More I went to the NEW BOOKOFF AnimeLab in Little Tokyo!

Happy New Year! It’s the year of the rabbit! And it’s not a coincidence that many Sailor Moon releases like a movie and vinyl record will be coming out this year to celebrate.

View More Let’s celebrate the year of the rabbit with Usagi Tsukino aka Sailor Moon!

This past weekend I was invited to The Last Unicorn 40th Anniversary Art Exhibit. Art curator, film collector, and creative consultant Caro Buermann and her company Sweet Streets have partnered with The Last Unicorn to bring this beautiful art exhibit honoring the film held at the Corey Helford Gallery.

View More The Last Unicorn 40th Anniversary Art Exhibit

Over the course of last week, many of my friends were trying out an app called Lensa which can create magical avatars created by AI (Artificial Intelligence).

View More Ai Art and the Fear of New Technology Replacing Us

Anime has always been a big part of how many people start learning more about the Asian community.

View More Celebrating Asian Culture through Music

I ate Sailor Moon cookies from Bananabelle Brown at Okayama Kobo Bakery!

View More Sailor Moon cookies from Bananabelle Brown at Okayama Kobo Bakery

OC Japan Fair will continue to cultivate a love of Japan and its culture to the residents of the OC.

View More Returning as a musical guest at the OC Japan Fair!

I told him we both were going to be super old and still performing. He laughed and told me maybe he should quit.

View More In memory of DJ and Co-founder of Tune in Tokyo Greg Hignight

I really had such a wonderful time at the Japanese Food Expo. Thank you so much for having me and looking forward to more events promoting Japan to the US.

View More Discovering Japanese Food at Japanese Food Expo