The Hanshin Tigers, the Japan Series and the CURSE OF COLONEL SANDERS
I have never been much of a sports fan. Australia is mad about the AFL, my dad loves tennis, and my sister can teach you surfing in a professional capacity, but for me nothing has ever really stuck. But if you live in Japan, and especially if you live...
A Visit to Nintendo Store Osaka
Last week I finally achieved a goal and made it in to Osaka to visit the Nintendo Osaka store. It opened last November but for a long time it was very, very hard to get into — it was so popular that they limited entry using timed tickets, and...
Cup Noodles Museum
One of Osaka’s many claims to fame is that it was, in 1958, the birthplace of instant ramen. Invented by Momofuku Ando to help provide a steady supply of food to the Japanese population post-WWII, instant ramen — and then, in the 1970s, cup noodles — quickly became popular,...
The Osamu Tezuka Manga Museum
Osamu Tezuka is a name known by anime and manga fans around the world. Known interchangeably as the “father of manga”, the “grandfather of manga” and the “god of manga”, his works are indisputably the beginning of modern anime and manga. His output was prodigious, and he’s known internationally...