I never thought I would have such strong feelings about gelatin, but as I stood in front of the posh wagashi store in Ginza I cursed the misleading Jell-O jiggler commercials of my childhood, lulling me into a false sense of security. Surely gelatin isn’t that difficult to work with, right? Spoiler alert: It was…

I was lucky enough to have some time off between jobs last week and so happened to be in Tokyo. So what does one do when they’re in the most vibrant city in the world with some time to kill? Well, I got myself a hotel in the middle of Kabukicho, the capital’s infamous red-light…

Brace yourself — summer is coming. Even if you’ve dreamed of living in Japan your entire life, your first summer here is likely to fill you with regret. If the heat and humidity don’t have you rethinking your decisions, then natsubate, or summer fatigue, certainly will. Don’t get me wrong, summer is an incredible time…

You say “end game,” and my imagination runs wild picturing brutalist architecture, grey bare concrete towers, sirens, chaos and flying cars in a futuristic world.  Apocalypse can mean many things: robot overlords, Ultraman and Super Sentai (Power Rangers) uniting to save our earth from giant aliens, zombies, conspiracy theories, and of course Godzilla cutting to…