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Sanyo Cup Star Sundubu Jjigae Spicy Ramen Review
Sundubu Jjigae is a traditional Korean soup that features soft tofu in a spicy broth. This version from Cup Star is a spicy version with cla...
Urban Fantasy Novels, Anime, Games Set In Japan
Urban fantasy is very common in Japanese pop culture. There are popular literary novels, light novels, manga, anime, and video games, all fe...
Nextool Flagship Max and Dakoyu Shadow (23 in 1) Review
I ordered the Nextool Flagship Max and the Dakoyu Shadow on AliExpress last month as they were not available in Canada yet. These nifty mult...
Kumotawa Confluence - Yuriko, Convenience Store, and Map
While I wrote Kumotawa Confluence, my urban fantasy novel set in modern Japan. I also tried out various ways to visualize the environment an...
Kumotawa Confluence, A Unique Urban Fantasy Set in Modern Japan
More than Tokyo travel tips. Anime and figures, noodle reviews, and speculative fiction. 2024 edition of Tokyo guidebook available and new novel coming.
Cover Designs For Kumotawa Confluence, A Japanese Urban Fantasy Novel
Sword Princess battles evil forces in a magical modern Japan! That would be a headline tag for my novel, but it stars an ensemble cast that ...
Kumotawa Confluence, My Urban Fantasy Set In Modern Japan Is Finished!
Wow! It has been a long haul to finish this novel, but it is done. This is my second completed novel and third completed book (I have a…
Nissin Craftsman Yuzu Shio Ramen Review
Sometimes, I'm surprised to find some varieties of Japanese noodles on the supermarket shelf over here in Canada. Finding these Nissin Noodl...
Nissin Craftsman Shoyu Ramen Bowl Review
Sometimes, I'm surprised to find some varieties of Japanese noodles on the supermarket shelf over here in Canada. Finding these Nissin Noodl...
Nissin Noodle Craftsman Miso Ramen Bowl Review
Sometimes, I'm surprised to find some varieties of Japanese noodles on the supermarket shelf over here in Canada. Finding these Nissin Noodl...
Dragon Ball Kai North American Tour at WEM
I was at West Edmonton Mall playing Pokemon Go and ran across the Dragon Ball Kai Travelling Exhibit at the Ice Palace. It was a pretty busy...
Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Z Kai, Dragon Ball Z
Winter 2025 Anime and The Elusive Samurai + Bunny Girl Sempai February 2025 Figure Haul
The 2025 winter anime season has been kind of underwhelming. I think the isekai genre (where the protagonist from our world is transported t...
The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World, Aquarion, Shangri-La, Shangri-La Frontier, The Apothecary Diaries
Nissin Premium Seafood Cup Noodle with Uni and Butter Oil Review
This is the second of three reviews about the premium Cup Noodles released by Nissin in the summer of 2024 for a limited run that went into ...
Nissin Premium Curry Cup Noodle with Truffle Oil Review
This is the third of three reviews about the premium Cup Noodles released by Nissin in the summer of 2024 for a limited run that went into t...
Nissin Premium Shoyu Cup Noodle with Matsutake Mushroom Oil Review
This is the first of three reviews about the premium Cup Noodles released by Nissin in the summer of 2024 for a limited run that went into t...
Ippudo Instant Ramen Kit Regular (Mild Heat) Review
I saw these packages of Ippudo Ramen Kits at T&T Market. I'm pretty sure they were brought in a part of the build-up to Asian/Chinese New Ye...
DotGraphic Nintendo and Namco 8-bit Style 3D Dioramas with Sound From 2006
Almost 20 years ago, as I'm writing this article, I picked up two sets of these DotGraphic dioramas with sound. There was a set for Namco a...
Yamadai New Touch Yokohama Tonkotsuya Bowl Review
This is the sixth and final review of a ramen from the Yamadai New Touch Amazing Noodles Summer Fukubako Eastern Japan Ramen Box 2024 . I ...
Costco Pulmuone Tonkotsu Miso Refrigerated Ramen Kit Review
I saw a Pulmuone Tonkotsu Miso Ramen kit at Costco Canada the other day and bought it of course. They were in the refrigerated foods section...
Yamadai New Touch Shinshu Miso Ramen Bowl Review
This is the fifth review of a ramen from the Yamadai New Touch Amazing Noodles Summer Fukubako Eastern Japan Ramen Box 2024 . I've really ...
Yamadai New Touch Tsubame Back Fat Shoyu Ramen Review
This is the fourth review of a ramen from the Yamadai New Touch Amazing Noodles Summer Fukubako Eastern Japan Ramen Box 2024 .). Back fat s...
Yamadai New Touch Yamagata Tori Chuka Bowl Review
This is the third review of a ramen from the Yamadai New Touch Amazing Noodles Summer Fukubako Eastern Japan Ramen Box 2024 . Yamagata is f...
Yamadai New Touch Sapporo Miso Ramen Review
This is the second noodle bowl I'm trying from the Yamadai New Touch Amazing Noodles Summer Fukubako Eastern Japan Ramen Box 2024 . This ti...
Drones For Your Science Fiction Story
Drones refer to aircraft (mostly small) that operate without a human pilot on board, so they are controlled either remotely or by onboard co...
Yamadai New Touch Chiba Takeoka Ramen Review
This is the first of the noodle bowls I'm trying from the Yamadai New Touch Amazing Noodles Summer Fukubako Eastern Japan Ramen Box 2024 . ...
Myojo Nagasaki Chanpon Instant Noodle Bowl Review
This is a Nagasaki Chanpon or Chinese style noodle bowl I tasted some time ago. It is a noodle soup that is usually served with seafood, por...
Sanyo Sapporo Green Onion Oil Yakisoba Bowl Review
This Sapporo Green Onion Oil Yakisoba looked quite tasty from the picture on the lid which showed lots of vegetables mixed with a soy sauce ...
Yamadai New Touch Amazing Noodles Summer Fukubako Eastern Japan Ramen Box 2024
Once again, I walked into a display of these instant noodles at the supermarket in November. Funny thing is that I think I saw these last y...
KiKi Noodles With Crispy Garlic and Seafood Sauce Review
Kiki is a well known Taiwanese brand that is popular there and in Hong Kong. Many celebrities like this brand. They have over half a dozen...
My Guidebook For Tourists Planning to Visit Tokyo
Hi everyone, This is just a pre-Christmas blurb to promote the 2024 edition of my storytelling guidebook to Tokyo. I typically don't show ad...
The New Lucky Supermarket Opened on Calgary Trail, Edmonton
Wow. I dropped by the new Lucky supermarket for its grand opening at the end of November, 2024. The place was super crowded as a pile of oth...
Ace Cook Chainsaw Man Yakisoba Review
I'm just presenting a really quick review today. I picked up this Chainsaw Man Squid Yakisoba in the early fall and gave it a try. Unlike ...
One Day of Eating Japanese Emergency Food for My Meals
Shelf-stable food is always handy to have around, and even better when it tastes good. I keep a store of this kind of food in the house tha...
Nissin Chicken Snack Ramen Review - Zero Minutes to Prepare
Eating instant ramen without adding boiling water to make noodle soup isn't an original idea. Deep fried instant noodles are pretty much coo...
Frieren Anime and Frieren Luminasta and Fern Game Prize Figures
I think this is my favourite anime and manga right now from the last two years, beating out Kaiju No. 8 and Witch From Mercury, but not Lyco...
Delicious in Dungeon, Girls und Panzer, Lycoris Recoil, Overlord
Kaiju 8 Anime and Sega Luminasta Figures - Kafka Hibino, Mina Ashiro, Kikoru, Reno and Soshiro
Kaiju No. 8 is one of my favourite manga and anime in the last two years. I started reading Kaiju No. 8 as I was looking for a…
Myojo Charmela Large Mellow Shoyu Wonton Noodle Review
This is a review of Myojo's Shoyu Wonton Noodle Bowl. It is the second of two Japanese style wonton noodle reviews. Wontons are a pretty u...
Myojo Charmela Large Mellow Shio Wonton Noodle Review
This is a review of Myojo's Shio Wonton Noodle Bowl. It is the first of two Japanese style wonton noodle reviews. Wontons are a pretty uni...
Make Science Fiction Futuristic and Remove Bad Science and Technology Tropes
This is an initial article about science and technology for science fiction and even the broader genre of speculative fiction / science fant...
Bandai Godzilla Minus One Black and White Figure - Monsters Roar Attack Unboxing
This is one of a few figures from Japan I've ordered since summer. I was browsing through the AmiAmi site and came across two versions of th...
Beautiful Aurora in Edmonton, Oct 10
From Thursday, October 9 2024, through the weekend it is a period of intense solar activity where the aurora can even be seen from the Unit...
Yoshinoya Canned Gyudon (Beef Bowl) Emergency Ration Review
Beef bowl is a delicious meal. What if you could have it when dealing with a disaster situation? Yoshinoya, the beef bowl restaurant chain...
Nissin Rosé - Spicy Tomato Cream & Cheese Flavour Instant Noodle Cup Review
When I saw this Nissin Rose Tomato Cream and Cheese flavour cup noodle on the shelf it looked both pretty and bizarre. Nissin has a Chili T...
Four Flavours of Japan Maruchan Red Fox Udon Reviews
Maruchan is a brand of Toyo Suisan and they make a lot of instant noodles amongst other products. Some of their more popular instant noodle...
Japan Tourism Continues to Boom
Japan continues to be a popular choice for foreign tourists to visit in 2024 according to statistics issued by the Japanese National Touris...
Book Signing For My Tokyo Intro Storytelling Guidebook On Sept 14
For those folks in the northern Canadian city of Edmonton. There are two days till my book signing for Tokyo Intro, my storytelling guidebo...
UCC x Evangelion Promo Coffee Cans with Rei, Asuka, and Mari Figures
Ueshima Coffee Company Limited or UCC is most famous as a maker of canned coffee. They developed the world's first canned coffee beverage i...
Aoshima Aliens Dropship 02 and APC Models + Hicks and Powerloader vs Alien Figures
Aliens is possibly my most favourite science fiction action movie. This movie released in 1986 some 38 years ago as I write this in 2024. ...
Haifusheng Pork and Mushroom Flavour Instant Congee Cup Review
I found this instant rice cup some time ago at T&T. Congee is a usually savoury rice porridge that is common in China, Japan, Korea, and ot...
Love Hina. Aged Anime 2000 - Hijinks at the Hinata Inn
Love Hina is a special anime and manga to me. Along with Full Metal Panic! It was one of the shows that reintroduced me to anime back in…