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I Broke A Glass Here Accidentally So I'll Probably Never Go Back...But You Should!


Make Believe Bonus: "Valentine's Radio"
A Few Variations On A Valentine's Favorite


Make Believe Bonus: Tokyo Swindlers
The Show And The Soundtrack


Make Believe Bonus: Japanese Pop Culture Report From An American Mall
Surely T-Shirt Stalls Next To A Wetzel's Pretzels Offers Deep Insight


Make Believe Bonus: Love And Berry
Perfect Young Ladies


Make Believe Bonus: Tokyo Garden Theater
Come For Malls, Stay For Emotionally Raw Encores


Make Believe Bonus: Shibuya's Last Saturday
Chaos In Front Of The Family Mart


Make Believe Bonus: Tower Records Shinjuku
From Experiences To Tourism


Make Believe Bonus: NHK Broadcast Center
Watching The Kohaku Announcement Spectacle In Person


Make Believe Bonus: K-Arena Yokohama
A New Landmark For Live Music


Make Believe Bonus: Camp Foster Festival
CeeLo Green...Is The War Machine


Make Believe Bonus: Ramen Jazzy Beats
Reckoning With Nakameguro
Best J-Pop/J-Rock Albums of 2020
2020 sure has been a year, huh? Luckily, despite… well, you know, everything, there was some pretty good music to come out of this one, and I actually…


Best J-Pop/J-Rock Albums of 2022
Well, another year bites the dust I guess. It was honestly a bit of a flop in terms of anime (if you go strictly by the numbers, anyway),…
Best J-Pop/J-Rock Albums of 2019
Although I’ve admittedly not listened to as much Japanese music this time around as I have in previous years (or at least, fewer full albums), I still enjoy…


Best J-Pop/J-Rock Albums of 2023
Hi to the maybe two people reading this annual post series!


Make Believe Mailer #133: Make Believe Melodies' 100 Favorite Japanese Albums Of 2024
(More Than 100, But Ehhhhh All Good)


Make Believe Bonus: 2015 Live Report Jamboree
Pulling Some Dispatches From A Decade Ago Out Of The Digital Ether


Make Believe Bonus: Osaka Record Store Guide
A Stroll Down My Old Life (And Many Places You Should Visit Now)


Make Believe Bonus: Hololive Super Expo 2025
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Make Believe Bonus: Five Extra Japanese Releases Of 2024
Not Quite Ready To Let Go Of Last Year


Best J-Pop/J-Rock Albums of 2020 (Kind Of)
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Make Believe Bonus: 10 Things To Watch From Japanese Pop Culture In 2025 (NewsPicks)
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Make Believe Bonus "Kimi No Iro" ("The Colors Within")
Or, How I Was Coaxed To Finally Check Out "K-On!"


Make Believe Bonus: Racing Into The Bite Part 2
Eating The YOASOBI Curry I Found At A Bookstore


7 More Anime That Should Have Been My First Anime #TBT
For today’s Throwback Thursday, I reposted an old list of seven anime that should have been my first anime. I rewatched Majimoji Rurumo and thought to myself, “What…


Make Believe Bonus: Hiromi Go At Belluna Dome
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Make Believe Bonus: TWICE Treats At Family Mart
SELL THE SOCKS IN BIGGER SIZES!


Make Believe Bonus: SCANDAL Interview (MTV Iggy 2015)
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Make Believe Bonus: Shibuya / Shinjuku Halloween Weekend 2024
Kabukicho Is Always Kind Of A Zombie Wasteland


Make Believe Bonus: Oshi No Ko Season 2
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The Korean pop music scene has been constantly changing since its cocneption. Nowadays, produced tracks can contain influences from rock, jazz, gospel, R&B, dance, country, folk amongst many…


Make Believe Bonus: Utada Hikaru At Yoyogi National Gymnasium
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Make Believe Bonus: PAS TASTA At Spotify O-EAST
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Make Believe Bonus: A Night Out, In One Hour
Extended Flo Rida Remix...Please, I Have A Family
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Yata’s 100 Favorite Anime of the 2010s
You’ve read the title. You’ve probably seen the hype posts. If we’re really close, you’ve definitely heard me begrudgingly complain about how much time this ate up. But…


Make Believe Bonus: A Ranking Of All Zepp Venues In The Tokyo Area
You Aren't Getting Out Of This One Unscathed, Zepp Haneda
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the 2010s was a tremendous decade for anime, here is part one of a highlight post of said decade.


The Anime You Should Have Been Watching… in Fall 2012
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The Anime You Should Have Been Watching… In Winter 2012
If viewers have only time to watch the very latest shows, and online discourse focuses only on the contemporary, is all anime destined to be forgotten once its…


I Should Not Have Slept on Kim Dracula’s Twisted Fusion of Nu Metal and Pop
Out of all the circles of hell that they call “online social platforms”, the worst is no-doubt TikTok. I’ve heard horror stories about it, about how it has…