Follow K-Comics Beat/Comics Beat editor Deb Aoki on her trip to France and Japan for two webtoon and manga conferences, plus her travel tips.
Nov 5, 2024 • Subscribe
More like this
Deb’s France-Japan Travel Diary Day 2 : Train Pain from Paris to Monteux
Deb Aoki's Paris travel diary from Gare de Lyon to Provence, with train mishaps, ghosts, and good food discovered along the way.
Deb’s France-Japan Travel Diary Day 3: K-Comics Shopping in Carpentra
How are K-comics and webtoons selling in France? A visit to a comics shop and a bookstore provides a glimpse into the French webtoon market.
Deb’s France-Japan Travel Diary Day 1: Manga, BD, & Comics Exhibit at the Pompidou
See photos of original comics, bande dessinée and manga pages from the "Comics 1964-2024" exhibit at the Pompidou Centre in Paris
Deb’s France-Japan Travel Diary Day 1 Part 2 : Pompidou Comics + Art, Corto Maltese and Aligote
More Pre-1964 comics at the Pompidou Centre, including Krazy Kat and TinTin. Also, why aligoté is the best thing I ate in Paris
Deb’s Travel Diary Day 4: The growth of global webtoons
Deb Aoki attended the Rencontres Internationales du Webtoon in Monteax, France, to learn more about the globalization of the webtoon format
Deb’s Travel Diary Day 5: The state of France’s webtoon creators and print market
Deb Aoki attended an international webtoon conference in France and reports on the results of a creators survey and the state of K-comics publishing
How to Survive in Rural Japan
The time has finally come to learn your placement for the program. While a lucky few of you will be placed in the center of or within a…
Day #0 – Anime Expo “What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been”
Well, the day has finally arrived, but if I knew it was going to start off like it did, I would have probably stayed hidden under the house.…
The countryside calls! A trip to Okayama | Japan DAY 8 – BLAUGUST 2025
How would you spend 20 summer days in Japan? Here’s a log of highlights from my latest trip, day by day. Follow along this Blaugust as I recount…
Yochien: How to Survive the First Year of Kindergarten in Japan
Feeling jittery about your kid entering kindergarten in Japan? If that's the case, here are some tips on what to expect and how to cope.
Bicycling in Japan: How to Travel and Sightsee on Two Wheels
Bicycling can be a great way to get more out of your Japan trip. Here's what you need to know before you put on a helmet.
My First Trip To Japan in 2009, Webcomic, and an Old Travel Packing List
The First Trip to Tokyo My first trip to Japan was booked during the summer of 2009 with the H1N1 flu pandemic running amok. Airports in Ja...
What vehicle would I use to travel on a x-country trip?
The vehicle I would use to do a cross-country trip in?
Japan Diary: March 2022 {1/2}
I may live in Japan, but that doesn’t mean I let British holidays go by unobserved. So when Pancake Day fell on March 1st, I made a deliberate…
Japan Diary: August 2022 {1/2}
Usually I’d be starting this at the beginning of the month, then updating as things happened, but here I am, 6:30am on August 30th, typing my first sentences.…
Japan Expo Paris 2025 Report
France is the largest manga market in Europe, accounting for around 50% of all manga sales in Europe. As a result the French anime and manga...
John’s 2025 Tokyo Trip Day 1
For my ninth, I think, trip to Tokyo I was going with former AnimeNation web-monkey Phil, who was visiting Japan for the first time. On the morning of…
A Trip to Kyoto
Here’s something that I never got around to posting about, which is a trip I took to Kyoto with a few friends over a weekend last fall. I…
Otakon 2023: Day 0
I’m so behind on the news cycle in that I basically didn’t comb my usual news sources for about a month and an half, but I had gotten…
Japan trip 2014 – Part 1/4: Tokyo
こんにちは. This post is probably 4 months late but better late than never, right? After years of dreaming, I finally made the pilgrimage to the holy land this…
From My Trip to Japan (April 2024) – Part 1 of 4
A few months back, I was lucky – very lucky – to visit Japan! It took twelve years to reach a point where I was able to travel…
How To Travel to and Attend Conventions Alone (2023 Edition)
So you’ve finally decided that you want to travel to and attend conventions alone. While you’ve loved attending them with friends and family, you know deep down that…
Japan Diary: March 2021
Well, another month has passed of mainly staying at home, going to work and restarting the same cycle the next morning. I can’t pretend that I haven’t been…
Japan Diary: October 2020
After September saw my routine almost return to ‘normal’, October was spent trying to find the right balance.
Japan Diary: August 2021
After a few days in Shizuoka Prefecture, I returned to Kanagawa with a vast stretch of summer holiday ahead of me.
Japan Diary: February 2022
As much as I was hoping that February would bring more positivity… that didn’t exactly happen.
Japan Diary: July 2022
The start of July called for more organisation than I’m used to, but I was determined to hit the ground running. Time was running out to get things…
Japan Diary: July 2021
I started this month with the mindset that I would treat myself more.
Japan Diary: December 2020
So… I’m going to be honest. The first two weeks of December were a complete write-off.
Japan Diary: December 2021
In the start of December, it was time for me to get organised. Yes, I’d barely slowed down since October, but I still had one last push before…
Japan Diary: February 2021
When I said I didn’t see much changing this month, I was swiftly proven right with an extension to the State of Emergency. After already spending a month…
Japan Diary: September 2021
While the first of September saw the kids go back to school, it wasn’t exactly the return we’d imagined.
Japan Diary: May 2022
While my first few days of May were very uneventful, Golden Week was about to kick off properly.
Japan Diary: June 2021
After a pretty uneventful May, I was determined to make June busier, even if just a little.
Japan Diary: April 2022
Between having a rough few months and the self-imposed deadline to fulfil my Japan travel goals approaching, I figured that having a few days away would be the…
Japan Diary: October 2021
In my last diary post, I predicted that October was going to be busier and I was certainly right. However, a lot of that ‘busy-ness’ was behind the…
Japan Diary: June 2022
June started off the best way I know how: with plenty of opportunity to socialise.
Japan Diary: May 2021
May, as per usual, started with Golden Week. This would be my fourth, but like last year, I was pretty much stuck where I was. With State of…
Japan Diary: April 2021
The start of April saw me back on the road again, taking the opportunity to have a spontaneous, yet cautious trip further south.
Japan Diary: November 2021
Usually, my November diary would start off with anniversary celebrations marking the day I moved to Japan for the first time, but things didn’t really play out like…
Japan Diary: November 2020
After an October which felt like it lasted all of five minutes, November came around much quicker than I’d anticipated.
Japan Diary: January 2021
Okay, so technically I’m starting this diary in December 2020, but considering that New Year’s celebrations usually span across two days, I think you can let me off.…
Japan Diary: January 2022
At the end of my last diary post, my positive COVID test had completely ruined my plans to fly back to Japan as scheduled. All of a sudden,…
5 Ways To Survive The Rainy Season in Japan
No need to channel Albert Einstein this rainy season in Japan. Here's Savvy's top tips for surviving tsuyu!
Sky diary #1: Making a mistake
I may have made a mistake, yeah: I bought No Man’s Sky during a Black Friday sale. I’ve been looking for a space flight/exploration sim that’s not too…
How to Get a Driver’s License in Japan
Here’s how to get a driver's license in Japan without speaking Japanese from learning to drive from scratch to converting your license.
Japan Trip 2018 Special
We’re going on a Japan trip! Ashley’s been on vacation in Japan for the past two weeks, and has gone on some manga-related adventures (and many non-manga-related adventures).…
eSIM for Japan Travel: The Easy Way to Data
Got data in Japan? Here's why an eSIM for Japan travel is a hassle-free way to stay connected while seeing the sights.
Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive? – Episode 1
These two teenagers will be tested by the most terrifying force of all: compulsory heterosexuality.
How to Get a Student Visa to Study in Japan
Everything you need to know to apply for your student visa to study at a Japanese language school in Japan through GaijinPot Study.