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Culture Japan is the TV show that brings Japanese Culture to the world! The show is broadcast on Tokyo MX TV in Japan and across the world on various cable, terrestrial and online networks including Animax Asia, Mnet in America and Crunchyroll. Cult...

You've seen the Fujisawa High School Photos part 1 and here is part 2 which we filmed for Culture Japan. Here we have the 3 school girls who will star in the Fujisawa High School segment on the show - and yes they are all members of the K-ON (Keion)...

Filming at Fujisawa high school this time last Friday for Culture Japan. You've seen what high schools look like in 2D anime and I have always wanted to show you what it looks like in 3D real life. The great folks at Fujisawa High School let us go t...

Today we are going on a tour of Tokyo - not all of Tokyo mind you but on one of my favorite routes from Lalaport in Toyosu down the river on to Asakusa - a nice blend of the modern and the traditional past.

The second season of Culture Japan has just finished its run in Japan and is about to start its global broadcast in America and Asia. At the end of each episode we show an end card featuring the artwork of a popular artist. The End Card for Episode...

Was filming the 2011 AmiAmi end of year figure ranking for Culture Japan with Richard yesterday and would like to share the results with you. As its the EOY rankings, we only cover the top figures from various categories.

Fresh out into the App Store is the Mirai Suenaga iPhone and iPad app MiraiClock3 - tis free so please do give it a whirl! The app has currently made it into the top 10 charts for free utilities on the app store ^o^

"I can die happy now" was the first thing I said to myself when the tag for my TV show Culture Japan (#culturejapan) became a Twitter Trend in Japan today. This had always been a goal of mine. Culture Japan is broadcast in Japan at 22:30 every Saturd...

Had a most awesome time at AFA11 this year where I spent most of my time on stage as MC. I had the pleasure of working with:- LiSA Chiwa Saito Haruhiko Mikimoto FLOW Ichiro Mizuki Go Nakanishi Tow Ubukata Atsuhiro Iwakami Tatsuyuki Nagai Mari Okada M...

Culture Japan is the TV show that brings Japanese Culture to the world! Tis broadcast on Tokyo MX TV in Japan and across the world on various terrestrial and online networks. Not only do I cover Japanese Pop Culture, I also introduce more of the tra...

Been meaning to get round to it for a long time but will try to review all the equipment that we use for TV production. Narration (known as "Afureco" [アフレコ] in Japanese which is short for "After Recording") for Culture Japan Season 2 is done in m...

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My TV show Culture Japan is in its second season and premiers tonight in Japan on Tokyo MX TV at 22:30. BS11 will also be broadcasting Culture Japan from 16th October at 27:00. Culture Japan is an extension of this site where I cover many aspects of...

Last year we had a look at the steps needed to become a ninja. Today we take a look at what it takes to become a ninja girl otherwise known as Kunoichi (くノ一). The training ground is same as last year - Edo Wonderland in Nikko. But before I continu...

Was filming 2 episodes worth of Culture Japan Season 2 at the Good Smile Cafe. After the Madoka theme, the cafe this time round gets the Carnival Phantasm treatment with the Fate girlies looking sooooo cute! ><

Back at Edo Wonderland in Nikko to build up upon my current Ninja skills - can anybody guess the name of this leaning ninja skill? Brought along Elly with me to train her as Kunoichi.

The iconic Shibuya 109 building. The name originates from the Tokyu Group who built the facility. "Tokyu" [東急] (とうきゅう) is converted to the reading for "10" as "To" and "9" as "Kyu". Its also called "Ichi Maru Kyu". Back in 1979 when the facili...

Was in Osaka last weekend filming for Culture Japan Season 2. One of the places we are covering is Otaroad - its Osaka's equivalent of Akihabara which is filled with otaku goodness and a load of 2D girlies absolutely everywhere! The first place we ta...

It gives me great pleasure to announce that Culture Japan TV Season 1 will be broadcast across America from tonight on the MNET America channel from 9:30PM ET/PT! You can check out this list to see which channels carry Mnet. Season 2 will be broadca...

The clock that will make you hungry every time you look at it - continuing the shenanigans from yesterday, we have a look at a clock made out of sushi.

After the Japan broadcast on Tokyo MX TV and the Asia broadcast on Animax Asia, Culture Japan is now available to the rest of za warudo on Crunchyloll. For folks who are not beknowist, Culture Japan is a TV show that I direct and present on that intr...

Mandarake - the company with many shops located around Tokyo that sells a ton of second hand otaku goodies - manga, anime, figures, dolls, trading cards, gatcha and a load of other merchandise. We previously took a look at the history of Mandarake a...

Uploaded a 1 hour digest of Culture Japan season 1 but completely forgot about it ^^; Its actually an hour and 11 mins - below for folks who have time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMvmS5GZPB4 Folks who don't have much spare time on their hands ma...

On the 27th of December 2010, after filming at Kadokawa, we headed to East Tokyo to film at the Good Smile Company offices and cafe for the final episode of Culture Japan Season 1. You've already seen what the show was like and today we take a look a...