Kymm Coveney was raised in the suburbs south of Boston. She received a BA in modern English & Spanish literature at Wheaton College in 1981, and moved to Spain the following year. She now lives in…
For the dad who likes a good storyFor the dad who is still a kid at heart For the dad who likes to tinkerFor the dad who likes a good party trickFor the dad who's always in his gardenFor the hist…
Héctor García was born in Spain and worked at CERN in Switzerland before moving to Japan, his home of fourteen years and counting. In Japan he developed voice recognition software and the technology f…
Jonathan Lopez-Vera has a PhD in Japanese History and an MA in World History from Pompeu Fabra University (Spain). He is a member of the Ethnographies, Cultural Encounters and Religious Missions (ECER…
It's safe to say we'll all be spending more time at home in the coming weeks. Whether you've had to adjust travel plans yourself, are going stir crazy or just hoping to take your mind off of the news,…
In Japan, there's a holiday, festival or seasonal celebration for every month of the year! December's big holiday is actually New Year's Eve, but in recent decades Christmas—and Christmas Eve—have bee…
It's the spookiest time of the year and we're sharing tales of the supernatural, mythical and downright terrifying. If, like us, you enjoy scaring yourself senseless (while also learning about other c…
This week we caught up with the ever-busy Evangeline Neo—comic artist and author of the popular book A Manga Lover's Tokyo Travel Guide. Based in Singapore, Evangeline got her BFA in San Francisco and…
