In the past I recommended the brand PhoneSoap, whose most famous product is the UV sanitizing product of the same name. The most recent product by PhoneSoap that I bought is called the Surface Soap UV, which is a UV sanitizing wand. Similar to the PhoneSoap and Larq water bottle that I recommended in the…
For sports fans who enjoyed watching The Last Dance, there is a similar show now available on ESPN+. It is called Man in the Arena, and it follows the career/life of Tom Brady. I think that the show might have been better off waiting until Brady’s career ends before being released, but who knows when…
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The banana industry may seem like relatively mundane, but there is actually a lot of history and drama. Although my uncle works in the banana industry in Japan, I do not know a lot about it, so reading The Fish that Ate the Whale was an informative read. The Fish that Ate the Whale talks…
Address: 1108 Auahi St #150, Honolulu, HI 96814 Han No Daidokoro is a yakiniku restaurant in Hawaii that opened in Hawaii during the pandemic. Han No Daidokoro specializes in beef, mainly Washu and Miyazaki beef (two of the best types of Japanese beef). When I went to Han No Daidokoro, we ordered a combination of…
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There was pretty big news in the sports industry the other day when Fanatics acquired most of Topps (the legendary sports cards company) for $500 million. Most people thought the sale was inevitable after Fanatics won the rights to several of the major sports leagues (who were previously aligned with Topps). While this is for…
How Do You Live is an old Japanese book that was written in 1937 by Genzaburo Yoshino. It has recently become more mainstream after it was announced that legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli) is going to be adapting it into a movie. The format of How Do You Live is a conversation between an…
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Food Wars is the latest anime that I finished watching on Netflix. I had a bunch of friends who had told me about the show previously, but it took me some time before I was able to get into the show. Like many other Japanese anime, Food Wars takes a relatively mundane topic (cooking) and…
I enjoy eating ice cream on an occasional basis, but most of the time when I eat ice cream it is just out of a pint; however, recently I have been eating Sublime Ice Cream Sandwiches from Trader Joe’s. I just happened to come across these ice cream sandwiches when I was shopping at Trader…
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The Speed Cubers is a short documentary on Netflix about the sport of speed cubing. It mostly focuses on the relationship between the two most famous cubers in the world (or that’s how it portrays them at least), Felix Zemdegs and Max Park. Like any sport, there is significant competition at the top and Zemdegs…
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Address: 672 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102 On the whole, I would say that Japanese food in San Francisco is a bit underwhelming. However, the one Japanese restaurant in SF that I can recommend eating at is Mensho Tokyo SF. Mensho Tokyo SF is famous for its tori paitan ramen, which is very similar…
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