Kyoto Imperial Palace
(November 22) The outer wall of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the residence of the emperor from the late Heian Period to 1869. (Kyoto was actually established as the imperial capital… Read more »
Kamakura Photos
(November 14) Kamakura is a relatively small town today but from 1192–1333 it was the seat of the Kamakura Shogunate and thus the effective capital of Japan. It has several… Read more »
Random Tokyo Pictures
(November 11-12) I don’t have as many pictures from this trip as from previous trips to Japan, but I’m going to to through what I have any post any that… Read more »
St. Vincent–Movie Review
St. Vincent (IMDB) is a well-intentioned comedy that is not as heart-warming as it thinks it is. However it is redeemed by some good performances, particularly a star turn by… Read more »
Yona of the Dawn–Anime Early Impressions
Yona of the Dawn (Akatsuki no Yona) (Crunchyroll) is unusual for a shoujo anime series. It focuses so much on action-adventure and character development that there’s little time left for… Read more »
Amagi Brilliant Park–Anime Early Impressions
There a couple of things I have come to expect from a show made by Kyoto Animation. The first is that the animation quality will be very high. The second… Read more »
This Is Where I Leave You–Movie Review
This Is Where I Leave You (IMDB) is a comedy-drama about a dysfunctional family. (I should emphasize that the family is “dysfunctional” in the move-comedy sense, not the movie-drama sense…. Read more »
Barakamon Ends
The ending wasn’t bad exactly. Barakamon (Funimation) is still my favorite show of the season. But it left me vaguely dissatisfied, with a feeling that this could have been even… Read more »
Tokyo ESP Ends
Tokyo ESP (Hulu) turned out to be a surprisingly good action-adventure series with characters I cared about, even if they were over-the-top. The only problem is that with only 12… Read more »