Izumoshi Taisha [Izumo City Grand Shrine] was another spot on my list of places to visit in Japan but again the distance from Tokyo had put me off. I was reminded of it after watching Zatsu Tabi and it also happened to be near Sakaiminato so I decided to add it to my itinerary. Chain hotel Tokoyo Inn's breakfast buffet was a very simple and...

Today was the big reveal of Makoto Shinkai's next movie, "Suzume no Tojimari [Suzume's Closure]" (no official English title yet) due 2022, autumn. Earlier in the morning (JST) he had already revealed a piece of promo art. The action, road trip movie follows 17 year old girl Suzume where she travels together either another entity...

In the post-apocalpyse world the cool headed, intelligent Chito and happy-go-lucky Yuuri are left to wander around a desserted city, doing their best to salvage what's left behind to survive. Animation and art isn't that impressive because it's mostly just rubble and desserted urban areas as you'd expect from a postapocalypse...