Regarding the Stripes Kanto's running of my article, "Tokyo Tower, The Monster Magnet," I checked directly with the edit...

Above, Tokyo Tower.  Photo by Armand Vaquer. Stripes Kanto  has posted my JapanTourist article on Tokyo Tower, "Tokyo Tower, Th...

Above, your truly with the Godzilla statue at the main entrance to Toho Studios. With the news that ComiXpress is going out-of-busines...

Above, Ai with "The Monster Movie Fan's Guide To Japan."  Photo by Armand Vaquer. Another "crimp" has been dis...

Above, passengers heading to a taxi at the JR Nagasaki Station.  Photo by Armand Vaquer. On occasion, while in Japan or in other citi...

With the announcement of the closure of ComiXpress yesterday, I have to thank my lucky stars that I ordered enough copies of The Monster Mo...

Above, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum is number one on the list of impact-making Japan destinations.  Photo by Armand Vaquer. ...

The closing of ComiXpress did not come as a total surprise to me. As I mentioned earlier, their website has been down for "maintenan...

I had a suspicion that this was coming.  I kept getting messages that their website is undergoing "maintenance." But a post f...

Above, Ginza is expensive, but the yen's fall makes it less so.  Photo by Armand Vaquer. The fall of the yen is making Japan vacati...

Above, a cleaning crew stands ready to prepare a bullet train for its next trip.  Photo by Armand Vaquer. Travel Weekly.com has an int...

The IRS scandal is getting dirtier and dirtier. ABC News is reporting: The Internal Revenue Service official in charge of the ta...

Above, the Sky Tree under construction in December 2010.  Photo by Armand Vaquer. It has been almost a year since the Tokyo Sky Tree s...

Although the special prosecutor law has expired, this does not stop the Justice Department (or a circuit court) from appointing a speci...

Above, the dollar's recent rise against the yen means more goodies can be bought at Asakusa, Tokyo's Nakamise Street.  Photo by A...

Above, the Shibuya 109 building that was destroyed by Gamera and Megaguirus.  Photo by Armand Vaquer. It has just been confirmed that...

Above, Kenji Sahara and Armand in 2009. Today, actor Kenji Sahara celebrates his 81st birthday. He was born May 14, 1932 in Kawasaki ...

Left, Sukiyabashi Crossing in the 1960s, looking towards Ginza Crossing. The Morinaga & Co. neon globe sign can be seen in the bac...

Above, the Morinaga & Co. neon sign at night.  Circa 1953. Kaiju fans are familiar with the Wako Department Store at Ginza Crossin...

Above, a 1960s view of a subway station entrance in Ginza along Harumi Dori.  In the background is the Wako Department Store at Ginza Cro...

Above, Akihabara, Tokyo,  Photo by Armand Vaquer. All Nippon Airways (ANA) has a new interactive website that they hope will boost tou...

In the IRS targeting scandal, we have two names of IRS Exempt Organizations Specialists (courtesy of the U.K. Daily Mail): Stephen Se...

The Amazon Kindle Edition of The Monster Movie Fan's Guide To Japan is number 23 in Amazon's Best Sellers In Japanese Travel list...

It seems like 1973 all over again when the Watergate scandal broke and the Nixon Administration circled the wagons. The Obama Administ...

Above, the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. Photo by Armand Vaquer. Work started today to test the seismic integrity of the A-Bomb Dome i...

Above, it just became a bit more cheaper to visit the Godzilla statue in Hibiya, Tokyo.  Photo by Armand Vaquer. There's more good...

Above, President and Mrs. Nixon in the SS-100-X limousine in 1972 at the Century Plaza Hotel. National Archives photo. Since this year...