Shop Often and Be Rewarded at Asahi Imports

Shop Often and Be Rewarded at Asahi Imports

I forgot to mention in my post on Asahi Imports that they have a frequent shopper program that pays you back if you spend enough money with them. This is really convenient for people like me, who shop there weekly, but, even if you only shop there once per month, you...
Fill Up on Bubble Tea and Kawaii at Momoko

Fill Up on Bubble Tea and Kawaii at Momoko

With more than 60 days per year over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, a poorly designed road system, terrible drivers, panhandlers on every street corner, and plenty of ignorant but proud Texans, not much about Austin can be considered kawaii (Japanese for “cute”)....

Where on Earth is Austin Otaku?

I’ve been mostly incommunicado for the past 5 days, not adding blog posts, not really tweeting on Twitter, and definitely not answering my phone. So where have I been? I have been in what is as close to an otaku’s/Japanophile’s paradise as you can...
Asahi Imports: Austin’s Own Konbini

Asahi Imports: Austin’s Own Konbini

Nestled between the Dragon’s Lair Comic Book Store and Turquoise Trading Post in a low-key strip mall along Burnet Road in Austin is a quaint, family-owned Japanese grocery store named Asahi Imports. It boasts, rightfully so, that it is the only Japanese grocery...