It’s the most wonderful time of the year? Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) take a break from weigh in on the pros and cons of surviving the 1-2 knockout punch of Christmas and New Years in Japan. Forecast calls for Machine Robo and KFC with a high chance of Chuck E. Cheese.

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Letters show how Mito daimyo Tokugawa Nariaki schemed to kill Commodore Perry and his mission. 

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