Roland Kelts is a Tokyo-based writer, journalist, scholar, and authority on Japanese and Western cultures. His first book, Japanamerica, has been described as "the ultimate guide to Japan's pop culture juggernaut — required reading for many Hollywood producers, global artists, and academics worldwide." Currently, Roland splits his time between editing the literary magazine "Monkey: New Writing from Japan" and teaching literature as visiting professor at Waseda University.The Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at https://www.patreon.com/deepinjapan* LINKS * MONKEY: https://monkeymagazine.org/NIKKEI Asia: Japan's obsession with perfection is an Olympic-sized problem: https://s.nikkei.com/3yQWptZTHE FIFTH FLAVOR: Boundaries of Taste: Umami gives identity and intricacy to mother’s milk, a bowl of ramen, a writer poised between Japan and America: https://bit.ly/3usY8lJJAPANAMERICA: http://www.japanamericabook.com/* MUSIC *The outro was Ultraman Taro-Theme Song: https://bit.ly/3umuH4xThe intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - [email protected] always, thanks for listening!Support the show