Japan according to Julian

 ランプ     Lamp is a Japanese band I have started listening to when I want to relax or study. It's difficult to describe their music but it includes elements of J-pop, soft rock, Bossa nova, soul, and funk. Their music can be fairly melancholic in the perfect way. It's not sad music but instead kind of dreamy and soft. I would highly recommend giving them a listen.  ゆめうつつ と 二十歳の恋 を聞いたらどう？ Here's a link to their Spotify  

 Solo Leveling       Solo leveling occurs in a world where magic and dungeons have fused with modern society. In this world, gates leading to dungeons filled with monsters and "dungeon bosses" appeared as well as humans who are born with certain amounts of heroic potential. These heroes are called hunters and use their powers to clear the dungeons and defeat the bosses to keep modern society safe. In Solo Leveling, the main character Sung Jin-woo (The anime was adapted from a Korean webcomic hence the Korean names) was born with very little magical potential at all. In his world, this meant no chance to rank up or improve his skills until a near-death experience allowed him to access the system. Much like a video game, the system allows him to complete quests and level up, improving his magical potential. This is as far as I have gotten in the show so far but the concept proves to be very interesting as Sung Jin-woo becomes stronger and learns more about the sys...

 ポルトランドの森の火事 ポルトランドにあまり災害がありませんけど一回会ったことがあります。三年前の夏に大き森の火事起きました。この夏はとても暑かったしあまり雨をふらなかったら、森を焼けやすい。ポルトランドから遠い火事ですけど、風にポトランドの方にけむりをふられてしまいました。空気は体によくないから三日に家に出かけてはいけませんでした。この時、黙示録のような空になりました。すこしかわくて、大変な時でした。

 Tokyo Vice      Tokyo Vice is an American show but because it's set in Japan features a lot of Japanese. Probably a third of the show's dialogue is in Japanese, some by native speakers but also by the American actor Ansel Elgort. The show takes inspiration from Jake Adelstein's memoir of the same name. The show follows Jake Adelstein and his journey as an American working for a Tokyo newspaper as a beat reporter. Throughout the show, Jake pokes around places he shouldn't and begins to dig deeper and deeper into Tokyos Yakuza gangs. With the help of an older Japanese detective named Hiroto Katagiri Jake enters a dangerous world of gang war and unrest among the yakuza community. In the show, Jake faces danger in his pursuit of unraveling the truth about yakuza, However, most of the adversity Jake faces is instead due to his identity as a foreigner.