About

Hi, I'm Roki. I'm 30, a father of one, and I live in Japan.

I'm not an anime industry insider — just someone living in Japan who can actually visit the real-world locations behind a show, check current opening hours in Japanese, and track down official merch that doesn't show up in overseas search results.

This site exists because most anime pilgrimage guides outside Japan are written from photos and secondhand blog posts, not from someone who can actually check whether a location is still open or a shop still stocks what it used to. I write from Japan, not from a translated fan wiki.

These days I run most of my work from a VPS, using Claude Code and Codex as my day-to-day tools. I'm not chasing a grind — I'd rather build systems that keep working while I'm not looking.

I also post shorter updates on X:@roki_ai_affi