This past week I was able to catch the filming of a New Year’s comedy special at the Asakusa Engei Hall, a site I visit often for my research (I’m a PhD student). It was a great show that was broadcast later that day on TV Tokyo. It featured many comedians that rarely perform in Asakusa and it was well worth getting up and leaving early to be part of the standing room only audience. One of the featured comedic duos in the show, Nippon Erekiteru Rengo...