Our Work Experience...

Tokyo Film Fixers + Japan / Travel TV Hosts + Japanese Translation & Arranging for Production Companies + Location Scouts

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We've worked with...

Travel Channel (Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods) + Food Network + CNN + Fuel / Discovery, National Geographic (Tab00) + Pro Sieben (Germany) + Canal Plus + Dutch Pepsi + Sony Australia + NHK Japan (Kawaii TV & New York Wave) + Norway TV (NRK) and more...


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LA CARMINA - TV hosting reel
includes CNN, Bizarre Foods on Travel Channel, NHK, NBC Today Show.

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La Carmina co-hosted and assisted with arranging for the Tokyo episode of Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre World, which airs on Travel Channel and in 75 countries (details here.) She and her Goth friends drink red slush out of a mannequin’s head and eat “Russian Roulette” takoyaki behind the bars a jail cell. See CNN coverage and blog posts about La Carmina's TV gig.

Video clip of La Carmina's segment on Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (Travel Channel).

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La Carmina was featured in a promo spot for Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations 100th episode. It aired for a week on Travel Channel (Sept 2010). View it here.

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La Carmina was the guide to Harajuku fashion in CNNGo's Tokyo TV episode. She interviewed designer Kenzo-A for a story that aired a dozen times on CNN International.
More photos here; view clip below and here.

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La Carmina hosts, writes, field produces and arranges a "Coolhunting America" travel TV show for Huffington Post / AOL. Watch the first episode. See her Huff Post page.



My "Weird Wisconsin" travel show appeared on the front page of America Online (AOL).

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La Carmina was the subject of a 30-minute episode of NHK Kawaii TV. The popular program, airing on Japan’s national broadcaster, covers cute Japanese fashion, trends and people.  (Photos from the shoot)

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Arranged 14 episodes about bizarre Japanese theme restaurants for World's Weirdest Restaurants, TV show airing on Food Network Canada. La Carmina appears as an expert guide to bizarre cafes and Japanese culture, in multiple episodes. (Video clips to be posted soon.)

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Arranged the Tokyo episode of National Geographic’s TABOO. The program’s been on the air for 10 seasons, and is about extreme cultures/acts worldwide. Our episode showcases the bagelhead (saline forehead inflation) body mod. (Video clips to be posted soon.)

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La Carmina was the subject of several web episodes for a Dutch Pepsi campaign (shot in Tokyo, August 2010). Naomi Rubin did the all the fixing (arrangements) for the shoot on a tight deadline.
The first video is here and below.

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† Tokyo host of NRK Norway TV show, Ari og Per (clips below and here). It won the Gullruten, the Norwegian Grammy award!

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Strangers in Danger, on Fuel TV, Discovery and National Geographic. We fixed (location-scouted and arranged) the Japan episode, and La Carmina is on-screen as the saline injection (bagelheads) body mod / subculture guide — a.k.a. “Hot Goth.”

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La Carmina was the on-camera guide to Tokyo pop culture for a National Geographic Adventure / Sony Australia travel TV show, "Roam," hosted by the Two Tims. (Aired in 2011.) Naomi Rubin was the fixer - she scheduled all the shoot locations.


La Carmina was a guest on The Today Show to promote her book Cute Yummy Time. She explained the Japanese trend of decorate food to look kawaii (think Hello Kitty), and did a food demo.

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La Carmina was the subject of NHK Japan 20-minute documentary about her cute cooking. She hosted/produced videos about Day of the Dead and spooky culture for Mexico Tourism Board.

The Pirates are arranging a Tokyo subcultures TV episode for Endemol Productions, to air on Germany's major network Pro Sieben. (Info and clips soon)

La Carmina has a very popular YouTube Partmer channel with thousands of subscribers. Videos include Tokyo adventures, concert reports and her Travel SOS series for Huff Post Travel.