Archive | August, 2010

Kanji Amnesia And Why It’s Okay To Forget Kanji

In a couple hours at 1:40pm Pacific Time, I’ll be live on BBC Radio (sorry, no idea which one… people tell me it’s probably #4, though) talking about “Character Amnesia” (or for us Tofugu-folk, “Kanji Amnesia”), so I thought a good way to get my ducks in a line would be to write a post [...]

Hot… Err… Cold Japanese Underwear

Sometimes (well, often times), you look at the Japanese culture and think “gosh, Japan is really weird.” This is probably one of those times. Then again, what’s so weird about wanting refrigerated panties every once in a while, especially with the kinds of summers Japan tends to get?

Using Kid’s Songs to Learn Japanese

This post was written by Dave of JapanDave.com who Tweets and has a great newsletter full of amazing pictures of Japan. Kid’s songs are a wonderful resource to help you learn Japanese better. They are often overlooked because… well, they are a bit silly, but I think they are worth a second look. I’m going [...]