Probably more than anywhere else, robots are a big part of Japanese culture, and it’s no secret that we here at Tofugu think that these machines are evil, human-hating beings. But even with my open revulsion to these sinister automatons, I learned something interesting about them recently – they’re much older than I thought. Lots [...]
Mmmm. Japanese Fast Food. You already know how superior McDonalds in Japan is, but did you know Japan is full of their own Japanese fast food chains (rather than just the upgraded, cleaned up American ones)? Although I can’t cover them all, I wanted to go over the best Japanese fast food chains in Japan [...]
The Ultramen. A name that strikes fear into the hearts of all evil-doers. They are a group of extra-terrestrial beings who have merged their life forces with those of humans, defending the galaxy against all who would threaten it. While the Ultramen most often defend the known world single-handedly and don’t usually work as a [...]
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In this series of “obvious” posts, we’ve gone over several things. First, we talked about epiphanies and how to get them. Then we went over confusion, and why it’s such a good thing. Lastly, we looked at conscious competence to show you why you’re having trouble (as well as the four stages one goes through [...]
Headquartered in Kogane, Tokyo, Studio Ghibli is easily the most famous Japanese animation and film studio in the world. Founded in 1985, the company’s logo features the fan-favorite Totoro from Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro.” Many many times has Studio Ghibli been called “the Disney of Japan” and Hayao Miyazaki “the Walt Disney of Japan.” [...]
The lives of famous martial artists are usually steeped with larger-than-life tales of their incredible skill, strength, and technique. Bruce Lee is known to this day for his infamous One Inch Punch. Jackie Chan is renowned for doing all of his own stunts, even at the expense of hurting himself. But recently, I heard something [...]
No soda? FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Each and every day billions upon billions of office workers waste away hours looking at funny captioned pictures and crudely drawn comics online. One of the more popular categories of said distractions is that of rage comics. If you’re unfamiliar with them, head on over to Memebase to see how rage comics [...]
One of the things Western visitors notice on their visit to Japan is the homogenous population. As an urban-living American, walking through the streets of the U.S. and seeing a wide, diverse range of ethnicities is an everyday occurrence that doesn’t cause more than a blink of an eye. Not so much in Japan. To the [...]
With a name like “The Site Of Reversible Destiny” you know that it has to be good… or at the very least, weird. For the third episode of TofuguTV (you should watch the video above, before continuing on), my buddy Hiroyuki takes me to Yoro Park, an “experience park” opened in 1995. The theme of [...]
Sometimes it’s mind-boggling to me how many ways you can visit Japan cheaply. If you’re creative and determined enough, you can travel to and around Japan for as much as it would cost you to spend one night in a Tokyo hotel. And a lot of the time you don’t even have to forge your [...]
