About

Welcome to Tofugu.com! We’re a “Wonky Japanese Language and Culture Blog” that started up in June 2007.  Our goal is to bring you lots of original Japan-related content that you won’t find anywhere. Please subscribe to our RSS feed to keep up with what we’re doing.

The Author

Koichi is the main writer, the founder, the head boo-ba, and covers every category found on the website. His specialities are language and culture, so expect to see a bulk of his posts covering these topics. Koichi has been studying Japanese for eight years, teaching for two, and is the founder of TextFugu, Tofugu’s Online Japanese Textbook. He has lived in Japan, and his interests are kendo, baseball (go Seattle Mariners!), film (creation), computers, chillin’ with friends, and taking every opportunity to do something interesting. He currently works for eduFire, a live online learning marketplace, and has dreams to travel the world, including every train station in Japan.

Hiring Koichi

If you are interested in hiring koichi, please e-mail him at koichi@tofugu.com. Koichi has a background in (guerrilla) marketing, and has consulted, worked for, or advised numerous companies, including bestplaces.net (America’s #1 source for location-based studies), lang-8 (language learning community), pixiv.net (Japan’s fastest growing website), eduFire.com (online webinar community marketplace), and more. He has also been on BBC and NBC for his innovations in Japanese teaching and his overall wonky knowledge about Japan.