Earlier this year I got a nice surprise in the mail: Tuttle Publishing sent me three books: Ninja Attack!, Yokai Attack!, and the new Yurei Attack!. The books were written by Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda, a husband and wife … [Read more...]
While Japan obviously has its own set of holidays and festivals (some weirder than others), it's adopted a lot of foreign holidays too. Valentine's Day is celebrated in Japan, and Christmas is widely celebrated, even … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
A couple of week ago, I sent out a newsletter that featured art deco prints from Japan in the early 20th century. I was blown away by these beautiful prints, how they so distinctly represented the art from that … [Read more...]
There's a new disease that's spreading across the world that can't be cured by conventional medicine and - guess what? - the Japanese gave it to us. After being on the decline for years, the clap is back and meaner than … [Read more...]
The way advertisers are able to target you on the internet is both really cool and kind of annoying. I heard about one of my favorite bands coming to my city through an online ad, but after writing a post for Tofugu about … [Read more...]