Bob Dylan, esteemed Japanese linguist Languages are always changing. The English that you and I speak today is almost completely different than that English people spoke a hundred years ago, and it's even a little … [Read more...]
"Fool of a Took!" Trees grow as deep as they are tall, and lots of cities follow the same principle. Sewers, electric and communications cables, serving as a city's arteries usually run as deep as the skyscrapers are … [Read more...]
Jazz hands! Traditional theater has always been a huge part of Japanese culture. Noh, kabuki, and bunraku theater have been around in Japan for literally hundreds of years, but Japan has also been quick to adapt … [Read more...]
"Mister Spock I can't understand a word you're saying." Lots of people think of Japan as a very spiritual, traditional culture. To them, Japan is all toriis and haiku and wandering monks. But according to an international … [Read more...]
We all know them when we see them: those PBR-drinking, ironic-glasses-wearing, retro-fashion-sporting young cool kids. Hipsters. We like to think of hipsters as an American phenomenon, coming out of San Francisco or … [Read more...]
Tofugu is built on WordPress, so we were excited when WordPress Japan recently announced its new mascot, Wapuu. While it's not quite as cool as the Tofugu fugu (what is?), Wapuu is still pretty darn cute. But if there's … [Read more...]