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Tries too hard to be a hoopy frood who knows where his towel's at. Wants to change the way people think about learning. Makes: Tofugu, TextFugu, and WaniKani. Follow him: @Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.

SHONEN JUMP and Tofugu Debut: Kumaman, The Manga

April 1, 2014 by Koichi 21 Comments

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We know that readers of Tofugu are big fans of manga. We at Tofugu are big fans of manga - in fact, One Piece from SHONEN JUMP is one of our favorites of all time. There isn't a week that goes by where we don't discuss and … [Read more...]

Traveling To Japan For The SECOND Time: Planning A 1-2 Week Trip

March 24, 2014 by Koichi 11 Comments

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Almost two years ago I wrote about your first trip to Japan. I talked about where you should go if you’re planning a 1-2 week trip, the route, and what you should do. Apparently a lot of people took my advice, because now … [Read more...]

Akira Haraguchi And His Method For Memorizing 100,000 Digits Of Pi

March 14, 2014 by Koichi 11 Comments

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Editor's Note: Happy Pi Day (3-14) everyone! Not all that different from Fight Club, there's an underground movement of people who just memorize things. Cards, words, stats, and... uh... sorry, I can't quite remember … [Read more...]

P.S.A. New Tofugu Job Postings

March 5, 2014 by Koichi 21 Comments

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This is a friendly fugu public service announcement. We've posted up three different job opportunities here at Tofugu. They are: Content Assistant (1 position available) Summer Intern (1-2 positions … [Read more...]

Why Japanese Education Succeeds: Amae, Stress, And Perseverance

March 4, 2014 by Koichi 53 Comments

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Although this has died off in more recent times, there was a period where it seemed like every other American politician would look to Japan for inspiration in order to try and reform the American School System. “There … [Read more...]

Okay, Fine, So You CAN Learn Japanese From Anime

February 24, 2014 by Koichi 58 Comments

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I've been known in the past to say you can't learn Japanese from anime... and that's still quite true. The amount of people out there who watch thousands of hours of (admittedly addicting) anime under the pretense that … [Read more...]

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