So you've passed JLPT 1. You're a master of Japanese. People point and stare due to your Japanese abilities. You start feeling worthless. There's an emptiness in your heart. What is there left to do? Is this it? Is this as … [Read more...]
[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVxpPggJMAY'] Cat Island Japan. It's an island covered in hundreds, maybe thousands of cats. People population? Under 100. This island has become a little tourist attraction … [Read more...]
There hasn't been a lot of good news coming out of Japan lately (though I'd say a big part of that is news agencies trying to shock audiences as much as possible so they can make more $$$). At this point, sure, the nuclear … [Read more...]
If you've been living under a rock (or hiding under a table, which would be quite appropriate in this case), an 8.9 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Sendai, Japan, causing massive damage and potentially up to … [Read more...]
I read about this strategy on Lifehacker (you can read the whole thing here) about a week ago, and thought it would be particularly useful for kanji (and vocab) learning. Learning a new language isn't so much about the … [Read more...]
A lot of folks have been asking about TofuguTV, kindly mentioning that I was planning to put out the first episode in January. Although I have poor sense of time, I realize that it's at least the beginning of February now, … [Read more...]