
Somehow, thanks to the power of the Internets, I received an email from a pro fighter currently working in Japan. The email went something like this: "Hey, I love Tofugu! Don't mess with me or I'll break your head off and … [Read more...]

Somehow, thanks to the power of the Internets, I received an email from a pro fighter currently working in Japan. The email went something like this: "Hey, I love Tofugu! Don't mess with me or I'll break your head off and … [Read more...]

I've always been a fan of Jim Breen's Japanese dictionary, so when I found out that there's an iPhone app out for it, I was really happy. Finally, I don't have to load the entire Jim Breen page, and now, with the iPhone's … [Read more...]
by Koichi

I've been using Twitter more and more, and I thought I'd invite all of you to follow us! I wrote about Twitter before, and how it can be used to improve your Japanese, but it also has many more "normal" uses as well. Kind … [Read more...]

Think of this post as an "inspirational" post...or something like that. Might be the opposite, depending on who you are. Over the last five years or so, I feel like I've noticed an influx in "instant gratification … [Read more...]
by Koichi

Once again, I thought I'd stick with the Hawaii-Japan topic, since i just got back from there (that's right, eat your hearts out). In high school, all of us younguns had to do a Senior Report, of sorts. Now, whenever I … [Read more...]
by Koichi

Now that I'm back from Hawaii, I finally had the chance to wade through all the emails I decided to ignore until now (sorry if that was you!). A decent number of them were people worried about racism in Japan; mainly, they … [Read more...]