Modern day goldfish are believed to have descended from several red mutants of the Chinese funa carp. These mutants, or hibuna (ヒブナ), in turn mutated into the wakin (和金), the first goldfish that were brought into Japan in … [Read more...]
As many of you know, the Tofugu name is a combination of the Japanese words for tofu (tofu, obvi) and puffer fish (fugu). Tofu + fugu = Tofugu. Tofu itself isn't very deadly, well at least I don't think so, but fugu on the … [Read more...]
Although there have been some pretty big chimpanzees in American show-business, I don't think I can ever remember one that had a bulldog for a best friend. Nor one that looked so good in overalls. For today's Saturday … [Read more...]
Japan World Cup is a horse racing simulator... though the words "horse" and "simulator" should be taken with a grain kilogram of salt. First of all, the riders don't necessarily ride horses. There's anything from … [Read more...]
Recently, Japan seems a lot like an Alfred Hitchcock movie. (No, not Psycho, but close.) Over the last twenty or so years, the crow population in Japan has simply exploded. They're not quite pecking people to death, but … [Read more...]
The Japanese Giant Wasp: Evil by association? I've mentioned Japanese (Giant) hornets a couple times on Tofugu, but they've never gotten their own post. That has made these giant Japanese Hornets angry... and you don't … [Read more...]