Sakamoto Ryoma is easily one of the most famous and influential people in Japanese history. Idealized by many Japanese boys, Sakamoto led a revolution to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. Tales … [Read more...]
Don't get me wrong — the whole Tofugu team worked hard while we were in Japan last month. We spent hours filming in sub-freezing temperatures, hauled around giant backpacks full of camera equipment, and spent countless … [Read more...]
It's been a week since the Tofugu team's gotten back from Japan and I'm reading my Twitter feed. All of a sudden, I start seeing all of these crazy pictures of Tokyo. No, Godzilla's not attacking — the skies above Tokyo … [Read more...]
As you might know, the Tofugu team just came back from a month-long trip to Japan. It'd been a while since any of us had been to Japan but for me, it had been 13 years. In that time, I had grown a lot and also forgotten … [Read more...]
At one point in our recent trip collecting film for TofuguTV, we went up to Yoichi, Hokkaido to visit the Nikka Whiskey Brewery. In our naivety, we bought whiskey thinking we could send it back. We quickly found out that … [Read more...]
One of my favorite parts about watching Japanese television programs is getting to see what their commercials look like. For whatever reason, I'm always fascinated by how other countrys' commercials differ from those seen … [Read more...]