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Storytime: Mori Building, Tipping, and Coldstone Japan

12. August 2007

A little while back, the Tofugu team went on an excursion to Japan. One of the things we really wanted to see was the Mori building. More specifically, we wanted to ascend the Mori building and then look at everything not inside it. Being one of the best city-views Japan had to offer, we thought [...]

Japan’s Top Producer of Ugly Women: Gunma*

6. August 2007

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*Paraphrased translation of 「ブスの産地」日本一は「群馬県」 from the Shukan Shincho website. According to a recent online poll conducted by Livedoor, a Japan-based internet service provider, the women of Gunma Prefecture (群馬県) are the most unattractive in Japan. Ouch. That’s right, out of Japan’s 47 prefectures, Gunma, located in the middle of the Japanese archipelago, placed dead [...]

In Japan, be Humble

25. July 2007

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In America, we tend to be encouraged to be show our individualist side, take initiative, tell people about our accomplishments, and stick out as much as possible from the rest of society. That’s all fine and dandy, I have nothing against being outgoing/initiative/individualistic. I wish I could be more outgoing, but I was raised to [...]

MoMu and Ultraman sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G

21. June 2007

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First comes love, then comes–oops! Ah well, can’t get it right all the time. I’m referring, of course, to the July 17th wedding of Nozomi Tsuji, former Morning Musume (I only know her from this) and Taiyou Sugiura, of Ultraman Cosmos fame. Interestingly enough, their marriage was a “done-it marriage” (できちゃった結婚 or デキコン); at the time [...]

Air Sex (repost)

15. June 2007

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One of the most interesting sexy pedophilic doggy sexxy lovey horrifying phenomenons I’ve ever seen: Air Sex. Air Sex (エアセクス) is a combination between air guitar and awkward sex, resulting in a fiery show of love, passion, and an audience full of nerds learning first hand what to do if they meet up with [...]

Why are you learning Japanese?

10. June 2007

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There are so many reasons as to why people are learning Japanese. There are some great ones, some good ones, and some really really bad ones. Granted, my list below is all my opinion. I’m sure others have different ideas, but for now, we’ll go with these ones. Great reasons to learn Japanese: You want to learn [...]