Imagine this: You leave work at 3 am yet again, glumly thinking I’m going to become another karoshi statistic. The nearest capsule hotel is just a half-hour walk away, but you’re knackered and you know … [Read more...]
Lots of American celebrities do some work in Japan -- a commercial here, a billboard there, then they pack up their bags and return back home without giving it much of a second thought. But there's one celebrity who … [Read more...]
Rajio taiso (ラジオ体操), or “radio exercises” is an integral (if slightly dorky) part of Japanese culture. You’ve probably come across it even if you don’t live in Japan – it pops up all the time in … [Read more...]
Not too long ago, Hashi wrote a post about Japan and its love for trains. However, there is an area of train otaku-ness yet to be explored by the Tofugu team. That area is the wonderful world of model trains. Model trains … [Read more...]
If you ask a Japanese person where Croatia is, they'll probably have no idea. This makes sense, though, as there are only 30ish Croatians currently living in Japan†. That means most Japanese people have never even seen a … [Read more...]
If you're going to learn the Japanese language, it's always going to be a better experience if you can have some interaction with Japanese people. Language just isn't the same without culture, and culture just isn't the … [Read more...]