2011 was a great year for Tofugu (I mean, I'm here now, right?) and there have been a lot of good posts and a lot of good videos. Here I have singled out five of my absolute favorites from the year. If you haven't already … [Read more...]
All the regular writers at Tofugu are writing about their favorite posts of 2011, so these are my favorites (koichi). These aren't necessarily the most popular posts (in fact, none of them were much more than average by … [Read more...]
Image source Most people know about Tokyo's Disneyland and a decent amount know of Osaka's Universal Studios Japan (also known as USJ, which is eerily similar to Universal Studios in Orlando btw) but not many know about … [Read more...]
Or perhaps not. You be the judge. For today's Saturday Timewaster, I take you to the greatest non-watery slide I've ever seen. In a land where there are still teeter-totters, swings, and other supposedly "dangerous" … [Read more...]
Japan is no stranger to things that are strange, but Keisuke Yamada has taken art to a pretty goofy place. Bananas. Countless Japanese schoolgirls have made a hobby out of creating creatures out of food for their … [Read more...]
The Ultramen. A name that strikes fear into the hearts of all evil-doers. They are a group of extra-terrestrial beings who have merged their life forces with those of humans, defending the galaxy against all who would … [Read more...]