Erin (who writes something on Tofugu like once a year now, and has a new blog over at SputnikSweetie.com) showed me this calendar. After looking at this calendar for four straight days, I exclaimed: "Omg, this will be an … [Read more...]
Got a question this morning asking how to get cheap plane tickets to go to Japan. I don't know if any ticket at all is going to be cheap right now, but here's how I got my airplane tickets to go to Japan to film … [Read more...]
When it comes to World War 2, there were a lot of funny things going on with Japanese Americans. Land and property were stolen from Japanese Americans, they were put into internment camps (though, not the 157,000 Japanese … [Read more...]
Happy Halloween, everybody. To celebrate the occasion, I thought you might enjoy these 5 scary Japanese things that will educate and entertain you, hopefully a little bit. At the very least, it will show you that Japan … [Read more...]
...Well, it is if you work at this fictional English Language School, "Be Yes." [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O0E0emU85w'] [divider] I know a lot of you out there are thinking of becoming an English … [Read more...]
Recently three new Japanese words made their way into the Oxford English Dictionary, officially blessing the English speaking world with concepts such as hikikomori, karoshi, and otaku. But, these aren't the only words … [Read more...]