Today (in some time zones) is one of our Tofugu authors' birthdays. Can you guess who? She's the only female, she's one of the top three writers, and she's somewhere in that photo up there. The other two Tofugu writers … [Read more...]
Last night, Steve Carell participated in one of the funniest SNL Digital Shorts I have seen in a long time. Now, it's kind of a stretch, as far as Tofugu's "Japanese Culture and Language" theme goes, but I feel that it's … [Read more...]
Surprisingly, this morning I learned that it was Buddha's birthday. The cool Frood is turning 2,571 years old today, so make sure you sing him a song (video comments, anyone??) and dip him in some ama-cha to clean him off … [Read more...]
Contest is over - #2 won on April 17 inally! The time has come to vote on Nara's New New Mascot. I got a lot of submissions for this contest, so unfortunately I had to narrow it down to my favorite top ten to make … [Read more...]
For a while now, I've been doing my Godzilla (or Gojira, if you want to be cool) series over on my other site, Koichiben. It is all about Godzilla's new life in Portland, OR, USA, and how he deals with all the things we … [Read more...]
Aight maggots. It’s time to edumacate you in the fine art of UFO catching. I’m about to present to you tips on how to net yourself a cute stuff j-character without spending a lot of moolah. Koichi spent ¥5,000 figuring out … [Read more...]