A common misconception about Japan is that it's so densely populated that every single town is just like Tokyo; urban, people all crammed together, few empty spaces. Not only are there still tons of rural places in Japan, … [Read more...]
[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27fQ-mcM10'] It's been a long time coming, but I've finally finished part 2 of Cat Island for TofuguTV. Whew, I can't tell you how much of a relief it is! Now I can move on … [Read more...]
Have you heard of utsuro bune? No, I don't mean the metal band. Utsuro bune was one of the first modern UFO sightings, and it happened way back in the Edo period in Japan. A lot of people believe that utsuro bune is … [Read more...]
They look like they belong together, no? I got to stay in some pretty sweet places while shooting TofuguTV stuff, but I gotta say this was one of the coolest. I stayed in two capsule hotels. One sucked, and one was … [Read more...]
Like this? You should see Tofugu's "Studying Japanese With Drama Guide" - it's like this post, but bigger (and better!). Okay, so I've been known to say that people should get off the couch and stop claiming they were … [Read more...]
I think it's easy to forget that world exploration didn't really start until fairly recently. The 1400's was only 600 years ago, and in that short time we've mapped just about everything (that's not underwater, at least). … [Read more...]