I love that nowadays you can travel pretty much anywhere you can think of without even leaving your house. With all the videos, essays, and photographs available online, it's not hard to travel halfway across the world … [Read more...]
It's no secret that western celebrities do commercials in Japan for some extra cash. Everybody's gotta make a buck, right? But some of those commercials are more strange than others. Case in point, Jean Reno's recent … [Read more...]
I first saw Cat Soup (ねこぢる草) back when I was taking Japanese culture classes at The Ohio State University. We were lucky enough to watch it in class, and it was pretty awesome. Surprisingly, I'd forgotten about it until … [Read more...]
"Really? Another heavy J-rock band? C'mon, John, mix it up a bit here!" Yes, I know I just wrote a post about Fear, And Loathing in Las Vegas last weekend, but writing that post made me remember the band -OZ- another one … [Read more...]
Many, many months ago (about ten actually) a Tofugu audience member by the name of Meroigo shared with us a magnificent Japanese band in the comments for Japanese and How You’re Doin’ It Wrong: Tips From John-sensei. The … [Read more...]
Some of the most memorable, funny, and occasionally bizarre commercials to come out of Japan in recent years have been from Japanese cell phone company SoftBank. The premise of these commercials (or CMs) is pretty … [Read more...]