Hey Everyone. I need your help in a big way. I’m doing my senior thesis on Japanese Pedagogy (basically I’m researching how people learned Japanese, how they are learning it now, and how it should change in the future). I need to interview a lot of people who are learning Japanese to get a better [...]
I know this was in our news post, but I think this sort of thing deserves its own article as well. The other day I put together a new kanji memorization worksheet. I think it’s completely different from anything I’ve ever seen or used before. Most kanji worksheets make you write the same bloody kanji [...]
Wow. We actually have a lot of interesting/exciting site news for you all today. Normally it’s pretty uninteresting, I think, but today we will be revealing a whole bunch of neat stuff I’ve been getting ready for a long time now. All of it should help you with your Japanese studies in some way, at [...]
Happy New Year, Tofugu! It’s now 5:19am (Hawaii time) on the first day of 2008. Why, you ask, for the love of cozy blankets and fluffy pillows, why am I awake? Well, I have to admit, when my alarm went off almost 20 minutes ago, I didn’t know, myself. But now I remember. I’m awake [...]
Over at whatjapanthinks.com, Tofugu was voted as the “Most Humorous Blog on Japan in 2007.” Although we like to take ourselves seriously some of the time, it’s very flattering to get this award. I think it’s all thanks to our wonderful community. We’ve gotten a ridiculous amount of support from all of you, and we [...]
With the new year coming up in a couple of days, we’d like to take this opportunity to tell you a little about ourselves. In other words, we’d like to tell you about our history, our favorite posts of the year, and what we’re planning to do in 2008. I know it’s not a particularly [...]
The answer is no, probably not. Still, someone kindly nominated us and we made it into the fray over at WhatJapanThinks. They are doing a “Best Japanese (culture) Blogs of the Year” poll, and we think it’d be great if you headed on over and voted. We really don’t care who you vote for; in [...]
The Obake Series: An Introduction Later this month, we will be posting the first of a series of articles on Japanese monsters and ghosts, or obake (お化け). Obake, also known as bakemono (化け物) are a motley bunch, with unique backgrounds and personalities. They are portrayed widely in Japanese folklore and art; some have even been [...]
We’ve been down for a while, but we thank you very much for your patience. I killed nested comments on accident the other day, so I figured it was time to make some big changes (still no nested comments, though, sadly). As you can see, we have a new theme. My plan was to add [...]
It’s been a long time, I know, and this post is definitely a cop-out. I’ve been on vacation, I’ve been tired, and for the most part, I’ve been away from the internet (unless it involved my job). I did, however, think I should let everyone know that one of my videos will be featured on [...]
