Japan is no stranger to things that are strange, but Keisuke Yamada has taken art to a pretty goofy place. Bananas. Countless Japanese schoolgirls have made a hobby out of creating creatures out of food for their … [Read more...]
Established on September 4th, 1948 as Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. of Japan, Nissin now encourages its country to boil itself. But why? They already have two museums solely dedicated to noodle worship - what more could … [Read more...]
"Drugs are bad, m'kay?" Let's face it, Japan can be a weird place sometimes.When Japan isn't inventing such useful things as poop-powered motorcycles, they're churning out some of the strangest movies known to man. And … [Read more...]
Coffee, coffee, coffee! The kick-starter fuel that many of us consume every waking moment. For some, like us Pacific Northwest dwellers, coffee is pretty much a religion. We aren't alone, of course. Many parts of the world … [Read more...]
Probably more than anywhere else, robots are a big part of Japanese culture, and it's no secret that we here at Tofugu think that these machines are evil, human-hating beings. But even with my open revulsion to these … [Read more...]
Mmmm. Japanese Fast Food. You already know how superior McDonalds in Japan is, but did you know Japan is full of their own Japanese fast food chains (rather than just the upgraded, cleaned up American ones)? Although I … [Read more...]