I put it up on the Japanese Resources page around a week ago (and it's been on TextFugu a bit before that), but thought I should share it all with you here, since I think it will help a lot of you out. Being able to … [Read more...]
See the guy with the blue face in the picture above? He's a middle-aged Japanese politician. Why is he all dressed up with a bunch of cosplayers? Is he a closet otaku? Most importantly: why is his face blue? Read on to … [Read more...]
We've been working on our store for a while now, and it's finally got to a point where we want to share it with you! You can check it out at store.tofugu.com, and there's also a link to the store in the menu at the top of … [Read more...]
Poor Ryohei Yamanaka. I don't know a thing about rugby, but I still feel for the guy. Yamanaka is pretty hot stuff in the Japanese rugby circle, but he won't be very hot stuff for the next two years because he's been … [Read more...]
Japan isn't always, to put it nicely, the most politically correct culture. When it comes to other cultures, Japan can often be a little... blunt? One of the funniest (and best) examples of this is the anime "G Gundam." … [Read more...]
The movie industry has been trying to crack down on piracy in the last couple of years, trying to stop people from downloading movies illegally and recording movies in the theater. Some movie theaters even play anti-piracy … [Read more...]