If you take a look at the sunny days, and you happen to be able to read katakana, you'll notice that they spell out the word エロ (ero), which, if you do read katakana, you'll know notice means "erotic." Considering they … [Read more...]
Come lunchtime sophomore year of high school, all the cool kids were eating Cup Noodles. I wasn't cool, unfortunately, but I loved them as well---with an instant ramen in my hands, I looked very much like that kid in the … [Read more...]
I know this is coming kind of late, but I sort of forgot to post this earlier D: Apparently, somewhere in Nagoya, 外人さん (Mr. Foreigner) "costumes" consisting only of a nose and a pair of eyes are being sold. Not the most … [Read more...]
The title's not so clever, I know, but there's really no need to be witty, here---the picture says it all. Now, I know everyone and their mother has seen this, but I just have to say, this may be the absolute worse … [Read more...]
If you've browsed Tofugu Flickr at all, you've probably seen this picture of Nissan's 2005 concept car, the Pivo. It's stout, round body makes it incredibly cute, like something a young Tokyo-ite would slap a Hello Kitty … [Read more...]
!!! Hey! View the updated version of this post in our guides section: Japanese Gendered Language Learning to speak Japanese doesn't get any easier. Right when you think honorifics make sense (which will never happen), … [Read more...]