When you're not saving the Mushroom Kingdom from blood-thirsty turtles, you can use your uneducational Nintendo DS to study, improve, and practice your Japanese. There are several "games" out there to help you. Of course, … [Read more...]
I came upon this Ninja Akasaka's website while planning a trip to Japan with the Tofugu team; when I presented the idea of going there to the boys, they were excited, to say the least. Even when I started to have second … [Read more...]
When learning Japanese, you can get by for a few years without worrying about transitive and intransitive verbs. As things start making sense, though, you'll begin noticing that there are verbs that sound and look similar, … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
So, you are planning that trip to Japan, but you have no clue what to do short of gawking at school girls or skimpily dressed women. Fear not, I have a suggestion for you. If you're in the Tokyo vicinity, then I suggest … [Read more...]
If you've ever seen the absolutely brilliant movie Tampopo (タンポポ), you'll probably share my disgust at the idea of The Ramen Girl. If you haven't seen Tampopo, you really should. It's old, but maybe you could find a copy … [Read more...]