Did you know Japan had not one, but two Robin Hoods? Yes, these two stole from the rich and gave to the poor, risking their lives to help the common people. They were called Ishikawa Goemon and Nezumi Kozo. They might not … [Read more...]
When the Tofugu team visited Japan earlier this year, we went through the process of trading our dollars for yen (at a great exchange rate, thank you Mr. Abe), a typical step in visiting a foreign country. But recently … [Read more...]
There are the places that everyone recommends you visit... the temples of Kyoto... Nara's giant Buddha statue... the cement jungle that is Tokyo... To those people I say "bah" and "pshhh, you don't know what you're … [Read more...]
Every once in a while, an anime movie comes along that really impresses me. King of Thorn was one of those movies. Probably the last anime film to really impress me before King of Thorn was Paprika which I wrote about in … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
There's no shortage of excellent YouTube videos coming out of Japan (even if some of them are just ripped from NicoNico) made by a lot of different people; but hands down the most famous Japanese YouTuber isn't a person, … [Read more...]