While the Tofugu team was in Japan, we were hanging out with some graduates of Kyoto University, one of Japan's finest schools. We asked them about their alma mater, and they showed us a YouTube video of Kyodai's … [Read more...]
When's the last time you walked away from a movie hungry? It's pretty rare for me. American movies about food seem to be few and far between, and the ones that are around are usually socially-conscious documentaries … [Read more...]
There's no arguing that a lot of what we consider stereotypically Japanese actually came from elsewhere. Japan has China to thank for the Japanese language, which is also where ramen is from. Tempura, konpeito, and … [Read more...]
The Yamaguchi family, based out of Kobe, is the largest yakuza family in Japan, and one of the most powerful organized crime syndicates in the world. The family boasts about 39,000 members, makes billions of dollars every … [Read more...]
Square Enix has been kind of lousy for a while now, but finally the company's CEO Yoichi Wada is stepping down. He's been steering the company for over a decade, and in my opinion Square/Square Enix was much better off … [Read more...]
First we made TextFugu to help the self-learners with Japanese. Then, we made WaniKani to squash the pain that is normally kanji. Today I'm so pleased to announce our third main foray into Japan-related products. Instead … [Read more...]