Awaji Island is an interesting place in Japan; it's a small island that sits between Honshu and Shikoku and is more famous than an island that small really should be. People around Japan know about Awaji's famous naruto … [Read more...]
Even though I live in America, a country with a questionable (to say the least) justice system, the Japanese justice system sometimes seems much more harsh (just take a look at Japanese drugs laws). But the more I learn … [Read more...]
In the early 2000s, 4chan became the site of increasingly heated exchanges between those who were anime and manga fans, and those who, er, weren’t. Or perhaps they were just trolls. Well, trolls or not, their slur of … [Read more...]
When it comes to Japanese food, we usually think about fancy or traditional food; cuisine that is steeped in centuries of tradition and requires years of training in order to make it correctly. And then there's Japanese … [Read more...]
Well, that's a tough question. For me, if someone put a gun to my head and asked me: "When's the best time to visit Japan?" I'd easily say "winter" (and not because I hoped this psychopathic traveler / Tofugu reader … [Read more...]
Japanese graves and cemeteries are a bit different from what most westerners are used to. Japanese gravestones are just big blocks in a cemetery, sometimes with additional blocks, or like holders for things, and a bunch of … [Read more...]