If you are considering teaching English in Japan, my best advice as a former ALT is to buy a copy of Tonoharu Part One and read the introduction. In the first sixteen pages of this graphic novel, cartoonist Lars Martinson … [Read more...]
Earlier this year I got a nice surprise in the mail: Tuttle Publishing sent me three books: Ninja Attack!, Yokai Attack!, and the new Yurei Attack!. The books were written by Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda, a husband and wife … [Read more...]
Nowadays, free Japanese dictionaries are everywhere; you no longer have to pay an arm and a leg to buy a giant Japanese dictionary, but instead you can just look up things for free with a website, app, or browser … [Read more...]
I know a lot of you out there are interested in going to Japan to teach English. Luckily, they'll take anyone with a beating heart, dumb apes included. But is it really worth it? I've always been against a lot of these … [Read more...]
Somehow, thanks to the power of the Internets, I received an email from a pro fighter currently working in Japan. The email went something like this: "Hey, I love Tofugu! Don't mess with me or I'll break your head off and … [Read more...]