
Japanese folklore has a rich and terrifying tradition of all sorts of zany ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and goblins. Japanese ghosts collectively known as yūrei (幽霊), and Japanese monsters collectively known as yōkai (妖怪) are … [Read more...]
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Japanese folklore has a rich and terrifying tradition of all sorts of zany ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and goblins. Japanese ghosts collectively known as yūrei (幽霊), and Japanese monsters collectively known as yōkai (妖怪) are … [Read more...]
by John 149 Comments

Guess whoooo~? This post is one in a series leading up to Halloween. Check out the scary tag to see all of them! Nothing says Halloween quite like creepy little Japanese girls. Japanese horror films have slowly been … [Read more...]

Sorry, Hulu tends to only be viewable in America :( ... use a proxy? Okay, fine, normally we do Timewaster posts on Saturday... but, today's Timewaster post does at least come from Saturday Night Live (keyword Saturday), … [Read more...]
by John 52 Comments

Yo ガリレオガリレイ, Imma let you finish, but Galileo Galilei was the best scientist of all time. I stumbled upon Galileo Galilei (ガリレオガリレイ) earlier this week while watching Mobile Suit Gundam AGE because they do the opening song … [Read more...]
by Koichi

To fling poo, or not to fling poo. That is the question. In previous "Obvious" posts, we've gone over both the idea of achieving and noticing more epiphanies (because all people need to have X number of epiphanies to … [Read more...]
by John 87 Comments

Back in our Tips From John-sensei post, I mentioned that it’s very important to have fun while learning Japanese. Well, video games are fun - and the DS is a great resource for the Japanese learner. American DS systems are … [Read more...]