
I love chuhai. If I had to choose a favorite Japanese beverage genre, it would most definitely be chuhai. It's cheaper and tastier than beer, comes in a multitude of flavors, and is readily available almost everywhere. … [Read more...]
by John 41 Comments

I love chuhai. If I had to choose a favorite Japanese beverage genre, it would most definitely be chuhai. It's cheaper and tastier than beer, comes in a multitude of flavors, and is readily available almost everywhere. … [Read more...]
by John 21 Comments

There are visual kei bands and then there are visual kei legends. D'espairsRay is the latter. I know I've had a fair share of Saturday Timewaster posts about bands I enjoy, but only once have I made a full post about one … [Read more...]
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I really enjoy Japanese dramas. As far as Japanese entertainment media goes, dramas are right up there with anime for me. When I was first getting into Japanese stuff, I was all about the anime until one day I realized … [Read more...]
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2011 was a great year for Tofugu (I mean, I'm here now, right?) and there have been a lot of good posts and a lot of good videos. Here I have singled out five of my absolute favorites from the year. If you haven't already … [Read more...]