Every once in a great while when the stars, planets, and fates align – a new Japanese drama comes out that really grabs my attention. I've found another one. Last year I wrote a post about Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu … [Read more...]
OK, so we already had our grown-up, philosophical talk about authenticity and ethnic food earlier this week. Blah blah blah, boring. Now that it's the weekend, we can take a more fun approach to things. That's why … [Read more...]
I love AKBINGO! It's one of my all time favorite Japanese variety shows, right on up there with Gaki no Tsukai. (P.S. if you haven't already heard of Gaki no Tsukai, do yourself a huge favor and check that out as well.) … [Read more...]
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...]
On Twitter and Facebook I've been teasing TofuguTV. Now I'm ready to let you know what it is... and it's not a revolutionary new way to consume fugu in front of your television set. Am I going to be on "real" television? … [Read more...]
Last night, Steve Carell participated in one of the funniest SNL Digital Shorts I have seen in a long time. Now, it's kind of a stretch, as far as Tofugu's "Japanese Culture and Language" theme goes, but I feel that it's … [Read more...]