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Ten Japanese Toys You Might Want to Reconsider Buying For Your Children

September 19, 2013 by Sarah W 27 Comments

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Let's face it: there are a lot of terrifying children's toys out there. Walking down the isles of "Toys 'R' Us" I can't help but gawk in awe at some of the items on the shelf, wondering "Who the fudge would buy this for … [Read more...]

10 Strange Japanese Places That Are Worth A Visit

June 11, 2013 by Koichi 32 Comments

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There are the places that everyone recommends you visit... the temples of Kyoto... Nara's giant Buddha statue... the cement jungle that is Tokyo... To those people I say "bah" and "pshhh, you don't know what you're … [Read more...]

The Dangers Of Talking About Weird Japan

May 25, 2012 by Hashi 41 Comments

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When I write for Tofugu, I ask myself a lot of questions to make sure I'm writing a good post. Is this topic interesting to me? Will this be interesting to other people? Is the post too short? Too long? Is the title … [Read more...]

Is Big Man Japan Strange Enough to Make the Cut?

January 9, 2012 by John 23 Comments

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A while back I wrote a post detailing the Top 10 Strange Japanese Films You Need to Watch and one movie that came up in the comments a lot was Big Man Japan. Unfortunately at the time of writing that post I had not seen … [Read more...]

Yoro Park: The Site Of Reversible Destiny

November 17, 2011 by Koichi 25 Comments

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[yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiAdFdyRXUo'] With a name like "The Site Of Reversible Destiny" you know that it has to be good... or at the very least, weird. For the third episode of TofuguTV (you should … [Read more...]

Top 10 Strange Japanese Films You Need to Watch

July 15, 2011 by John 278 Comments

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There are strange movies, and then there are stranger movies. Movies that simply cannot be described with words alone. There are movies you see, and then there are movies you experience. This list compiles ten of the … [Read more...]

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