As a reader of Tofugu, there's a decent chance that you eat or are interested in eating sushi. In fact, the chances of you eating sushi are most likely much higher than the chances that you are eating the type of fish you … [Read more...]
As Japanese food has made its way to other countries, it’s clear what has led the way: if there’s only one kind of Japanese cuisine you’ve eaten, it’s sushi. (I’m assuming we can all agree on not counting instant ramen as … [Read more...]
Despite the some of the diplomatic successes between Japan and North Korea (like the repatriation of Japanese citizens or collaborating on a giant monster movie) and the fact that North Korea's Kim family has more ties to … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
I know this week was supposed to be week 4 of the Shojin Ryori Series, but I need at least another week to cook more things to come up with a good meal combination for you guys. So, instead of that, I wanted to go over … [Read more...]
As many of you know, the Tofugu name is a combination of the Japanese words for tofu (tofu, obvi) and puffer fish (fugu). Tofu + fugu = Tofugu. Tofu itself isn't very deadly, well at least I don't think so, but fugu on the … [Read more...]