After one particularly controversial Japanese blog post last week, Japanese Twitter was blazing up (炎上/えんじょう) with tweets of anger and support. The topic? Trains. The controversy? "The reason I don't give up my seat on the … [Read more...]
Not too long ago, Hashi wrote a post about Japan and its love for trains. However, there is an area of train otaku-ness yet to be explored by the Tofugu team. That area is the wonderful world of model trains. Model trains … [Read more...]
In the United States, the train is kind of in the minority. Compared to a lot of other places, relatively very few people in the US commute or travel via train. In the land of Henry Ford, the train is stuck playing second … [Read more...]
Being a baka gaijin is not always easy. Being just a baka, or just a gaijin isn't always that hard, but being both at the same time? Now that's an achievement. Because I want all of you to achieve your goals and be the … [Read more...]