A while back, Hashi wrote a post about Japan’s Weird, Themed Cafes. While Japan’s cafes are admittedly pretty weird, I think that Japan’s themed restaurants really take the cake as far as being weird goes. Japan has many themed restaurants, most of which are totally unexpected but must make for a pretty unforgettable dining experience, [...]
When most people think of Tokyo, they have a very specific idea in their heads: a thriving, ultramodern megalopolis. You probably think of the million time-lapse videos you’ve seen of Shibuya Crossing. But that’s not telling the whole story about Tokyo. Tokyo is too enormous to have just one identity. The many different districts of [...]
Oh, you’re probably thinking. Another one of those “Weird Japanese foods” posts. I don’t blame you – “weird” is a matter of perception, and depends very much on who is looking down the microscope. Food items that appear unusual at first glance may be anything but. There may be very similar, if not identical dishes [...]
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 right? Etc., etc.. Most of these considerations are things that all writers [...]
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 watch the video above, before continuing on), my buddy Hiroyuki takes me to Yoro Park, an “experience park” opened in 1995. The theme of [...]
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 strangest Japanese movies that simply must be seen to be believed. Have you seen Japan’s ten strangest movies? [...]
Check out our travels to Cat Island over on TofuguTV! The other day, I wrote about “Cat Island, Mississippi” where the American army tried to train dogs to hunt Japanese people by smell. Today, I’m going to tell you about another cat island, except this one is in Japan, and it’s actually covered in cats, [...]
