Archive

    1. japan

      Surviving Japan's Medical System Going to the hospital is never easy. Now do it in a foreign country.

      | Verity Lane
    2. travel

      SUMO Wrestling at Ryogoku-Kokugikan Sumo wrestling at its finest. The most popular place to see sumo is also the best.

      | Mami Suzuki
    3. japan

      Ken Takakura and Bunta Sugawara: The Death of Yakuza Cinema Tofugu pays tributes to two titans of the Japanese film industry.

      | Rich
    4. japan

      Japanese Horror Fiction: Emotions Unearthed Playing your emotions like a skeleton plays his ribcage like a xylophone.

      | Rudy Barrett
    5. japan

      Japan’s Dependence on China’s Unsafe Food How to protect yourself from China's food safety meltdown.

      | Rich
    6. japan

      Michi No Eki: Japanese Stamp Rally in Hokkaido Gotta Stamp 'Em All!

      | Verity Lane
    7. japan

      Christians in Kyushu: A History How Jesus was introduced, accepted, and ousted from Japan

      | Adam Ledford
    8. japan

      Amezaiku: Japanese Candy Creatures Born from Sugar and Fire Fun to eat. Fun to watch getting made before you eat.

      | Linda Lombardi
    9. interviews

      Brian Ashcraft: A Scholar of Japanese Schoolgirls Studies And mom said you couldn't make a living studying schoolgirls

      | Koichi
    10. reviews

      Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential And here you thought that you knew everything there was to know about Japanese schoolgirls

      | Kristen Dexter
    11. japan

      An Exclusive Interview with the Seikan Tunnel Stations Made possible by imagination and viewers like you

      | Matthew Macewan
    12. reviews

      Showa: A History of Japan The Manga-ka and the Ratman Explain World War II

      | Linda Lombardi
    13. japan

      Wined, Dined, Brined, and Intestined: Acquiring a Taste for Japanese Delicacies Would you eat these if we... triple dog dared you?!

      | Verity Lane
    14. travel

      Owl Cafe: Fukuro no Mise Yet Another Japanese [Insert Animal Name Here] Cafe

      | Linda Lombardi
    15. japan

      Spiders in Japan: The Tiniest Kaiju The Natural Predators of Mothra

      | Adam Ledford
    16. reviews

      Influent: The Virtual Language Memory Palace Your own mini Japanese sandbox

      | Michael Richey
    17. japan

      Bushido: Way of Total Bullshit Everything Tom Cruise taught you about samurai is wrong

      | Rich
    18. travel

      Kanzanji - Yet Another Japanese Temple Founded By Kobo Daishi A Temple, A Hole, A Kannon, and a View

      | Koichi
    19. japan

      Beauty is in the Language of the Beholder Beautiful words for a beautiful time

      | Chelsea Bernard
    20. japan

      Atari, Hane, and Monkey Jumps How to Play Go

      | Nathaniel Edwards
    21. japan

      Megane Culture: Japan’s Love Affair with Glasses They reflect who you are on the inside and look super cute with that outfit.

      | Sanford
    22. japanese

      How to Use a Kanji Dictionary Someday you might use one!

      | Kristen Dexter
    23. japan

      Rascal’s Secret Plan: the Raccoon Invasion of Japan How one children's anime brought about the Araigumapocalypse.

      | Matthew Macewan
    24. reviews

      Japanese for Travelers The totally dispensable guide to Japan

      | Kristen Dexter
    25. japanese

      How to Find The Kanji Radical Finding the core of kanji

      | Kristen Dexter
    26. japan

      The Unwritten Rules Of Job-Hunting In Japan The nail that sticks out doesn't get the job

      | Mami Suzuki
    27. japan

      Invasion of the Species Beetles, vines, and seaweed! Oh my!

      | Adam Ledford
    28. reviews

      Kawaii Box - The Tofugu Review The word "kawaii" can be very subjective

      | Kristen Dexter
    29. reviews

      HiNative: The Review Can it answer "The Question?"

      | Koichi
    30. japan

      Halloween in Japan How Japan Made Halloween Their Own… Then Ruined It For Everybody

      | Mami Suzuki
    31. reviews

      A Dictionary of Japanese Grammar Just about the only time when a physical book will have more information than all of the internet, combined

      | Koichi
    32. travel

      Hamanako Music Box Museum - A Somewhat Magical World Of Automatic Musical Instruments I guess if you really love music boxes...?

      | Koichi
    33. travel

      Kuzukiri Lovers Only: Kuzukiri Yamaga Supposedly some really good kuzukiri, if your palate is refined enough

      | Mami Suzuki
    34. japan

      How to Find a Job in Japan as a Foreign Exchange Student Work it out!

      | Austin
    35. travel

      Shunkado Unagi Pie Factory - Have Your Pie and Get Eel With it, Too Who ever thought that eel cookies could be so good?

      | Koichi
    36. japan

      Who’s that Pokémon? Yōkai Edition! No Silph Scope Required

      | Kristen Dexter
    37. japan

      The Skeletal Structure of Japanese Horror Fiction Digging into the Guts of Japanese Folklore

      | Rudy Barrett
    38. reviews

      Japanese the Manga Way Learn real Japanese that real Japanese people read! Also comics.

      | Michael Richey
    39. japan

      Over a Thousand Years of Service: Japan’s Oldest Businesses Reign Supreme(ly Old) Where Tokugawa Ieyasu stayed and where the Meiji Empress ordered her mochi

      | Linda Lombardi
    40. japanese

      Wasei Eigo I Can't Believe It's Not English!

      | Chelsea Bernard
    41. japan

      Japanese Seaweed! There is More Than One Seaweed on the Menu!

      | Adam Ledford
    42. reviews

      Japanese Respect Language When, why, and how to use it successfully, at least, when you are able to read it

      | Kristen Dexter