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Tokyo’s Infamous "Piss Alley"
Frogs, Pig Testicles, and a Still-Beating Frog Heart
November 23, 2012
| Hashi
japan
What is Japan's Thanksgiving?
Celebrating Work
November 22, 2012
| Hashi
interviews
Ghosts, Ghouls, and Goblins, Oh My! An Interview with AltJapan
A Q&A with the team behind the Attack! series of Japanese folklore books
October 25, 2012
| Hashi
japan
The Best and Worst Things About Living in Japan
A list of 5 pros and 5 cons
October 22, 2012
| John
japan
The Curious, Colorful Art of Kimiaki Yaegashi
Kappa, Kintaro, And Pizza People, Oh My.
October 6, 2012
| Hashi
japan
Does a Cold Stomach Make You Sick?
Japan’s Medical Myth
September 27, 2012
| Hashi
japan
Japan’s Helvetica
Turns out, it's not that simple
September 26, 2012
| Hashi
japan
How To Eat Like A Buddhist Monk
A month of experience condensed for you to taste
September 25, 2012
| Koichi
japan
The Nail That Sticks Up...
Conformity in Japan
September 13, 2012
| Hashi
japanese
How To Survive, Get Ahead, And Then Conquer Your Japanese Language Class
How to rocket to the head of the class
September 11, 2012
| Koichi
japan
7 Things You Can Do In Japan But Not In America
Yay! Culture!
September 10, 2012
| John
japan
Seizo Fukumoto: The Samurai Actor Who Dies for a Living
He's been on the business end of a prop sword for over 50 years
September 6, 2012
| Hashi
japanese
How To Look Up and Read Kanji You Don't Know
Because everyone needs help sometimes
September 4, 2012
| Koichi
japanese
Japanese Reading Practice For Beginners
Ease yourself in gently, like it's a hot, hot bath of language
August 28, 2012
| Koichi
japanese
How to Stay Motivated When Learning Japanese
Keeping momentum for the long term
August 27, 2012
| John
japan
The Great Otaku Pilgrimage
Going to otaku places in Japan and around the world
August 23, 2012
| Hashi
japan
Japan's Romance with the Fax Machine
*Insert Screetching Fax Machine Noises Here.*
August 22, 2012
| Hashi
japan
Nurikabe: Hitting the Wall in Japan
When you take that shortcut home at night...
August 16, 2012
| Fiona
japan
Japan's Sanpaku Eye Superstition
A Japanese superstition that tells you your fate via your eye shape
August 15, 2012
| Hashi
japanese
Spotting The Hidden Meanings Hiding Within Animal Kanji
Is that a pigeon I see in your kanji?
August 14, 2012
| Koichi
japanese
How to Kick Start Your Japanese Fluency With Pictures
Visual learners listen up!
August 13, 2012
| John
japan
10 Japanese Movie Title Translations That Make No Sense
In what world does Napoleon Dynamite become Bus Man? This one.
August 4, 2012
| Hashi
japan
Japan's OTHER Languages
It's not just Japanese, ya know!
August 3, 2012
| Hashi
japan
Tea Ceremony: What Not to Do
Learn how to act with examples of how not to act
July 30, 2012
| John
japan
Radio Calisthenics (aka Rajio Taisō)
Keeping Fit the Japanese Way
July 26, 2012
| Fiona
japan
Why is Northern Japan Full of Communists?
Hint: Mix country folk with alcohol
July 18, 2012
| Hashi
japan
25 Ways to Save Money While Traveling in Japan
Japan isn't as expensive as people say...if you know what to do.
July 11, 2012
| Ashley T
japan
Japan's Most Dangerous Game: Rock, Paper, Scissors
最初はグー、じゃんけんぽん!
July 6, 2012
| Hashi
japanese
How to Learn Japanese Without Really Doing Anything
Nothing is never nothing, though
July 2, 2012
| John
japanese
How Romaji Can Ruin Your Day
Maybe you should just learn actual Japanese?
June 21, 2012
| Hashi
japanese
Yojijukugo: The Four Kanji That Make One Idiom
With 一所懸命 you will learn them all
June 19, 2012
| Koichi
japan
Mr. Right Could be Waiting Just Around the Corner. Every Corner.
Male Hosts are here for you
June 18, 2012
| John
japan
Why Do Japanese People Wear Surgical Masks?
It's not just to keep from getting sick
June 15, 2012
| John
japanese
Mixing It Up With Japanese Wordplay
Becoming smarter and more fluent the fun way!
June 13, 2012
| Hashi
japan
Why Japanese People Can't Walk and Talk at the Same Time
If you're lips are moving, don't move your feet!
June 11, 2012
| John
japan
Japanese Universites Get An "F"
Great colleges if you don't like working very hard
June 6, 2012
| Hashi
japan
Sento: What Not to Do
Learn from a bathing goofus
June 4, 2012
| John
japan
Japanese Table Manners: What Not to Do
Learn from a Japanese meal-eating goofus
May 28, 2012
| John
japan
Kendo
Striving For Perfection When Perfection Is Impossible
May 22, 2012
| Koichi
japan
Japanese Home Visit: What Not to Do
Learn from a Japanese home-visiting goofus
May 21, 2012
| John
japan
Japanese Train Etiquette: What Not to Do
Learn from a train-riding goofus
May 14, 2012
| John
japanese
9 Things Starcraft Can Teach You About Learning Japanese
My life for Tofugu... er... Aiur
May 10, 2012
| Koichi
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