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Kokuhaku: Japan's Love Confessing Culture If you're going to say I Love You, do it right! October 23, 2013 • words written by Mami Suzuki • Art by Aya Francisco As I mentioned in a previous article, I ran into a bit of trouble when I said 'I love you' at the very beginning of my relationship with my boyfriend (now husband). In Western culture, if someone suddenly and unexpectedly confessed this to
The 13 Best Japanese Horror Films Tofugu handpicks the very best of Japan's horror cinema October 25, 2016 • words written by Michael Richey, Rich, and Kaitlin Stainbrook • Art by Aya Francisco Japan has a rich storytelling tradition, a big part of which is horror. And that tradition feeds directly into film. That means Japan's horror cinema is amazing…if you know the right films to watch. We here
The Unique Weapons of Ancient Japan As used by samurai, ninja, warrior monks, ruffians and all-around badasses. August 7, 2015 • words written by Rich • Art by Aya Francisco When I imagine a samurai, I envision a warrior with a sword. And not just any sword, but the world-renowned Japanese katana – a curved blade engineered for cutting down foes with supreme efficiency. A Japanese battlefield conj
An Introduction To Basic Japanese Slang It's gonna be Super awesome! July 9, 2013 • words written by Rachel B • Art by Aya Francisco You’ve been studying Japanese your hardest for a while now, and it’s finally your time to go to Japan. You get there and you’re able to convey your points to people, but you don’t understand anything they’re saying! It’s all alien jargon to you! People are throwing t
Japanese Onomatopoeia: The Definitive Guide Everything and anything there is to know about those weird sounds you keep hearing October 13, 2015 • words written by Kristen Dexter • Art by Aya Francisco What are onomatopoeia? In their simplest form, onomatopoeia are words that represent sounds. In English, they're words like pop, meow, crackle, and whoosh. We add them to our spoken and written langu
I'll mostly be comparing English and Japanese, since those are the two languages being used on Tofugu, but you can do the same with any of the languages above, I'm sure. Information Density: The Japanese language has the lowest information density (0.49). This means you have to say more in Japanese to say the same thing in English, which has a very high information density. In fact, English's info
Joshi-Mane: Female Manager Sensation in Japan Women in the workforce? It's so crazy it just might work. September 6, 2013 • words written by Mami Suzuki • Art by Aya Francisco What do you imagine when you hear the word 'manager'? I'd guess that most of you would probably think of your bosses at work. Does hearing the word coincide with a negative image or feeling? Well, when Japanese people hear t
Japanese artist Mari Miyazawa plays with her food. Like, a lot. As a parent, she sent off her kids with homemade bento lunches, that much is normal; but where Miyazawa differs from most mothers is that her bento creations are works of art. They’ve been featured in photo exhibitions and on TV shows in Japan and abroad. You’ve probably seen bento art before, but Miyazawa is maybe the most prolific a
When it comes to Japanese food, we usually think about fancy or traditional food; cuisine that is steeped in centuries of tradition and requires years of training in order to make it correctly. And then there’s Japanese junk food. You may think that junk food is junk food, no matter where it’s made and sold, but the Japanese do it a little differently. Soda, candy, fast food and other junk food mi
Japan’s Helvetica Turns out, it's not that simple September 26, 2012 • words written by Hashi It seems to me that hip, cultured young people always have some sort of interest in design, whether its architecture, graphic design or web design. But no form of design seems to have attracted more attention than typography, or the design of letters and fonts. In recent years, it seems like everybody and
Why Is Japanese Web Design So Different? Like an internet time machine May 15, 2012 • words written by Koichi • Art by Aya Francisco When I think of Japan I tend to think of beautiful design. Zen gardens, temples, shrines, tea ceremonies, manga, anime, wabi-sabi… the list goes on and on. Yet for some reason Japan just can't put any of this together to make a decent looking website. Where did they
Japanese Fart Scrolls Pbbbbbbbbttthhhhffff February 18, 2012 • words written by Hashi • Art by Aya Francisco I was doing research for another post a while back, and found something a bit… unusual. It was an old Japanese scroll about farting. No, you didn't misread that last sentence. The whole scroll, which is called He-Gassen ("The Fart Battle") is just about people farting. Farting at other peop
10 Strange Japanese Films You Need to Watch Japan's creativity extends into its film industry July 15, 2011 • words written by John • Art by Aya Francisco 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 th
Do’h. Smart.fm is closing down, and taking your content with it (holy crap, I made a lot for them, including a good amount of semi-pro audio, which I paid someone for). Well, they’re only kinda-sorta closing down. The parent company, Cerego is ending the Smart.fm service and rebranding it as “iKnow” (wait… hasn’t this happened before… like twice?) and slapping a monthly fee on there. Pardon The Op
Tashirojima, Japan's Famous Cat Island It's Like a Cat Lady in Island Form November 9, 2010 • words written by Koichi • Art by Koichi and Viet Hoang The internet loves cats. And the only thing it loves more than cats is an island full of cats. Needless to say, Japan's Cat Island is an obsession online. Even though it's been covered with cats for decades, every 6 months a news outlet introduces cat
10 Reasons a Japanese Girlfriend Won't Help Your Japanese Don't assume learning will just happen June 18, 2010 • words written by Nick Japanese girls are great for a lot of reasons, I mean, get real, they're loved world wide because they're small, cute, wear tiny tiny skirts, and sometimes dress up in school uniforms (even if they're not in school anymore). It seems to be a rite of passage for eve
I want to learn Japanese! If you follow the instructions in this over the top, step-by-step guide, you will reach your goal of Japanese fluency. However, this journey is going to take a lot of effort and hard work on your part. Anyone who tells you learning a language is going to be easy is either misinformed or trying to sell you something. And eventually, after the honeymoon phase of learning we
10 Crazy Things About Japan Perhaps different is a better word July 25, 2009 • words written by Koichi • Art by Aya Francisco Michael over at Gakuranman.com is hosting this month’s “Japan Blog Matsuri” – to be honest, I’ve never taken part in one of these (kudos to Michael for all the reminder e-mails and Tweets), and I’m already breaking every single rule he put down. “Your blog post can’t be mor
The Best Kanji Learning Programs "Remembering The Kanji," "Kodansha Kanji Learner's Course," "WaniKani," "Kanji Damage," and More Latest Article • August 17, 2023
Lang-8 Quite Possibly the Best Way to Practice Your Japanese Writing May 14, 2008 • words written by Koichi The title of this post says it all. Lang-8 is an absolutely amazing way to practice your Japanese. I’ve been using Lang-8 for about six months now, and plan on using it a lot more this summer. It is a mix of social networking and language learning, though I think the emphasis lands mostly on
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