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    Koichi
     

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    Jaered Koichi Croes is the founder of Tofugu, LLC (we make Tofugu and WaniKani). In his free time, he cheers for the Mariners, plays kendo, and thinks about education.

    7 News Published

    2019-04-22 Do you Like What We Do? Tofugu's Hiring Developers, Engineers, Content Writers, & Interns.
    2018-03-28 さようなら、Facebook
    2017-02-01 New Job Listing: Japanese Teacher
    2017-01-06 An EtoEto Update
    2016-12-22 It's Our Annual "Learn Japanese" Sale
    2016-05-17 Apply for the Tofugu Internship
    2016-03-01 Brand Spankin' New Tofugu

    36 Art/Photography Published

    2020-04-14 Aoi Ike Pond: Literally, "Blue Pond"
    2020-02-04 カニの爪オブジェ: A Giant Crab Claw Sticking out of the Northern End of Japan
    2020-02-04 Dezuka Suisan: Deep-Fried Fish Cakes, Hot and Fresh
    2020-01-30 Abashiri Prison Museum: The Perfect Place to Learn About How Prisoners Slept, Ate, Worked, Bathed (and Sometimes Escaped)
    2020-01-28 Ezura Farm: A Place You Can Be a Hokkaido Farmer
    2019-01-22 Szechuan Restaurant Chin: A Restaurant by Chen Kenichi, Iron Chef Chinese
    2019-01-22 La Rochelle: A Restaurant by Hiroyuki Sakai, Iron Chef French
    2018-07-25 Bar Orchard: The Creative, Fresh Fruit Cocktails of Ginza
    2018-07-20 Yakiniku Meimon: Famous Japanese Meat for Famous People
    2018-04-12 Ristorante Massa: The Iron Chef Italian Restaurant
    2018-04-10 Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden: Radical Reptiles and Gnarly Nanners
    2018-03-27 Sushiya no Nohachi: Sushi Made from a Single Grain of Rice
    2018-03-20 Chin Kenichi Mabodōfu Restaurant: One Dish, Seven Visits
    2018-03-13 Chaos Room: A Kyoto Artist's Retaliation Against a Rule-Following Society
    2018-03-06 Bushitsu: An Elementary School Themed Coworking Space in Shimokitazawa
    2018-03-06 Base Point: A Tokyo Coworking Space in Busy Shinjuku
    2018-03-06 the SNACK: A Mysterious Tokyo Coworking Space in Ginza
    2018-03-06 &Roll Cafe: Food, Movies, & a Chill Place to Work
    2018-03-06 Caffice: One of the Rare Tokyo Cafes That Encourages You to Work
    2017-12-05 Aisekiya Izakaya: Practicing Your Japanese For Cheap at Japan's Random Group Date Restaurant
    2017-06-12 Meguro Parasitological Museum: A Wonderland of Tapeworms and Malaria
    2017-03-07 "What I Use To Study Japanese" - Koichi from Tofugu
    2015-07-08 What Does "Japanese Fluency" Mean?
    2015-04-14 Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
    2015-03-10 Riding The World's Shortest Escalator: The Puchicalator
    2014-12-05 Kanzanji - Yet Another Japanese Temple Founded By Kobo Daishi
    2014-11-12 HiNative: The Review
    2014-11-07 Hamanako Music Box Museum - A Somewhat Magical World Of Automatic Musical Instruments
    2014-11-03 Shunkado Unagi Pie Factory - Have Your Pie and Get Eel With it, Too
    2014-06-10 Sannai-Maruyama Jomon Historical Site
    2014-06-10 Aomori Museum Of Modern Art
    2014-06-04 The Sea Urchin, Squid Ink, & Natto Ice Cream Of Kita No Aisu Ya San, Otaru
    2014-05-13 Me Me Me Cafe - A Taste of Portland, In Tokyo
    2014-04-07 Omotesando Koffee - A Tiny, Intimate Coffee Experience
    2013-10-01 Jiufen: The Real Life Spirited Away
    2010-11-09 Tashirojima, Japan's Famous Cat Island

    176 Articles Published

    2019-09-20 New Japanese Learning Resources: Summer 2019
    2019-01-22 Szechuan Restaurant Chin: A Restaurant by Chen Kenichi, Iron Chef Chinese
    2018-10-02 本: Counting Long, Skinny Things
    2018-10-02 枚: Counting Everything Flat
    2018-10-02 Getting Started with Japanese Counters
    2018-07-10 The Meaning of Genki: Going Way Beyond "O Genki Desu Ka? Hai, Genki Desu."
    2018-06-26 Renting Middle-Aged Japanese Men for Fun: A Review of Ossan Rental
    2018-06-26 Studio Crown: Cosplay, Then Walk the Streets of Akihabara as an Otaku God
    2018-06-26 Yasashii Shufu: Cosplaying-Along with a Rental Ossan
    2018-06-26 Omocha-kun: Our Anthem Singing, Puppet-Wielding Ossan Rental
    2018-06-26 Hanachan: A Drinking Place I Love But Can’t Recommend
    2018-05-30 Here are Your Options for Getting Internet in Japan
    2018-05-15 Getting Into 込む Compound Verbs
    2018-04-12 Ristorante Massa: The Iron Chef Italian Restaurant
    2018-03-20 Chin Kenichi Mabodōfu Restaurant: One Dish, Seven Visits
    2018-03-13 Chaos Room: A Kyoto Artist's Retaliation Against a Rule-Following Society
    2018-03-06 Bushitsu: An Elementary School Themed Coworking Space in Shimokitazawa
    2018-03-06 Base Point: A Tokyo Coworking Space in Busy Shinjuku
    2018-03-06 the SNACK: A Mysterious Tokyo Coworking Space in Ginza
    2018-03-06 &Roll Cafe: Food, Movies, & a Chill Place to Work
    2018-03-06 Caffice: One of the Rare Tokyo Cafes That Encourages You to Work
    2018-01-02 Beer Club Popeye: Japan's First Purveyor of Japanese Craft Beer
    2017-12-28 Tofugu's Favorite Posts of 2017
    2017-09-12 Japanese Sentences and the Best Ways to Study with Them
    2017-08-30 Kotani Makoto: The Homeless Man in Japan You Can Rent for ¥50 Per Day
    2017-08-22 Japanese Grammar KOTOKARA: The Definitive Guide
    2017-08-01 Learn Kanji with Radicals and Mnemonics: The Definitive Guide
    2017-07-20 Spaced Repetition and Japanese: The Definitive Guide
    2017-07-20 Using the Keyword Mnemonic Method to Learn Japanese Vocabulary
    2017-06-12 Meguro Parasitological Museum: A Wonderland of Tapeworms and Malaria
    2017-03-07 "What I Use To Study Japanese" - Koichi from Tofugu
    2016-12-27 Tofugu's Favorite Posts of 2016
    2016-09-13 Kagaya Izakaya: Frog is Stranger Than Fiction
    2016-04-05 27 Hiragana Charts: Stroke Order, Practice, Mnemonics, and More
    2016-03-21 「『The Art Of、 Japanese Punctuation〜。』」!?
    2016-03-07 The "Hiragana Mnemonics Chart," by Tofugu
    2015-10-15 Tsundoku: Japan's Word for 'Books You Buy But Don't Read'
    2015-09-30 The Gay of the Samurai
    2015-09-01 I'm an Idol Otaku (and Proud of It)
    2015-08-31 Japanese Fluency Is A Race To Make The Most Mistakes
    2015-08-17 "Interleaving" To Memorize More Japanese
    2015-08-15 The Language Hack Where You Learn 1,000+ Japanese Words This Week
    2015-08-11 Your Japanese Weak Point
    2015-07-08 What Does "Japanese Fluency" Mean?
    2015-06-27 Why Reading Japanese Is So Difficult: The First Page Syndrome
    2015-06-13 The Kinugawa Robot Sex Museum
    2015-04-14 Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
    2015-03-24 Neon Blue Curry And The NicoNico Headquarters Cafe
    2015-03-17 Interview with Japanese Let's Play Gamers Anijya and Otojya
    2015-03-10 Riding The World's Shortest Escalator: The Puchicalator
    2015-02-12 The Wonderful World of Kaomoji
    2015-02-02 Showa Shinzan Yukigassen Tournament: The World's Scariest Snowball Fight?
    2015-01-26 Why Quantity, Not Quality, Makes You Fluent In Japanese
    2014-12-19 Brian Ashcraft: A Scholar of Japanese Schoolgirls Studies
    2014-12-05 Kanzanji - Yet Another Japanese Temple Founded By Kobo Daishi
    2014-11-12 HiNative: The Review
    2014-11-10 A Dictionary of Japanese Grammar
    2014-11-07 Hamanako Music Box Museum - A Somewhat Magical World Of Automatic Musical Instruments
    2014-11-03 Shunkado Unagi Pie Factory - Have Your Pie and Get Eel With it, Too
    2014-09-03 Learn Katakana: The Ultimate Guide
    2014-06-30 Learn Hiragana: The Ultimate Guide
    2014-06-24 How To Learn Japanese From Anime
    2014-06-10 Sannai-Maruyama Jomon Historical Site
    2014-06-10 Aomori Museum Of Modern Art
    2014-06-04 The Sea Urchin, Squid Ink, & Natto Ice Cream Of Kita No Aisu Ya San, Otaru
    2014-05-13 Me Me Me Cafe - A Taste of Portland, In Tokyo
    2014-05-12 Mining For Japanese Gold
    2014-04-07 Omotesando Koffee - A Tiny, Intimate Coffee Experience
    2014-03-24 Planning your Second Trip to Japan
    2014-03-14 Akira Haraguchi and His Method for Memorizing 100,000 Digits of Pi
    2014-03-04 Why Japanese Education Succeeds
    2014-02-20 Of Lies And Sushi
    2014-02-14 The 7 Different Ways to Learn Kanji (As I See It)
    2014-02-05 How To Guess A Kanji's Stroke Order
    2014-02-05 Hacking The Way You Walk With Namba Aruki
    2014-01-24 Rent-A-Gaijin For All Your Temporary Gaijin Needs
    2013-10-01 Jiufen: The Real Life Spirited Away
    2013-09-30 How To Gain Free Time and Be More Productive
    2013-09-25 What I Learned About Learning Japanese From Spending 3 Weeks In Taiwan
    2013-09-17 Staying Motivated: Tricking Your Brain
    2013-09-10 Staying Motivated: A Habit Is Formed
    2013-09-03 Staying Motivated: Setting Stakes
    2013-08-27 Mt. Fuji, The Ticking Timebomb
    2013-08-19 10 Futures As Predicted By Anime
    2013-08-06 Senkaku Islands - The CIA Perspective
    2013-08-02 The "Minimum Effective Dose" Of Learning Japanese
    2013-07-26 What Japanese Kids Want To Be When They Grow Up
    2013-07-17 Why I Don't Give Up My Seat On The Train
    2013-07-12 Hengao
    2013-06-04 How To Write Letters In Japanese: An Introduction
    2013-05-14 Learning Japanese Vocab Using Opposites
    2013-05-07 Is Underage Drinking and Smoking a Problem In Japan?
    2013-03-26 A History of Japanese Baseball
    2013-03-20 Creating Japanese Learning Opportunities in a Non-Japanese Speaking World
    2013-02-26 What I Don't Miss About Japan
    2013-02-19 7 Odd Things I Miss About Japan
    2013-02-12 Japanese Dog Breeds And How To Get Them
    2013-01-29 The Famous Foods Of Every Japanese Prefecture
    2012-12-18 Mt. Koya, One of Japan's Most Beautiful Destinations
    2012-12-11 How To Ride A Bicycle In Japan
    2012-11-27 When's the Best Time to Visit Japan?
    2012-09-25 How To Eat Like A Buddhist Monk
    2012-09-11 How To Survive, Get Ahead, And Then Conquer Your Japanese Language Class
    2012-09-04 How To Look Up and Read Kanji You Don't Know
    2012-08-28 Japanese Reading Practice For Beginners
    2012-08-14 Spotting The Hidden Meanings Hiding Within Animal Kanji
    2012-06-19 Yojijukugo: The Four Kanji That Make One Idiom
    2012-05-22 Kendo
    2012-05-10 9 Things Starcraft Can Teach You About Learning Japanese
    2012-05-08 Traveling to Japan for the First Time: Planning a 1-2 Week Trip
    2012-05-01 Why Do Japanese People Talk So Fast?
    2012-04-03 8 Things That Will Improve Your Japanese in Two Hours
    2012-03-27 Growing Up With An Irrational Fear Of The Number Four
    2012-02-28 Onbashira
    2012-02-07 Tampopo: Zen and the Art of Making ramen
    2012-02-04 1,452 Bowls Of Instant Ramen And Counting
    2012-01-31 10 Things I Wish I Knew About Japanese Learning When I Was First Starting Out
    2012-01-07 Genki Sudo's World Order: The Most Innovative Dance & Music Troupe In Japan
    2012-01-06 Why Japan Was Called The "Submissive Dwarf Country"
    2011-12-22 Where Is Japan? It's More Complicated Than You Think
    2011-11-29 These Japanese Fast Food Chains Will Make You Love Fast Food Again
    2011-11-17 Yoro Park: The Site Of Reversible Destiny
    2011-10-25 The Geneva Conventions Don’t Apply To These Japanese Giant Hornets
    2011-09-27 How Little Epiphanies Add Up to Big Gains
    2011-09-13 Yamato Kotoba: The REAL Japanese Language
    2011-08-30 Goroawase: Japanese Numbers Wordplay
    2011-07-22 Want To Learn Japanese? Maybe You Should JFDI
    2011-06-10 Studying With Japanese Drama: The Step-By-Step Guide
    2011-06-01 The Best Paid Services for Your Japanese Language Learning
    2011-05-26 Zauo - The Japanese Restaurant Where You Catch Your Own Fish
    2011-04-07 Japanese Cartography
    2011-04-06 The Ultimate Kanji Test: Kanji Kentei
    2011-03-08 Using “Jerry Seinfeld’s Secret To Productivity” To Learn Kanji
    2011-02-23 What Does Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu Mean?
    2011-02-14 Valentine’s Day, Japan: A How-To Guide
    2010-11-16 How to Get Cheap Airplane Tickets to Japan
    2010-11-09 Tashirojima, Japan's Famous Cat Island
    2010-10-06 Why Do Japanese People Live so Long?
    2010-10-01 The 100+ Most Important Japanese Words
    2010-09-24 When Learning Japanese, It’s All About The Little Victories
    2010-09-07 Japanese Words That Make It Into English Dictionaries
    2010-08-27 Why It's Okay To Forget Kanji
    2010-08-05 How To Trick Yourself Into Good (Japanese) Study Habits
    2010-06-16 Amidakuji - Making Your Decisions Random, Japanese Style
    2010-06-01 Skritter: A Great Way To Practice Kanji, Stroke Order
    2010-05-25 When You Feel Like You Don't Want to Stop, Stop.
    2010-04-15 Should you Learn Japanese from a Native Speaker or a Foreigner?
    2010-04-09 Rhinospike
    2010-03-26 Question: How Should You Learn Kanji?
    2010-03-25 The 5 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Learning Kanji
    2010-03-22 The History Of Kanji
    2010-01-12 What Do You Call Your Japanese Sweetheart?
    2010-01-06 Understanding The Japanese Address System
    2009-12-30 How To Pronounce The Japanese "R" Sound
    2009-12-01 Rosetta Stone Japanese: Is It Worth It?
    2009-10-22 Is Learning Japanese Not Popular Anymore?
    2009-09-21 100 Ways to Entertain Japanese Visitors
    2009-08-21 How to get a Japanese Scholarship
    2009-08-17 Japanese Language Cheatsheet For Travelers
    2009-07-10 How Not To Find A Japanese Language Partner
    2009-04-21 Tenso Shipping: International Forwarding Service
    2009-03-25 Japanese Particles Cheatsheet
    2008-12-09 Furigana: How To Use The Little Kana That Live Above Your Kanji
    2008-10-04 Shiritori, The Japanese Game That Will Improve Your Japanese
    2008-09-17 Jesus’ Life, Family, and Death (in Japan)
    2008-08-21 Listen to Japanese Podcasts via iTunes
    2008-07-24 The No Gaijin Allowed Mentality
    2008-07-17 Japanese Restaurant Culture
    2008-06-20 Studying Japanese Over The Summer
    2008-05-31 6 Reasons Why Kanji is Necessary
    2008-02-09 Talk Like A Samurai
    2008-01-31 Using Twitter to Practice Japanese
    2007-09-12 Japanese Grammar: At the Same Time
    2007-08-02 Studying Japanese with a Nintendo DS
    2007-06-19 Beginning Japanese: All Your First Steps
    2007-06-04 Ways To Say "Desu"