https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/ Japanese stories and curiosities from the Rin & Tadashi channel.en https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/japanese-ghosts-yokai-names-explained/https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/japanese-ghosts-yokai-names-explained/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Kuchisake-onna, tengu, kappa, bakeneko and yuki-onna explained by their kanji. Read the name and you know what a Japanese ghost will do to you. https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/frieren-title-meaning-soso-no-frieren/https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/frieren-title-meaning-soso-no-frieren/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Frieren's Japanese title isn't "Beyond Journey's End". What Sōsō no Frieren means, why a demon gave it, and what Stark, Himmel and Fern mean. https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/calpis-meaning-cow-piss/https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/calpis-meaning-cow-piss/ Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Calpis has nothing to do with cows. Where the name comes from, why Pocari Sweat and Homo Sausage sound fine in Japan, and the phrase that saves you. https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/does-japan-charge-foreigners-double/https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/does-japan-charge-foreigners-double/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Same ramen, double price. Does Japan charge foreigners double? Himeji Castle, a Fukuoka temple and a ramen machine show the real rule, and the fix. https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/anime-words-you-cant-say-in-japan/https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/anime-words-you-cant-say-in-japan/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Omae, senpai, baka, onii-chan and itadakimasu: what these anime words really mean in Japan, which ones sound rude and the one anime got right. https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/fake-wasabi-japanese-food-lies/https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/fake-wasabi-japanese-food-lies/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000Most wasabi is horseradish with green coloring. Wagyu just means Japanese cow, tempura came with the Portuguese, and in Japan kombucha is seaweed tea. https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/woman-radical-kanji-sexist/https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/woman-radical-kanji-sexist/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000Hate 嫌, jealousy 妬 and monster 妖 all carry 女, woman. Are kanji sexist? Most of the time the woman half is a label and the other half is the sound. https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/sushi-meaning-not-raw-fish/https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/sushi-meaning-not-raw-fish/ Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000Sushi doesn't mean raw fish. It means sour. Karaoke is half English, karate was a Chinese hand, tofu is rotten beans and Godzilla is a gorilla-whale. https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/king-kanji-tiger-forehead-mark/https://rinandtadashi.com/blog/king-kanji-tiger-forehead-mark/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000The tiger's forehead looks like 王, the kanji for king. The cute legend is a lie. On oracle bones, king was an axe. The real story, plus 12 words.