There are so many girls’ idol groups in Japan, and dozens of groups are active in the forefront. Singing and dancing are the basic skills to the idols, but this…

  “There is a beautiful beautiful goddess in the toilet…” A Japanese singer song writer, Kana Uemura’s latest single, “Toire no kamisama (God of Toilet)” has met a lot of…

  Various music games are found at Japanese game arcades but one of the hottest music games now is “jubeat knit” by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan. On the 4 x…

Today’s story-teller is broadcaster of Tokyo TV Miho Ohashi. The story is from her diary which introduces books she has read. The book picked up one day was “Stradivarius ‘De…

This weekend is finally a Christmas! You may hear a lot of Christmas songs in your town. It is the same here in Japan. The songs listed below are popular…

  A small island country, Japan. The unique culture and long history have gained attentions from other countries. In recent years, Japanese manga, anime, and game have especially been highly…

  This beautiful humanoid girl got talent! She can sing and dance!     Her name is “HRP-4C” or stage name “Mimu (pronounced Meemu),” and she has got media’s attentions at…

  Having drawn 500,000 audiences so far, the GazettE is now the hottest visual-kei rock band in Japan. It consists of RUKI (vocal), URUHA (guitar), AOI (guitar), REITA (bass), and…

  Today, I want to introduce some Japanese pop summer songs! I picked four songs from different types of singers and bands. The first song is a five-girl pop band,…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “People’s Value is Not Always The Same” Today’s story-teller is novelist [W:Anna Ogino]. Because of her father who was in hospital, the scales…

  The other day, I introduce Toy Train in [W:Wakayama Prefecture]. Here is another fun train runs in [W:Okayama Prefecture]. This train (it is a type of streetcar) has furin…