Category Archives: Music

10 Top Japanese Graduation Songs in 2010

    In Japan, school starts in April and finishes in March. So many schools have graduation ceremony in these couple of weeks. It may be because students usually get…

Japanese Fashion Leaders

I think there are some fashion leaders in your countries, especially for women. Of course, there are fashion leaders among Japanese women too.   Here is the “top 10 female…

Wasabi Stories vol.57: “You’ll Surely Get Over a Handicap”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “You’ll Surely Get Over a Handicap” Today’s story teller is the top prize winner of The [W:Van Cliburn International Piano Competition] 2009, [W:Nobuyuki…

Wasabi Stories vol.56: “Realize Your Destiny and Take Action”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Realize Your Destiny and Take Action” Today’s story teller is one of the world-class violinist, [W:Midori Goto]. Besides performing and teaching junior violinists,…

Wasabi Stories vol.53: “Reality & Dream are different but Don’t give up”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Reality and dream are different but Don’t give up “Today’s story teller is a French Canadian anime song singer [W:HIMEKA]. She debuted with…

[VIDEOS] J-Funny Music Unit “Yajima Biyo-shitu”

  This Japanese vocal group called “Yajima Biyo-shitsu (Yajima Beauty Salon)” is so funny! It consists of DJ Ozma (a musician) and comedian duo Tunnels, and these three guys dress…

Wasabi Stories vol.43: “Happiness of Meeting a Great Teacher”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Happiness of Meeting a Great Teacher” Today’s story teller is a singer-songwriter, Yasuyuki Ohno. He belonged to a basketball club when he was…

10 J-Pops that Cheer Japan Up

      This is the chart of “songs that cheers me up” surveyed by TSUTAYA online. In this chart, let me introduce a little bit of each song’s lyric…

Wasabi Stories vol.34: “Go Half Step Forward Tomorrow from Where You Were Yesterday”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Go Half Step Forward Tomorrow from Where You Were Yesterday” Today’s story teller is a jazz trumpeter, [W:Terumasa Hino], who is widely acknowledged…

Different Faces Found on Violin Family

Many of you may be able to play some sort of musical instrument, is there a violinist? I read a unique blog article about the violin family. This blogger was…

Wasabi Stories vol.22: “Similarity between Conductor and Tennis Player!?”

  –Introduction– “Wasabi Stories” is a quotation and summary of a column which touches ones heart or not found on the internet. It is a Japanese famous person’s story extracted…

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