The other day, I made a post about this unique taxi service on the JAPAN Style Facebook page. Do you know the Japanese popular manga “Ichigo Mashimaro”? (I didn’t know…

Spring is right around the corner. Within a few weeks, we can view some cherry blossoms while having nice Japanese sweets with green tea outside. Today, I want to share…

  Known as “prince of sidelong glance,” Taichi Saotome is a young talented actor who can play roles of men and women. Sometimes he is a strong samurai, and other…

  This sword performance is really amazing. Using visual effect, a Japanese actor Taichi Saotome battles shadow enemies including his own shadow. The play is “Kenbu/Kage-e (Sword Dance/Shadow Play),” and…

On Feburary 28, a new Zazen (Zen meditation) application for iPhone was released on iTunes. It was produced by young monks who run Higanji, a web magazine on Buddhism. Although…

The other day, I made some posts about “the world’s first bipedal robot full marathon” on the JAPAN Style Facebook page. And today, I would like to write about it…

  iPad has really high potential; it is used in a variety of scene, including at a sushi-go-round restaurant. In May 2010, this Japanese magician posted a video of him…

Let me introduce a blog post from a familiar Japanese entertainment blog. First of all, let me explain about the title. Oden is a Japanese pot dish and tram is…

  Last week, a very rare egg was laid at Ariakeyama chicken farm in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is tremendously big, 192 gram (regular sized egg of this breed is…

  The Japanese word that means packed lunch, bento is gradually known in other countries, but do you know there is a song about bento in Japan? It is a…

On February 26, 2011, Nintendo 3DS, a new handy game featuring 3D effect without special glasses, was released in Japan. The game console sold 371,326 units in the first two…