— ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Remembering the Tough Time…” Today’s story-teller is former prime minister [W:Morihiro Hosokawa]. The story was about the time when he became a journalist…

I think an American cartoon character, Snoopy is loved in many countries in the world. In Japan, you can find him on all kinds of things such as cereal packages,…

  THE RITZ-CARLTON, TOKYO TO DEBUT TWO NEW RESTAURANTS IN SEPTEMBER: AZURE 45 AND TOWERS GRILL   TOKYO, August 18, 2010 – Like the changing of the seasons, The Ritz-Carlton,…

During summer, Japanese people often eat somen, cold served noodle. The noodle is cooled with ice, and served separately from cold, soy sauce based sauce, and garnished with green onion,…

  Jinbei posted by (C)megumi327   Do you know jinbei? It looks like kimono but instead of one long clothe, jinbei is a two-piece with kimono top and half shorts,…

When you read, watch or play Japanese manga, movies, anime or games, you may often find some characters are very odd and think “what is this?” In this article, I…

    I think that in any countries or regions, grandmas are always good advisors. In Japan, there is an expression for grandma’s useful tips, it goes “oba-chan no chiebukuro…

    You know flip book right? In Japan we call it “para para manga”. I think it’s basically an original form of animation.   The other day, “Para Para…

Recently on newspapers, I often find articles about how Japanese style bento (lunch box) is popular in other countries; they say especially “character bento” is popular in America and Europe….

  A Japanese hamburger restaurant, Freshness Burger has a unique feel of America and Japan. The concept of the restaurant is “Burger Cafe that adults can feel at ease”, and…

  Paper cups -they are casually used and thrown away after used, but there are a group of people who create art works (?) with paper cups. Let me share…