Have you ever been to the Louvre Museum? I know, Paris is too far away and we don’t have a chance to go there so often. But, here’s good…

Bowling must be a popular sport in the world. Of course, there are many bowling lovers here in Japan, too. As for myself, there was a time when I was…

The photos are from my favorite Japanese entertainment website.    It is an escalator in Edo Tokyo Museum (http://www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/english/). When seen from the front, it looks an ordinary escalator…  …

Tokyo Waterfront City, also known as Odaiba or Rainbow Town is one of the popular tourist destinations in Tokyo. The large artificial island was drastically developed in mid 1990s, when…

I read a blog post about an interesting Koban, a police station. So let me introduce it to you. Note: KOBAN is a Japanese word for police station or police…

Today, I would like to introduce a Japanese teahouse. The most interesting feature of this teahouse is that this is the perfect re-creation of a national treasure and built entirely…

  Because I found an interesting picture in the blog I often read, I want to share it with you.   The mystery building in [W:Shiga prefecture]… It is a…

  The other day, I read about an unique tower in another blog. It is called “PL tower” but the official name is “Dai Heiwa Kinen To (The Great tower…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Once you decided, don’t change it because…” Today’s story teller is an actress, [W:Ayako Wakao]. She is wife of a leading Japanese architect,…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Make a resolution, and you’ll bring your power into full play” Today’s story teller is an architect, [W:Tadao Ando]. He told about the…

＜Nakagin Capsule Tower＞ The world first studio type capsule condo was designed and built by [W:Kisho Kurokawa] in 1972. It looks like stacked toy blocks, very playful and fun. In…