As you may know, the Starbucks logo was updated last year. The new mark looks much more simple. Kind of too simple. The ring around Siren was removed, so in…

In Japan, there is a variety of designs for taxi top signs, and each taxi company has a distinctive top light. It’s kind of a familiar sight to us Japanese,…

    This is Japanese brand Shinzi Katoh’s a tea pot, 2 tea cups and 2 stainless-steel spoons set. The set comes in a cute box (see picture). You can…

      This is a famous Japanese ukiyoe (woodblock printing) artist, Hokusai(1760-1849)’s “Great Wave off Kanagawa.” Because this is very famous, you may have seen the image used on…

  [W:Kadomatsu] are New Year’s decorations we place in the entrance of a house in Japan. August is not really a season for talking about New Year’s decorations, but I…

The other day, I reported my trip to Mt. Takao. Today I want to show you some pictures taken at view points in [W:Nihondaira], [W:Shizuoka Prefecture]. Nihondaira is one of…

Home-sized-shrine-in-cabinet are often found in Japanese houses. We call them butsudan, and the owners use them to worship Buddha and the deceased in the families.  

  I often hear people from other countries saying “Japan is a strange country”. When they come to Japan, they seem to get culture shocks in many ways. There is…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “The Book the Gave me Courage to me” Today’s story teller is a famous bridal fashion designer, Yumi Katsura. In the article, she…

  I found an awesome website yesterday !  😯 It’s the Saga Prefecture’s official page. What is awesome about the website is the DESIGN. Please look at this first. “Seeing…

＜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…