Japanese tend to long for Europe and European culture, and France is not an exception. Paris, Mont San Michael and Nice are some of Japanese favourite trip destination.    …

  In a Japanstyle article from a couple of months ago, I announced our new collaboration project with “My Eyes Tokyo”, run by my friend, Tokuhashi-san. Today we are proud to…

  The other day I watched an interesting TV program. The show profiled three Japanese people who have succeeded at their professions overseas. I was especially impressed with one of…

  April is the season of cherry blossoms. Japanese people really love sakura! In this season, ‘hanami’ (literally means flower viewing) parties beneath sakura trees are held throughout Japan. They…

  A famous samurai cat mascot of the [W:Shiga Prefecture] city of Hikone, “Hikonyan” was selected as the most popular Japanese municipal mascot at Japan Expo in France.   “Hikonyan”…

  Following to the “Hokusai inspired house in Cyprus,” I found more Hokusai reproductions. Let me share two of them here! First of all, this is the Japanese ukiyoe (woodblock…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Originality comes after the accumulation of basic knowledge” Today’s story teller is a world class chocolatier, Jean-Paul Hevin. He is French but he…

(This is the second part. To read the part 1, click HERE) Besides his autobiography, more of Kitano is revealed in France. At the Centre Pompidou, special screening of his…

    One of the best known Japanese people in the world, [W:Takeshi Kitano], who is famous as the director and main actor of such films as “Violent Cop”, “Sonatine”…

    This Japanese cook book titled “Stories and Recipes of Local Cuisine in Japan” won the “Best Local Cookery Book in the World” at the GOURMAND Cookbook Awards in…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Mistranslation and Bad Breath!?” Today’s story teller is a scholar of French literature and translator, Shigeru Kashima. The topic is “Mistranslation and Bad…