— ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Have a way that you face yourself” Today’s story teller is an actress Yoshiko Sakuma. She told about Japanese calligraphy, which has been…

  Next month, a new comedy film called “Shodo Girls” will be released in Japan. Shodo means Japanese calligraphy, and literally, the film is about high school girls enliven their…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Think and Look from the Other Person’s View” Today’s story teller is a calligrapher, Souun Takeda. Having a calligrapher mother, he started learning…

  Many Japanese children take lessons outside of school or kindergarten. The popular lessons are, piano, swimming, violin, [W:abacus] (soroban), Japanese calligraphy (syodo), painting, baseball, and soccer. Some parents have…