Kyoto, the city with countless Japanese historical shrines, temples and architectures. It’s a popular tourists’ destination as well as Tokyo. In such refined city, there is a coffee shop that…

Recently, I read a business strategy book, “FREE” written by Chris Anderson, which made an impact on me.     This thick book tells how to make money for free…

    There was an article about “Shibuya109” on the February 17’s NIKKEI news paper. As JAPAN Style previously mentioned, Shibuya109 is a department store in Shibuya, Tokyo, and it…

These are taken a t a Japanese clothing store. To show how their clothes look like on body, most stores use mannequins. At this store, there was a troop of…

  –Introduction– “Wasabi Stories” is a quotation and summary of a column which touches ones heart or not found on the internet. It is a Japanese famous person’s story extracted…

    I am not good at ordering at STARBUCKS COFFEE because there are so many ways to customize, and it bothers me. So, whenever I go there, I just…

A Japanese manga “BLEACH” has so many fans in the world, and I am one of them. Some of you might know but that the key of the manga is…

    In the global recession, Japanese young people still keep consuming for their fashions; however, instead of buying expensive famous brands, they shop at inexpensive casual brands.