I have watched a heartwarming music video which was made by exchange students studying in Japan. It is titled “Song for Japan -We Are With You,” and shared in…

Today’s story-teller is writer Minato Shukawa. The story is about people he thought, “I am grateful to the person for being in this world.” One of the people Shukawa feels…

  Some people really show their talents in video sharing websites. The following videos are parapara-manga -flip book work and hand drawn animation made by Niconico-douga users. Both are taking the…

This weekend is finally a Christmas! You may hear a lot of Christmas songs in your town. It is the same here in Japan. The songs listed below are popular…

  Today, I want to introduce some Japanese pop summer songs! I picked four songs from different types of singers and bands. The first song is a five-girl pop band,…

  Beckii Cruel (born Rebecca Flint) was a regular 14 year-old girl from Isle of Man debuted as sing & dance idol in Japan last fall. She loves Japanese anime,…

  In Japan, anison has been hot especially since mid 2000’s Anison is short for anime song which is including opening (OP), ending (ED), image song of an anime. Many…

  Today, let me share the wonderful story behind one of the popular graduation songs in Japan. As you can see in the article JAPAN Style posted yesterday, “10 Top…

    In Japan, school starts in April and finishes in March. So many schools have graduation ceremony in these couple of weeks. It may be because students usually get…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “If you just stay alive, you’ll meet kindness someday” Today’s story teller is Japanese prominent songwriter Ide Haku. One of his best known…

Karaoke is world widely well known but do you know what the word derives from? Well, “kara” means empty and “oke” is short for orchestra. The karaoke machines equipped places…