“Sound Horizon” is a Japanese musical group strongly influenced anime. Calling themselves “genso band (fantasy band)”, they create songs that have stories themes fantasy, legend, history, war and romance….

  Lately I often search unique YouTube works to find something interesting to share in JAPAN Style. I found an awesome Japanese creator’s work!   The video below is “SOUR…

  Playing over 100 kinds of music instruments and un-music instruments, Shugo Tokumaru, a Japanese singer song writer, does recording to mixing all alone. Since his debut album “Night Piece”…

  Early this year, I introduced “Todpole Shaped Digital Musical Instrument, Otamatone” by Maywa Denki I just found that the tadpole has cousins, “Knock-Man family” !!! They are wind-up type…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “In any fields, people attack others from outside” Today’s story teller is a professor of political science at Tokyo University, [W:Shinichi Kitaoka]. Through…

  If you like pop dance music, you should try Perfume, a Japanese girl technopop group. The members are three girls from Hiroshima Prefecture; Ayano Omoto nicknamed “Nocchi”, Yuka Kashino…

  This summer, Japanese legendary heavy metal band, X JAPAN will release all-English album in the world. For those who say “what is X JAPAN??”, let me briefly explain about…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “What moves others’ hearts is not your technique but your heart” Today’s story teller is a violinist Sachiko Takashima. She is also famous…

  On March 22, the winners of the 2010 Space Shower Music Video Awards were announced. This award was held by Japanese music TV channel, Space Shower TV to decide…

On March 14, Japan’s biggest music restaurant “Space Shower TV the Diner” opened in Shibuya, Tokyo.       The restaurant is produced by a Japanese music channel, Space Shower…

  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…