Category Archives: Sports

Wasabi Stories vol.213: “Good and Bad Things Are Like Two Sides of a Coin”

  Today’s story-teller is professional golfer [W:Isao Aoki]. I have introduced Aoki several times in the past posts. Today, his story is mainly about his daughter. Aoki has been divorced…

Wasabi Stories vol.212: “Talking Big is Sometimes Necessary”

  Today’s story-teller is baseball commentator Yasumitsu Toyoda. When Toyoda was a professional baseball player, he said to other players before he stepped up to the plate, “ I will…

Wasabi Stories vol.206: “Life is a Fight Against Myself”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Life is a Fight Against Myself” Today’s story-teller is judoist [W:Yasuhiro Yamashita]. Firstly, Yamashita begins with a story about when he was about…

Thrilling Canyon Slides Near Tokyo

  Are you familiar with canyoning? According to Wikipedia, “Canyoning (known as canyoneering in the U.S.) is traveling in canyons using a variety of techniques that may include walking, scrambling,…

Wasabi Stories vol.205: “Expectation of others Helps You to Grow”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Expectation of others Helps You to Grow” Today’s story-teller is professional golfer [W:Isao Aoki] who was picked up in the previous post. In…

Wasabi Stories vol.202: “One Who Makes Fool of Others Don’t Have Much Experience”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “One Who Makes Fool of Others Don’t Have Much Experience” Today’s story-teller is professional golfer [W:Isao Aoki] who was inducted into the World…

Night Running Popular among Women in Japan

  In Japan, night running has been popular since a couple years ago, especially among women. One of the reasons is because they don’t have to worry about suntan (many…

Wasabi Stories vol.200: “Have You Ever Accomplished Something?”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Have You Ever Accomplished Something?” Today’s story-teller is the 2006 Olympic Champion of ladies figure skating single [W:Shizuka Arakawa]. Firstly, Arakawa says that…

Wasabi Stories vol.197: “Have you ever gone through a difficult time?”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Have you ever gone through a difficult time?” Today’s story-teller is Japanese popular TV entertainer [W:Mai Satoda]. Satoda is famous for giving unusual…

Wasabi Stories vol.196: “Importance of Verbal Reward”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Importance of Verbal Reward” Today’s sotry-teller is Seiichi Yoshida. It is from his article regarding sports. The story is about fans’ applause. He…

Wasabi Stories vol.187: “Studying From Their Own Motive Develops the Ability”

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Studying From Their Own Motive Develops the Ability” Today’s story-teller is Seiichi Yoshida and the story is from an article regarding sports. The…

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