Japanese Christmas

  Christmas has come! 😛 It is one of the exciting days in a year here in Japan but Japanese Christmas can be very different from that of Europe and…

Handy Way to Listen to Music Comfortably with iPhone

Let me introduce a blog post by a Japanese blog. Interesting tips for using iPhone was introduced in the blog.     If you put iPhone in a cup, you…

Japanese Wrapping Cloth Furoshiki hokusai katsushika

  This is a Japanese traditional wrapping cloth called “furoshiki.” Furoshiki have been used in Japan through the ages. They are used mainly for wrapping gifts, but you can also…

Cellophane Tape Art by Japanese Artist Ryo Sehata

You may sometimes use cellophane tape at home, work or school; it is part of our life. In Japan, there is an artist who creates 100% cellophane tape art. His…

Charismatic Petit Fashion Model Tsubasa Masuwaka Produces Denny’s Menu

  Everywhere Japanese young women go, there are faces of her –a Japanese fashion model, Tsubasa Masuwaka. She is only 150cm tall, which is very small for a fashion model,…

Street Portraits are Fun!

You may have seen artists drawing people’s portraits like in the photo below.     Today, let me share the story of a man who tries to draw FREE portraits…

Wasabi Stories vol.224: “Stradivarius Violin”

Today’s story-teller is broadcaster of Tokyo TV Miho Ohashi. The story is from her diary which introduces books she has read. The book picked up one day was “Stradivarius ‘De…

Time Bomb Alarm – Unplug a Cord to Turn Off!!!

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 “Oh my god! It is a time bomb!” Don’t worry, it is just an alarm clock. In action films it is a clichĂ© scene where…

5 Japanese Christmas Songs

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…

Japanese Model Sasaki Nozom Ranked in TCC’s MOST BEAUTIFUL FACES 2010

TC Candler, a movie news and reviews website, has announced its annual list of the world’s Most Beautiful Faces 2010, and a Japanese female model, Nozomi Sasaki (Age 22) ranked…

B-LABO: Glowing Cube

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   Look at this! Today’s product from B-LABO is this fantastic glowing cube.   A 2 cm acrylic cubic block with the special fluorescence paint….

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