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…

Shitamachi is the traditional shopping, entertainment and residential districts of Tokyo. A hundred year ago, the area still had the taste of good old days of Edo period (1603 to…

According to the “2011 Hit Products Prediction Ranking” by NIKKEI TRENDY (December’s issue), mobile beauty instruments will be hit in Japan next year. A wide variety of stylish and compact…

  This is a Japanese traditional hand towel “Tenugui”. Poetry of Mitsuo Aida is written on this tenugui. It is also suitable for KENDO head cloth. The translation is like…

Excuse me, your zipper is open. (^^;   Have you ever forgotten to close your zipper? (YES, I have^^) It is really embarassing, and you may wish you had a…

– What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   Check out today’s product from B-LABO. Taa-daaah(^o^)!   What (?_?) It’s an AA battery, isn’t it? But B-LABO should be concentrating on stationery….

  “Local specialty burgers” from various cities are often introduced in TV and magazines lately. Unique burgers which feature local specialty foods appear one after another. The Japan’s gourmet city,…

  One of the best selling products now in Japan is “GOPAN,” the world first rice bread cooker that can make bread from rice grain. Since SANYO Electric released the…

Let me introduce a story from a Japanese blog that I often read again today. It was about an amazing washing machine found in a pet shop! Anyway, please take…

  This is one of the famous seasonal views of December in Asakusa, Tokyo. Something with lovely painted design is floating in the blue sky! That is called hagoita. Since the…

Today’s story-teller is actor Ichiro Zaitsu, 76 years old. Zaitsu was born in a family of a landlord in Kumamoto. The family owned a lot of land but the condition…