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…

  This is a Japanese traditional style coin purse. Cherry (sakura) design is so cute.   Made in JAPAN!   This is JAPAN Style! If the eBay link is dead…

  This is continued from the part1. I talked about that I lost my iPhone and luckily found it. Although it was undamaged, I thought about the bitter experience and…

The food disliked the most by many Japanese children – green pepper. Even some adults hesitate to eat the vegetable with the peculiar scent and the bitterness. But because it…

  This is a Japanese traditional hand towel “TENUGUI”. You can also use this for many other purposes according to your wishes. For example, you can use it as a…

Just as the title says, I lost my iPhone 3GS last week. To be precise, I left it on a seat of a subway train, which I took on my…

  – What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? –   The product I would like to introduce from B-LABO today is not a stationery, but a toy. This is an original eraser…

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

  In Sekigahara, [W:Gifu Prefecture], there is a samurai battle themed park named “Sekigahara War-Land.” In the 30,000 square meters park, life-sized concrete samurai statues are exhibited. It is themed…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Japanese think with their eyes!?” Today’s story-teller is Shigehiko Toyama, a professor emeritus at Ochanomizu University. His story is about a head shot….

  Even it is cold, “Bushi(samurai) must not say ‘it’s cold’ in front of people. They took precautions against complaining about something that they couldn’t do anything about it.” Michifumi…