An electric town and an anime-manga-game center in Tokyo, Akihabara, where there are various types of cosplay restaurants including maids, younger sisters, and cat eared girls.  

  – What’s B-LABO? Who’s Bungu-o? – B-LABO is a website providing a lot of information to help you enjoy stationery more! The “B” in B-LABO means Bungu (stationery), Business,…

    This is a pair of Japanese pottery sake cups, a server and a wooden rack set. The server is in the shape of a sake bottle. Good for…

  The word “konkatsu” has appeared in this blog a few times. It means “marriage hunting” and is a recent word born in 2007. Unlike traditional matchmaking, today’s konkatsu is…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “What Kind of Book is Good For Readers?” Today’s story-teller is Shigehiko Toyama, a professor emeritus at Ochanomizu University. The story is about…

    This is a pair of Japanese china beer cups with a furoshiki wrapping cloth. Furoshiki wrapping cloth is used for gift wrapping, etc. in Japan. Ideal item for…

    Can you believe that you can paint the cherry blossoms above in only 5 minutes? There is this video on YouTube instructing how to paint Japanese style cherry…

  Cafes can be found all over the world. But in Japan, a unique cafe experience can be found; the maid cafe. A maid cafe is one of the cosplay…

  — 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…

  An IT and electronics exhibition, CEATEC JAPAN 2010 has been held this week at Makuharimesse, in Mihama-ku, Chiba City, [W:Chiba Prefecture]. Various robots from both Japan and overseas are…

  I want to introduce this interesting browser tool that you can make [W:Hokusai] like Japanese wood prints! It is called Hokusai Manga Construction Kit. It is quite simple. You…