Japanese brand Premiere Aoyama’s pair tumbler with coaster. The black square shaped wooden coaster gives a Japanese modern taste. Ideal item for wedding gift. 2 pieces each.  

  Located on the northwest coast of Honshu (the main island of Japan), Niigata City in [W:Niigata Prefecture], has the largest paddy fields in the country. In Nishikan-ku, a ward…

  I have introduced vending machines several times before in JAPAN Style (banana vending machine, solar-powered vending machine and so forth). Now, let me introduce another surprising vending machine. I…

    This is set of Japanese china plates (large x 1, small x 5) with a chromium-plate net for tempura dish. Great tableware for a party. You can use the…

  In Japan, we have this expression, “dokusho no aki,” which means “autumn, the season for reading.” Because autumn night is long and at comfortable temperatures, it is a perfect…

  — 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…

    This is a pair of Kyo-yaki (Japanese ceramics) pottery tea cups. Large cup (black) is for men and small cup (red) is for women. The elegant cherry blossom…

  The fall has come and the weather has finally cooled down in Japan. The temperature had been over 35 degrees (95 F) and it was extremely hot this summer….

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “One Important Person is Enough” Today’s story teller is documentary director Tetsuaki Matsue, 33 years old. He says, “Even if 99 people criticize…

  I have written about “train freak” girls called tetsuko before.  It seems there are more than twenty categories of train freaks (tetsudo otaku) nowadays! Each one has his or…

  Located about 50 kilometers east of central Tokyo, Sakura city of [W:Chiba Prefecture], used to have Sakura castle, and there are still vestiges of the castle town in the…