Hey, couch potato, do you want to work out at the gym and lose some unsightly weight? Yes, I do…   And how about you!? Yes, of course I…

Japanese people love custard pudding! We call it “purin,” and have a wide variety of purin in Japan. Pastry shops and bakeries often have their original flavored purin that are…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “The Problem is Not Surrounding Environment, But Yourself” Today’s story-teller is natural life specialist Noriko Sakoh. The article was about what had happened…

    This is a Japanese traditional healthy sandal for women (size: 9.3inch, 23.5cm).  

  Following to the “Hokusai inspired house in Cyprus,” I found more Hokusai reproductions. Let me share two of them here! First of all, this is the Japanese ukiyoe (woodblock…

  I downloaded a cute puzzle game iPhone app called Mizu Man Lite (free!). Try this app and you will enjoy beautiful Japanese confections and lovely sound effects.    …

    This is a Japanese traditional style chopsticks case.  

Last weekend, Japan’s biggest characters and hobby event, “Chara-Hobby C3xHOBBY” was held at Makuhari Messe in [W:Chiba]. The venue had a lot of booths that exhibit and sell figures, toys,…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Try Not to Let Anyone Recognize Your Pain” Today’s story-teller is kyogen performer Sensaku Shigeyama, 90 years old. When he is asked to…

A creepy monster train, called “yokai densha,” has been running in Kyoto since last week. “Densha” means train, and “yokai” are monsters in Japanese folk tales. In the black lighted…

  The other day I wrote an article about taiyaki, a Japanese fish shaped sweet. This time, I’d like to tell you about  a unique taiyaki shop called Nazeya in…