My recent favorite commercial is the SONY’s Play Station 3 commercial series, “Sekai Banno Taidan (The World Almightiness Meeting),” where the SONY’s “almighty” game system and a green onion…

  As you may know, Japanese people love rice so much. It might be a little amazing to hear that we cook rice even when we’re having an outdoor barbecue party….

  This is a Japanese traditional style healthy slipper (size: 28cm).  

Sumo is a Japanese traditional sport where two wrestlers grapple with each other in a circle.         Since this sport involves Japanese traditional rituals and rules, the…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Life is Like a Stone!?” Today’s story-teller is novelist Shusuke Michio. The title of the column that he has been posting essays in…

    This is a Japanese traditional wrapping cloth Furoshiki bag (kamon design).  

  Asakusa is a major tourist spot in Tokyo, and about 34 million tourists visit a year. Last winter, Amuse Museum opened right next to the nitenmon (east gate) of…

  This is my friend Junko’s article who moved in Indonesia from [W:Hokkaido] last month. Enjoy her article!   * * *   I live in Surabaya, Indonesia. Last month,…

I think an American cartoon character, Snoopy is loved in many countries in the world. In Japan, you can find him on all kinds of things such as cereal packages,…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   Today’s story-teller is baseball commentator Kazuhisa Kawaguchi. The story is about ‘soshokukei’ which means a plant-eating or herbivorous in Japanese, but here, it…

    This is a Japanese traditional hand towel “Tenugui”. Poetry of Mitsuo Aida is written on this tenugui. The meaning of this poetry is…