A naked boy proudly welcomes the visitors at the main gate of a shrine called Momotaro-jinja in Inuyama, [W:Aichi Prefecture].   He is the hero from Japanese folk-tale Momotaro (known…

  I found an awesome website yesterday !  😯 It’s the Saga Prefecture’s official page. What is awesome about the website is the DESIGN. Please look at this first. “Seeing…

  –Introduction– “Wasabi Stories” is a quotation and summary of a column which touches ones heart or not found on the internet. It is a Japanese famous person’s story extracted…

      Young children to elders, almost everyone knows Licca-chan the fashion doll in Japan. It was released in 1967 by Japanese toy company Takara, and by the 40th…

  I saw news about very strange “Brushing Teeth Robot Contest” was held in [W:Fukui Prefecture]. This annual contest was started to celebrate “Good Teeth Day” on November 8th, and…

    Whether you believe or not, there is an idol group consists of 48 girls in Japan. The group’s name is AKB48, and it was named after their home…

  Recently, I bought iPhone and it is great. The functions it has are Internet, camera, movie, and soft wears including google map, twitter, facebook, evernote and ebay. You can…

  This is a Japanese traditional apron, maekake. It’s for women (Please CLICK HERE for men).   This is JAPAN Style!   You should follow me on Twitter HERE.  …

  While many people have lost their job during this recession, there is a cat who was officially installed as a station master in Japan.     Since 2007, Tama,…

  Have you seen any ventriloquist’s performance before?   Some are good but others are like “excuse me…but I can clearly see your lips moving.” This Japanese famous ventriloquist never…

      Can you tell what these are?   They look like kid’s toys but actually they’re musical instruments!! It’s a tadpole shaped digital musical instrument called “Otamatone”. It…