Last month on the JAPAN Style blog, we wrote about an actor’s funny tweets. He asked his fans about a cool car he saw on the street. As clues, he…

  There is a Japanese actor called Seiichi Tanabe. He is known as a handsome and cool performer. But the unique or rather funny tweets (@tanabe1969) this good-looking actor recently made…

  Do you know a Japanese movie series “Otoko wa Tsurai yo (It’s tough being a man)”? It is a comedy drama about a man called Tora-san, who is a…

  Known as “prince of sidelong glance,” Taichi Saotome is a young talented actor who can play roles of men and women. Sometimes he is a strong samurai, and other…

Today’s story-teller is Kabuki actor Kamejiro Ichikawa (35 years old). It is not unusual for him to perform in the 3 major cities in Japan for 3 months in a…

Today’s story-teller is actor Ichiro Zaitsu, 76 years old. Zaitsu was born in a family of a landlord in Kumamoto. The family owned a lot of land but the condition…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Appreciate the Lesson” Today’s story-teller is Lou Oshiba, Japanese entertainer. His story was about Japanese famous actor Tatsuya Mihashi. After graduating from high…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Clench your teeth and keep digging one point” Today’s story teller is an actor [W:Ken Watanabe]. Centering on the film he starred, “Shizumanu…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “What you can get from parenting” Today’s story teller is an actor Kazuhiko Nishimura. His story is about his parenting. He just had…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Don’t ask right away. Find on your own first.” Today’s story is a prominent voice actor, [W:Nachi Nozawa]. He is famous for dubbing…

  –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…