Today, I would like to share a video that Audi Japan created in honor of acquiring 200,000 fans on their Facebook page. Japanese public bathhouses, called sento, traditionally feature gigantic…

  Today we would like to showcase MYPIC, a custom illustration arrangement service geared especially toward manga lovers. MYPIC artists turn any photo into an illustration. Once you access the…

Professional origami artist doesn’t always have to be Japanese. Sipho Mabona is a Swiss origami master who has designed origami for Japanese major companies’ promotion movies.     The video…

  I’m going to introduce a unique Japanese artist today. There are various types of paintings such as water color and oil color, but I had not known “sunae,” which…

  Appeared last month on YouTube, this indie animation video has received high praise from the viewers. It is a music video for an indie song “Korekuraide Utau (Sing in…

Yoro Park (Site of Reversible Destiny Yoro Park) in Gifu Prefecture is a vast, 18,000 square-meter modern art piece created by contemporary artist Shusaku Arakawa and poet Madeline Gins. This…

Today’s story-teller is ukulele player and comic chat artist Shinji Maki, 76 years old. Maki likes painting. Especially he likes painting Mt. Fuji. He was past sixty when he started…

You may sometimes use cellophane tape at home, work or school; it is part of our life. In Japan, there is an artist who creates 100% cellophane tape art. His…

In 1982, the city of Sapporo began construction of Moerenuma Park on the land where disposal facilities used to be. And in 1988, world-famous sculptor Isamu Noguchi joined the project…

  When you imagine a mermaid, you will draw a beautiful long-haired woman with a fish tail. But illustrations drawn by the Japanese in the 19th century is way different…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Enjoy Out Before Getting Serious” Today’s story-teller is Japanese artist Shu Takahashi, 80 years old. It is about the Overseas Study Award, established…