Today’s story-teller is an actress Nobuyo Oyama. She is famous for being a voice actor for Doraemon for years in Japan. Her story begins with her childhood. She never thought…

Today’s story-teller is writer Reiko Morota I have introduced once before. The story is about a church. Morota says that she used to go to the Lutheran Church near her…

Today’s story-teller is Tokyo TV’s female announcer Miho Ohashi. The story is from her diary column. After working for the TV station for 8 years, Ohashi started wondering why she…

Today’s story-teller is writer Reiko Morota. The story is about her memory from her childhood. It was just before she started elementary school. She saw chicks for sale when she…

Today’s story-teller is writer Kazushi Hosaka. I am not good with keeping my desk tidy and so is Hosaka. His story is mainly about keeping things tidy. In Hosaka’s case,…

  Today’s story-teller is baseball commentator Yasumitsu Toyoda. When Toyoda was a professional baseball player, he said to other players before he stepped up to the plate, “ I will…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Japanese think with their eyes!?” Today’s story-teller is Shigehiko Toyama, a professor emeritus at Ochanomizu University. His story is about a head shot….

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Taking a Shortcut in Life is Never Good!” Today’s story-teller is reportage writer Satoshi Kamata. His story is about a man, his mentor,…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Power of Laughter” Today’s story-teller is rakugo storyteller Bunchin Katsura who was picked up in the previous post. Bunchin touched on the Great…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “What Makes You Trustworthy” Today’s story-teller is TV entertainer Hidehiko Ishizuka. Ishizuka is a popular TV entertainer, whose charm is being chubby. He…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Be Prepared For the Future” Today’s story-teller is rakugo storyteller Bunchin Katsura (hereafter called Bunchin). He talks about Mt. Fuji in the early…