As the fact that Japan is well-known for its longevity record proves, people are generally very conscious about their health and exercising as important as healthy eating.  As a part…

“Bring up the children and they will bring out their best” Ms. Yuko Arimori (Olympic medalist in marathon, the Silver medal in Barcelona 1992 and the Bronze in Atlanta 1996)…

    The writer of this article I introduce today was born in 1972, a boxer when he was young. He still runs like 200 kilometers sometimes, so he is…

Today, I would like to introduce an article about special banana, which became an official banana of Tokyo Marathon.     Tokyo Marathon is a very popular marathon event in…

Recently, jogging has been capturing the heart of Japanese people as a healthily activity. Today’s article introduces a unique marathon of Japan.     Jogging has been very popular in…

Today’s story-teller is marathon runner Arata Fujiwara. In the beginning of the story, he talks about an episode from his high school years. Fujiwara says that after he met the…

They run 10-kilometer Nara Marathon. Miki took this picture in front of the Colossal Hall of of the Great Buddha at Todaiji Temple. Copyright(C) Miki   →Miki’s twitter← (English is…

The other day, I made some posts about “the world’s first bipedal robot full marathon” on the JAPAN Style Facebook page. And today, I would like to write about it…

Today’s story-teller is a former professional marathon runner Yuko Arimori. The topic was about the encouraging words that was given to Arimori by one of her school teachers. She was…

  In Japan, night running has been popular since a couple years ago, especially among women. One of the reasons is because they don’t have to worry about suntan (many…

  — ABOUT  Wasabi Stories… —   “Do it if you’ll regret not doing it” Today’s story teller is a former marathon runner, Sachiko Yamashita, who is now an athletic…