The first episode for 2017 of Living Japan is up! I talk a little about my trip back to America over the holidays, and on a completely unrelated topic we discuss the syphilis rise in Japan. Ouch. Subscribe and download living Japan though iTunes. Stream the show from its website.
The latest episode of Living Japan is out. Here is the blurb: On Episode 63 Dr. Michael Dziesinski, a visiting scholar from the University of Hawaii, joins us to talk about a social phenomenon of Japan: Hikikomori. Today, they are many different portrayals of Hikikomori on mass media and popular culture, but… are they really … More Living Japan episode 63
The latest episode of Living Japan, a podcast I co-host, is out! In this one we stumbled upon one of those list-icles about Japan being better in certain ways. Some of the bits we agreed with, some we felt the exact opposite (meaning Japan does it worse), but several of the points left is just … More Living Japan Episode 56
Every two weeks I co-host a show about Japanese culture and life in Japan. This week we discuss the verdict of the vagina artist case we’ve been following, discuss the current marketing campaign of Domo-kun and then discuss whether or not Japan is as “wacky” as you might be led to believe. You can stream … More Living Japan Episode 54!
The latest Living Japan Podcast is available for streaming now and should be available on iTunes shortly. It’s a fun episode where we talk about Golden Week, Cool Biz and hitchhiking in Japan. This last section is where I am pretty quiet. I’ve never really done hitchhiking. I’ve picked up a few people who have … More Living Japan Episode 53
Our 52nd episode of Living Japan is up. To tell the truth we were all pretty tired during hit most recent recording session, but we still had a great time talking about Babymetal and Japanese movies. You can stream the show from the Living Japan website or download and subscribe through iTunes.
In the most recent update to the Living Japan podcast we were down one host. So, we decided to just chat about comic books and manga. It’s a fun conversation and a nice little break until we can record a main episode.
Every two weeks I co-host a podcast about modern Japan. We had such a fun time recording this episode. We touch on being vegetarian in Japan, some differences between Italy and Japan and some general Valentine’s fun. The last 10 minutes are some of the most fun we’ve recorded. Give it a listen here! Or subscribe … More Living Japan Episode 50!
Every two weeks I co-host a show discussing aspects of Japan and Japanese culture. Out this week is a show about visual kei. This is not an area where I have much Knowledge but we have a guest who is a freelance music reporter to help us out. The show can be streamed here and following … More Living Japan Episode 49 is Up
Some of you may know that I also co-host a bi-weekly podcast about life in Japan. This is our first episode of 2016 and features lots of listener requested talk about nonalcoholic beverages in Japan. You can stream the episode from the Living Japan website. You can also subscribe and download from iTunes. If you … More Living Japan Episode 48
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