Just Japan Podcast
Just Japan Podcast 36: Nightmare Apartments

In Episode 36 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea talks to Kathryn (okininjakitty on YouTube), an American living in Japan about her experiences with some nightmare apartments in Japan. Finding a place to live is a reality everyone faces when moving to Japan and sometimes it doesn't work out for the best! In this episode Kevin also talks about Typhoon Vong Fong and Sports Day in Japan.

 

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:35am EDT

Just Japan Podcast: No New Episode This Week

Just a quick announcement that there will be no new episode of the Just Japan Podcast this week (October 6th-12th, 2014). We'll be back next week with another awesome Japan-related topic!

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 7:41am EDT

Just Japan Podcast 35: Tricks and Adventure in Japan (with ericsurf6)

In Episode 35 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea interviews Eric Berg, also known as ericsurf6 on YouTube. With almost 250,000 subscribers and more than 100 million views on YouTube, Eric has made his name for his great tricks and puzzles videos as well as his food and adventure videos.  A long-term resident in Japan, he is a professional juggler and a very entertaining guy in general. Also in this episode, an update on the Mt. Ontake disaster and the winners of the 2014 Just Japan Podcast Halloween contest!

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Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 10:58pm EDT

In Episode 34 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea talks to John Szalay, an American who lived in Japan during the early 1990's and visits frequently. John is an avid hiker and geocacher who talks about his experiences hiking and geocachng in Japan. John has climed Mt. Fuji and has a lot of experience hiking in the Kansai Region of Japan. Kevin also talks about the sudden eruption of Mt. Ontake in Nagano and Gifu Prefectures that left 250 hikers trapped on the mountain on September 27th, 2014. 

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Direct download: Just_Japan_Podcast_34_Hiking_in_Japan.m4a
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 8:57am EDT

Just Japan Podcast 33: Weirdos in Japan

In Episode 33 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea talks to returning guest, Jim Mullins, aka "Mully" the cohost of the Mully's Place Podcast. They discuss meeting some pretty bizarre people in Japan as well as coping with saying goodbye to expat friends leaving Japan. Kevin also talks about homesickness during the holiday seasons as well as how to publish an eBook on Amazon.com. 

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Direct download: JustJapanPodcast33WeirdosInJapan.m4a
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 8:44am EDT

Just Japan Podcast 32: Long Term in Japan - Permanent Residency with Hikosaemon

In Episode 32 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea talks to long-term Japan resident and YouTube personality, Hikosaemon about getting permanent residency in Japan. Kevin also discusses tennis phenom Kei Nishikori making it to the final of the US Open, Dengue Fever in Japan as well as the Just Japan Podcast Halloween candy contest and the November 22nd Kobe/Kansai YouTube and content creators Meet Up. 

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Direct download: JustJapanPodcast32PermanentResidencyWithHikosaemon.m4a
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 8:58am EDT

Just Japan Podcast 31: Asia News Weekly and Asia Now

 

In Episode 31 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea interviews Steve Miller, the Seoul, South Korea based writer, producer and host of the Asia News Weekly podcast. The Asia News Weekly podcast is a weekly digest of news in the Asia Pacific region. He also produces the Asia Now podcast. Steve talks about the origin of his podcasts, covering news in Asia,  as well as his transition from travel video blogger and writer to journalist. 

 

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Direct download: JustJapanPodcast31AsiaNewsWeeklyandAsiaNow.m4a
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 7:55am EDT

Just Japan Podcast 30: GaijinPot and the GPod

In Episode 30 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea talks to Anthony Joh, Editor of GaijinPot.com. GaijinPot is often known for it's Japan job board, but also has many other great services such as the GaijinPot Blog, a Japanese language learning section and travel information. Anthony and Kevin also discuss finding work in Japan and Anthony gives some great advice and job hunting tips.  We also discuss the GPod, the GaijinPot podcast. 

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Direct download: JustJapanPodcast30GaijinPotandtheGPod.m4a
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 8:00am EDT

Just Japan Podcast 29: Tales of Kindness

In Episode 29 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea shares some tales of kindness from both Japan and South Korea where he also lived for a number of years. With a great deal of bad news coming out of Japan recently such as flooding, typhoons and landslides in Hiroshima, hopefully these tales of kindesss by some strangers in a foreign land will make you feel a little happier. 

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Direct download: JustJapanPodcast29TalesofKindness.m4a
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 8:40am EDT

Just Japan Podcast 28: Ups and Downs of Teaching

In Episode 28 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea talks to returning guests Jeff and Liam about the ups and downs of teaching in Japan. Those who come to Japan to teach can face challenges in and out of the classroom as well as from dubious employers. Although a great place, Japan can certainly pose challenges to those who choose to work and live here. Kevin also talks about some other Japan-related podcasts. 

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Direct download: JustJapanPodcast28UpsAndDownsOfTeaching.m4a
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 2:02am EDT