Tue, 14 March 2017
In Episode 149 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea chats with well-known YouTube Sumo wrestling commentator Jason Harris (Jason's All Sumo Channel). They chat about the 2017 Osaka Sumo Tournament and the first tournament for newly minted Yokozuna Kisenosato. He's the first Japanese born Yokozuna in almost 20 years and its causing a big stir here in Japan. Sumo attendance is up and so is support for the sport. Find out news from the sumo world and some predictions from Jason. Watch Sumo Here: Just Japan Podcast:
Direct download: JustJapanPodcast149SumoInOsaka.m4a
Category:Society & Culture -- posted at: 12:04am EDT |
Thu, 9 March 2017
In Episode 148 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea welcomes friend of the show Jim Mullins to talks about some JAPAN MYTHS! Many folks who have never been to Japan have some preconceived notions of Japan that may not be so true. Cosplay Everywhere! Everything is High Tech! Everything is Clean! Everything is Expensive! Jim and Kevin give some real-life "truths" about Japan in a fun and entertaining way with lots of stories and anecdotes. Just Japan Podcast: |
Thu, 2 March 2017
In Episode 147 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea chats with Gordon Heady all about Japanese sake. Sake, known also Nihonshu, is an iconic alcohol that many think of when talking about Japanese food and drink culture. Gordon is someone who knows a great deal about sake culture, history and the making of the brew! Gordon has spent several years working in Japanese sake breweries and he enjoys sharing his knowledge on Twitter and in a future book. Learn a thing or two about sake and then go out and find some in your local liquor shop or supermarket!
https://teespring.com/just-japan-podcast-spring-2017
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Sat, 25 February 2017
In Episode 146 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea chats with returning guest Andrew Higgins about coaching a sports team in Japan. Many of us have opportunities to coach in or native countries, but not always in a place like Japan. Andrew is both a teacher and a coach at his local junior high school in Japan. Andrew talks about how he first got into coaching and how he has found it rewarding. Kevin also talks about the Spring 2017 Just Japan Podcast merchandise campaign! https://teespring.com/just-japan-podcast-spring-2017
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Thu, 23 February 2017
This special storytelling episode is dedicated to the late and great Stuart McLean. Stuart was one of Canada's greatest storytellers and one of the reasons I started podcasting. I aspire to be like Stuart. I will miss your stories and will honour you by sharing my stories with the world. This Just Japan Podcast tale is all about eels in a bowl. It leaves shivers down my spine, but hopefully put smiles on your faces! I will miss you Stuart, Dave and Morley....
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Sun, 19 February 2017
Just Japan News Podcast covers some of the top news stories come from Japan each week. This week's episode covers stories from February 13-19th, 2017.
Winter Asian Games kick off in Sapporo NKorea sanctions 75th Anniversary of Japanese-American Internment Anti-bullying software ASDF Scrambles Reach Record JustJapanStuff.com Updates (our own "top" news)
Just Japan News Podcast: Home: http://justjapanstuff.com RSS Feed: http://justjapan.libsyn.com/rss Twitter: http://twitter.com/jlandkev Email: justjapanpodcast@gmail.com |
Wed, 15 February 2017
In Episode 145 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea chats with typhoon hunter and extreme weather videographer, James Reynolds. James has spent years traveling around Asia filming extreme weather footage. He gets into the middle of typhoons, films erupting volcanoes and gets up to his neck in snow! James is now based in Tokyo and makes his living sharing extreme weather events with organizations such as CNN, the Weather Channel and National Geographic. Listen to his awesome stories and learn more about a fascinating man and a fascinating job!
https://teespring.com/just-japan-podcast-spring-2017
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Direct download: JustJapanPodcast145TyphoonHuntingAndExtremeWeather.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 6:49am EDT |
Sat, 11 February 2017
In Episode 144 of the podcast, host Kevin O'Shea talks about some of the exciting changes coming to justjapanstuff.com. It is now being transformed into a great Japan-related content portal with regular posts by several writers about food, culture, work, travel, adventure, language learning, etc. Kevin also answers mail bag questions about music shops in Japan, a possible Just Japan Podcast hanami party (Cherry Blossom viewing party) and breaking into the teaching market in Japan. Just Japan Podcast:
Direct download: JustJapanPodcast144CherryBlossomPartiesTeachingAndMusic.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 12:45am EDT |
Sun, 5 February 2017
Just Japan News Podcast covers some of the top news stories come from Japan each week. This week's episode covers stories from January 29th - February 4th, 2017. U.S. "Shoulder to Shoulder" with Japan on Defense
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Wed, 1 February 2017
In episode 143 of the Just Japan Podcast, host Kevin O'Shea chats with Scott from the "chillinkansai" YouTube channel. Scott and Kevin talk about some of the very unexpected things that can happen to you if you are an online content creator. Scott talks about a recent copyright battle he had when another podcaster who used his music without permission and Kevin talks about a rather ugly incident he faced on YouTube years ago. Being a content creator is a lot of fun, but occasionally others out there can take the fun out of things! Just Japan Podcast:
Direct download: JustJapanPodcast143UnexpectedProblems.m4a
Category:general -- posted at: 6:31am EDT |