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On this episode of Japan Station, I dig into the world of dead Japanese Bubble Era slang. Specifically, I talk about the term hanakin (花金). …

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On this episode of Japan Station, I talk about the Kyushu Challenge, my recent 558 km walk from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi to Sakurajima, Kagoshima. 👉Topics …

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October 11th 2025 is the one year anniversary of the premiere of Dragon Ball DAIMA so I thought I’d look back at DAIMA and …

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Watch this video to save money on anime figures in Japan! Whether you collect SH Figuarts, Ichiban Kuji or any other line of anime …

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Sadly, there’s a lot of misinformation about Dragon Ball online. Recently I came across one such example. This piece of Dragon Ball misinformation is …

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On this episode of Japan Station, we’re talking about 4 more words in Japanese. What’s a mora? And why are there so many four …

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