On this episode of the Japan Station podcast, Tony talks to Jessica Gerrity, a TV personality working in Japan, martial artist, pracitioner of kyudo (Japanese archery),and writer!
Topics Discussed
- Jessica’ work on Japanese TV
- How she became interested in Japan
- Why she first went to Japan
- How she got into the Japanese entertainment industry
- Working with SMAP
- Learning Japanese
- How being on TV helped her learn Japanese
- The behind the scenes of Japanese TV About how Japanese TV is scripted
- The good and bad on working on Japanese TV
- About kyudo (Japanese archery)
- How much it costs to get into kyudo
- About yabusame (horseback archery) Places to do horseback archery in Japan
- About her work as a writer focusing on archery and martial arts
- And much more
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