Inō Tadataka Kaiwai: The Origin and Meaning of Japan’s Extreme Walking “Kaiwai” (伊能忠敬界隈) | Japan Station 232
On this episode of Japan Station, we’re talking about the emergence of a new slang term used to describe people who walk abnormally long …
What’s better: rural life or city life in Japan? | Japan Station 230/Ichimon Japan 12
This is a rebroadcast of an episode of Ichimon Japan that was originally released 4/12/2020. Today’s Question On this episode of Ichimon Japan …
KEITAI Slang You (don’t) NEED to know | Japan Station 229
On this episode of Japan Station, we’re talking about dead slang from the heyday of Japanese cell pnones (ケータイ, kētai). 👉Topics Discussed About the …
Japan TURNS ON Foreigners?! Jake Adelstein on Takaichi’s Immigration Policies | Japan Station 225
On this episode of Japan Station, Jake Adelstein joins us to discuss immigration policy in Japan and why the Takaichi government has decided to …
How to insult Japan’s BRAIN ROT generation (ドパガキ) | Japan station 224
On this episode of Japan Station, we’re talking about the recently created Japanese word dopagaki (ドパガキ). What does it mean and what are its origins? Listen …
The Kumamoto earthquake is HEARTBREAKING! How to help | Japan Station 222
On this episode of Japan Station, I talk about the 2926 Kumamoto earthquake and how you can help. 👉Topics Discussed The effects of the …
Crazy ways to survive Japan’s BRUTAL summer heat | Japan Station 221
On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about some of the more creative ways people in Japan are battling the intense summer heat. …
What is JUNE sickness? (rokugatsubyō, 六月病) | Japan Station 217
On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about “May sickness” and “June sickness.” What are these sicknesses? Are they real? Should you be …
Korea inspired the Japan World Cup trash clean up custom?! | Japan Station 216
On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about the origins of the famous custom of Japanese World Cup soccer/football fans cleaning stadiums after …
“Please Give Me Your Underwear”: Japanese Woman Finds Bizarre Note on Her Car
A bizarrely polite threat is still a threat… A 25-year-old company employee from Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, was arrested on suspicion of attempted coercion after …
What’s it like being a “fake priest” in Japan? | Ichimon Japan 04
This is a rebroadcast of Ichimon Japan episode 04 which originally was released on 2/12/2020. Today’s Question On this episode of Ichimon Japan we …
Is Yamaguchi cursed to have”ugly” girls? (Places in Japan Known for “Beautiful” & “Ugly” Women) | Japan Station 200/Ichimon Japan 50
This is a re-broadcast of an episode originally released on 8/21/21. On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Is Yamaguchi cursed to have …
