442. The Trip to Japan (Part 1)

In this episode I am reconnecting with an old friend after over 25 years of not seeing each other. Jez Booker is from Solihull in the West Midlands and I first met him at 6th form college, where we became friends and later we got into a band together and had many adventures. Jez ... Show More

In 2009 I did a solo travelling experience around Vietnam, and I wrote a diary while I was there. In this episode, over 16 years later, I read out the diary, follow my descriptions of each part of my trip, explore how I was feeling at that time of my life, go off on some comedy a ... Show More

A bonus mid-week episode previewing the FIFA World Cup 2026 in North America. I'll be talking about all the teams, the favourites, the underdogs, the wild cards, the dark horse teams, England's chances, plus various issues and controversies both on and off the pitch. Comments are ... Show More

Fran from Step Up Japanese and I discuss a few different topics in today's episode, including:The Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage (walking around the Japanese island of Shikoku)The Tadoku reading method for languagesAn embarrassing language mistake on TVAnd more!If you're a fan of hearing ... Show More

Join Anisa (yes I’m back!) as she talks about her trip to Japan. (And to my Japanese audience, I’m sorry if I pronounced some Japanese nouns wrong. It was purely muscle memory and a mistake.)The vocabulary and expression note: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DrlFL2khFiV06b4WM ... Show More

<p>This episode is about why I ended up living in Japan. Check it out to find out why!</p> 

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We talk about a highlight from my recent trip to Japan, and about the (wonderful) experience of traveling with a young-adult child. We also discuss how we’re reading novels as part of our preparation for our upcoming sisterly hiking adventure in England. Get in touch: podcast@gre ... Show More

Peter, my old flatmate from Japan, is back on the podcast after his previous appearance 11 years ago! We chat about travelling experiences, teaching English in Malaysia and Japan, dealing with jet lag and culture shock, doing stand-up comedy abroad, and some of the funny, strange ... Show More

<p>Join us in this episode as we welcome back Miku from Miku Real Japanese. We discuss an ideal week in Tokyo, share top tourist spots in Japan, and reveal serene, lesser-known locations for crowd-averse travelers. Uncover new perspectives and rediscover Japan&#39;s charm with us ... Show More

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2016 in Japan in Review Fun Friday is back, Hoorah! And if you don’t know what Fun Friday is, it is a podcast where we temporarily put down our textbooks and talk about life, the universe and everything related to life in Japan. In this episode, Yoshiko joined me to review 2016. ... Show More

<p>The Behind the Story Series was designed to accompany the regular story episodes and provide more information about the places the goops travel to.</p> <p>While writing for Episode 85 - Illdoit and the Street Signs of Tokyo, I found out so many interesting things about the bil ... Show More