Genoa's very unique journey to Japan – from cult to Okinawa to going viral

Meet Genoa, a content creator with a very unique life that brought him to Japan. He sits down to talk to us about growing up in a cult, before leaving and eventually coming to Okinawa as an exchange student in high school, and his current life preparing for studying at language school and going viral sharing his experiences in Japan. A big thank you to our colleagues from ZenMarket for sponsoring this episode. Interesting in buying anything from Japan? Find out more here: https://go.zenmarket.jp/unpackingjapan--0:00 Intro1:07 Growing up in a cult5:07 Reactions to cult story9:55 Interest in Japan study abroad13:02 Arriving in Okinawa17:26 Life in Okinawa21:14 Japanese high school25:43 Comparisons to American school33:42 Going viral41:28 Thoughts on social media career48:02 Genoa's view on "Japan" content51:21 Consulting Japanese on his comedy53:09 Working with brands56:04 Language school in Japan --Follow Genoa:https://www.instagram.com/genoaorion/https://www.tiktok.com/@genoaorion@genoaorionFollow us:https://unpacking.jp/https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japanhttps://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapanhttps://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapanhttps://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshortshttps://www.x.com/unpacking_japanhttps://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapanSubscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/