Japanese History for Gaijins: Episode 13 Samurai SHOWDOWN ( The Gempei War 1180-5)

Its Japanese History for Gaijins. Ever wanted to learn about the history of Japan, but history books too boring?  Well lets learn about Japan together!! This week it's time for a SAMURAI SHOWDOWN! The Gempei War (1180-5) is one of the most important conflicts in Japanese history! But what happens? The ultimate fight between the Minamoto and the Taira families. It has betrayal, epic battles, bad maths and failures at geography! There is even a real life Japanese version of the spartan 300! All in under 25 minutes!  Japan some more? Find our podcast here: Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/G-GSpot  Itunes: https://tinyurl.com/Ge-Gaitune  Twitter: https://twitter.com/GGaijins  Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y5kk5key Music for series can be found here:  https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/507871