Gaijin Guide

Here is the next video in the Gaijin Guide series. I climb to the top of Kyoto Station and give a little commentary along the way. More videos to come now that we have reached Christmas break and maybe even a new podcast. Enjoy and shoot me an email at gaijinguide[at]gmail[dot]com if you have any requests or comments. ガイジンガイドの次のビデオです。どうぞ。京都駅の上まで登りながら、景色について話していました。 今冬休みのでたくさん暇があって、もっとビデオを作るつもりでがんばったら、ポッドキャストを作ります。 このビデオを見て下さい！！質問かコメントがあったらgaijinguide[at]gmail[dot]comにメールを送ってください。僕は待っています。よろしくお願いします。

I return from the dead to recommend some hilarious/artsy/true-life bloggers, who are documenting their quirky lives in the land of the rising sun. Give them a listen or view.

Here is the video from my recent trip to Kyoto to see the sakura. Hanami (flower viewing) was great this year and Maruyama koen and Kiyomizu-dera were beautiful. Enjoy.

Here is episode 03 of the Gaijin Guide, coming to you with a big box of chocolates because its Valentine's Day. Listen to learn all about Nara Park, the Fertility Festival I attended, and Valentine's Day in Japan. Make sure to check out the accompanying video to see the highlights of the Fertility Festival with your own eyes. You will not regret it, especially if your watch the end of the video, its hilarious.

While I'm getting episode 03 together, I thought I would release the companion video that goes along with it. This video consists of clips from my recent trip to a Fertility Festival at Asuka Temple in Nara. It includes a traditional dance preformed by a kimono clad beauty, a humorous reenactment of conception, and spanking, yes spanking. In America this would be sexual harassment, in Japan its just a good old time. Sit back and watch this traditional yet hilarious 4 minute video here.

After a short delay, I'm back with my first full length episode. We explore Fushimi Inari, of Memoirs of a Geisha fame, and review Kansai Gaidai University and its foreign exchange program. Also we add a new section called "why Japan why!?!" where I explore the oddities that make up Japanese daily life. email me at: [email protected] check out photos at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaijinguide/

Check out our first lesson on what to do when at a shinto shrine. Filmed at Fushimi Inari (think Memoirs of a Geisha)

The bubble wrap is off, after much anxiety and angst the first episode is available for download. In this episode I out line the purpose and mission of the podcast, talk about the Kansai region of Japan, which will serve as my base of operations and unveil the reviews section of the show. I even threw in some podsafe music for good measure. Put on your headphones, connect those ipods, and sit back. You can grab the episode here. For feed back, contact me at: [email protected]