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Let's Enjoy Japan!
by Keito and Yuubi
Join Keito and Yuubi on ten minute(ish) tours around anything and everything Japanese! A fun, comedic, and educational podcast about all things Japan.
Episodes
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25) Full. Of. Cats.
Here we are once again at the end of the Merry Month of May! On time! Here! Hurrah! Allow Keito to take you round to the local Japanese tavern / inn, the Izakaya, where you can eat and drink to your heart's content! Then follow Yubi to Tashirojima, an island run by the best animal of all... cats!...
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24) The Free, The Strong, And The Cute
We're back! We're here! We're... so sorry. We're now planning to release episodes every fortnight - so next one will be May 29th. Life came up at us fast, but we're back with a brand new episode! This week join Yubi on a cracking tour of broken - then mended - crockery as we explore the...
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23) Whip Your Tea Back and Forth
Better late than never, right? ... Right? We're here with another great episode after a tantalizing wait! First join Keito for a delicious cup of matcha and learn how to tell what makes good matcha from bad. Then join Yubi for a whistle-stop tour around the legendary Akihabara in Tokyo, a…
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22) Smack-Fan For The Naughty Man
This episode comes to you late because despite having it Totally Ready To Go... Yubi forgot to upload it! Doh! This week follow Yubi as we walk alongside one of animation's greats, Hayao Miyazaki. Then allow Keito to tickle your chucklebones with the history of Manzai, Japan's comedy double-acts!...
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21) No One Screams in Okonomimura
Welcome, welcome! We're here with another fantastic episode for you. Spring is near, the snow has mostly melted, and we now feel brave enough to turn the heating off sometimes. This week join Keito around the however-you-like-it soul food of Osaka, okonomiyaki, and then allow Yubi to walk you...
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20) Dysfunctional Yoghurt
Between weddings and bad weather, this episode comes to you a little late and with a loving apology from Yubi. Oopsies. This week allow Yubi to give you a tour around the Meiji Co., Ltd and some of their wonderful and weird products. Then follow Keito to Hakone, a mystical place of lacquer and...
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19) He Got Up Again Like Chumbawumba
Once more we open the door to all things Japan! This week join Keito and Yubi at the opposite ends of Japanese history-makers. First allow Keito to sweep you round the icy rink of doom as we discuss Yuzuru Hanyu and his outstanding performances at this year's Winter Olympics. Then follow Yubi…
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18) Little Garbage Dudes
We burst into your podcast player a day late clutching a coffee and looking mildly panicked. Sorry. Allow us to make it up to you with this chock-a-block episode of fun! First Yubi introduces us to a legend of Japanese cinema, the beautiful and talented Toshiro Mifune who inspired archetypes,...
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17) Human Meat's Back On The Menu
January is over, February is here, and we've got another fun tour around Japan in store! Join Keito as we explore Japan's evocative ballads through the medium of Enka's revolutionary roots. Then join Yuubi in a nice, warm Cat Café with snuggly friends you'll pay to be ignored by! We also offer a...
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16) Bean Jelly Sugar Water
We're back! We're alive! We survived the flu and the common cold! This week Keito and Yuubi wheezingly guide you around two more fun new topics. First allow Yuubi to take you back in time to meet a reverse-legendary Empress of Japan who ruled from the tender age of 14 and is mysteriously missing...
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15) The Enigmatic Cloud Horn
Another week, another guided tour around two super fun new topics! First join Yuubi as we step back over 100 years to the humble beginnings of game giant Nintendo, and then allow Keito to whisk you away on the 13 strings of a koto - of which some parts of the instrument have very very very good...
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14) Personal Face Trough
Hello and welcome to another episode of Let's Enjoy Japan! This week allow Keito to take you to greater heights as we discuss the highs and lows of escalators in Japan! Then join Yuubi on a wild ride out of the land of night with 1,500 warriors of Yomi hot on your heels and only a few magic items...
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13) The One With the Cursed Audio
Well, here we are in 2018! This week Keito and Yuubi have a very special episode for you all, our first ever one! Yes, that's right, the secret pilot we never released because honestly? Cursed audio. We did a bad job with the audio quality. We also didn't have music, our layout was whack, and our...
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12) Grumpy, Hairy, and Unbelievably Chill
Happy Holidays! We hope you're all having a fantastic time, and we hope you'll be able to cram our bite-sized episode into your schedules. This week allow Keito and Yuubi to take you on an exciting tour around... dolls? First allow Yuubi to lead you around the wonderful - yet slightly dark -...
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11) Dogs Are Good
It's the run-up to the holidays! Are you ready? We're not! Forget your jolly-holiday woes and join Keito and Yuubi on another wild ride through all things Japanese. Well, two things Japanese. First allow Keito to take us back a scant few years to the 1930s, where we meet a very, very, very good...
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10) Wrong Shoe Writing Systems
Hello and welcome to the super special 10th episode of Let's Enjoy Japan! This week Keito and Yubi strike an alliance and collaborate to tell you the tale of the Japanese writing system. Allow Yubi to sweep you back to before when Japan was literate, guiding you through the arrival of Chinese...
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9) A Friend for Rice
This week Keito and Yuubi would like to invite you for another wonderful tour of all things Japanese, hand in hand with two fun topics that once again sort of link to each other. How do we keep doing that? Allow Yuubi to take you on a savory tour of furikake, the suspended and poured rice…
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8) Brave Good Youths
This fine wintery week allow your dear hosts Keito and Yuubi to once more guide you across Japan via two fun, very different topics. First join Keito in a cosy Cosplay Café of your choosing. How about a maid café? What about a butler café? One where the servers are women dressed as samurai? What...
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Let's Enjoy... Winners!
The die is cast! The numbers crunched! Here are our two wonderful winners for the Ichiban and Niban giveaways - the first of many more to come. Congratulations, and thank you all for entering. So until next time, let's enjoy winners!
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7) He Who Can't be Moved
Once more into the fray, once more, dear friends! This week Keito and Yuubi sweep you round two more fantastic and different topics. Join Yuubi's guide to the healthcare system in Japan where the government and physicians battle every month over the price of medicine, but watch out for those…
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6) Putting the Fun in Kofun
Join Keito and Yuubi on another astounding set of ten minute(ish) tours around two more very different and yet alliterative topics! Allow Keito to unravel the mysteries held within your blood and reveal the answers that can be found in your blood type, but beware... neither of us know our blood...
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I Hunger for your Pot
This week Keito and Yuubi wish to whisk you away to Japan once more as we distil and reduce down two topics into alliterative but different discussions. Join Yuubi on a guided tour around Nippori, the fantastical fabric market in Tokyo, and allow Keito to cook you up a delicious pot of nabe stew....
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888, The Number of the Beast
Allow Keito and Yuubi to sweep you away to the wonderful land of the rising sun once more as we sink our fangs into two very different ten-minute topics. Feel the sweet, gentle stretch in your muscles as Keito leads you through the soft excercises done in radio calisthenics - complete with a nice...
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"Paon!" Quoth the Elephant
This week Keito and Yuubi invite you to join them on two more, radically different from each other, ten minute(ish) tours! Discover Meiji-jingu, a hidden spiritual oasis in the heart of buzzing Tokyo with some major history behind it, and delve into the world of sounds, noises, feelings, medical...
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Cultured
(We got a few messages saying the sound was quieter in this episode so we've updated it! Thanks for letting us know!) This week Keito and Yuubi invite you to join them on two more ten minute(ish) tours around... culture! Japanese culture! So much culture! Like ikebana, the cultured art of flower...
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Let's Enjoy... Prizes!
Hello and welcome to a special episode of Let's Enjoy Japan! This short episode is all about... prizes! Specifically, prizes we want to give to you, our sweet, dear listeners. So have a listen, enter our giveaways, and soon you'll be enjoying a prize from us to you!
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Eggs?
Welcome to the very first episode of Let's Enjoy Japan! Allow us, your hosts Keito and Yuubi, to take you on ten minute(ish) tours around anything and everything Japanese. This week we delve into the wonder of Japanese vending machines and discuss the appeal of all those cute yuru-kyara mascots.…
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