#6 - X Japan (Part 2)
Content Warning: Suicide, Addiction, Child Abuse We return to the story of X Japan! Join us as we explore the possible reasons for hide's death, Toshi's departure from the totalitarian cult that had h...
15 Jan 202156min
#5 - X Japan (Part 1)
This episode is the first of two looking at the legendary Visual Kei band X Japan. We explore the birth of the band, the late 80s punk movement and the very strange mind of Yoshiki. For more content f...
8 Jan 20211h 10min
#4 - Saigo Takamori, the Last Samurai (Part 2)
This episode is the second dive into life and times of Saigo Takamori. We look at how Takamori went from being the Emperor's greatest ally to enforcing laws that he himself once fought against. Fo...
27 Des 202031min
#3 - Saigo Takamori, the Last Samurai (Part 1)
This episode is the first of two looking at the life and times of Saigo Takamori, otherwise known as the Last Samurai (not Tom Cruise), and an enormous influence on Japan in the 19 and 20th Centuries....
18 Des 202028min
#2 - Sada Abe
This episode of Hikikomori is a DOOZY, covering the "Sada Abe Incident". I hope you like sex and blood you filthy animals. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll b...
11 Des 202044min
#1 - The Tale of Two Mayors
This inaugural episode of Hikikomori is about two Nagasaki mayors separated by several decades, Hitoshi Motoshima and Iccho Itou, whose dramatic lives strangely echoed each other. For more content fol...
2 Des 202029min
