The Jarvis Podcast

#Edo #Dogs #生類憐みの令 Edo‘s dog palace Yes, this really happened and was built in 1695, in currently day Nakano Tokyo. If you like this podcast are have any thoughs about it please let me know in the...

24 Jun 20219min

20210622 Japan News Vivy, terminator the musical, spring anime showcase and Japan News. JJJapan 47 Vivy the anime that resembles the plot of the terminator but even more badass. The spring anime seas...

22 Jun 202115min

Today i went to a 朝市 Asaichi whats a moring market for local produce and crafts, inside a shrine. 彦根朝市 Hikone Asaichi at　滋賀縣護國神社（しがけんごこくじんじゃ）ShiagakennGokoku Shrien. お楽しみ ################Linkes#######...

20 Jun 20218min

お犬様！！！！ There was a period in Japan from 1688 to 1708 where dogs became gods !!!! And all harm to living animals has banned, making Japan a vegetation nation. This was the order of the 5th Tokugawa sh...

19 Jun 202110min

Moving to Japan? 3 Things you need to know, JJJapan Podcast 44 Moving around Japan can get expensive not because of rent but of three extra costs: 敷金 しききん Shikikin 礼金　れいきん Reikin 敷引　しきびき　SHikibiki In ...

17 Jun 202113min

JJJapan Podcast 43 The 3 keywords of Zen I took part in an online zen lecture run by TheKyoto, and learned directly from a temple monk in Kyoto. It was all in Japanese so its time for my to translate ...

15 Jun 202110min

JJJapan 42 What's your name, the Olympics connection? There are only 40 days left until the Olympics, does it mean doom for the people of Tokyo or will it be a triumph for all of humanity over the cor...

13 Jun 20217min

I hate to break it to you but the samurai were pretty gay. And homosexuality in Japan pre-Maji period (Lat 18th century) was not forbidden but common. However it, not the same sort of homosexuality we...

10 Jun 202110min