What it's like playing in a Japanese orchestra
Meet Harald Naess, a trumpeter for the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra. He sits down to talk to us about moving to Japan, learning Japanese while finding a common language in German, and the differences in w...
16 Juni 1h 15min
From salaryman to drag bar: a conversation with Japan's biggest diva
Meet Sylvia Manchester, a self-titled Natural Born Diva working as an entertainer and drag bar host in Tokyo. She sits down to talk to us about her studies abroad, interest in queer literature, coming...
12 Juni 1h 11min
The reality of being gay in Japan ft. Will from Japan Gay Guide
Meet Will, a host and content creator for Japan Gay Guide in Tokyo. He tells us about how his love for the band Perfume brought him to Japan, what being gay in Japan is like, and his work in LGBT tour...
9 Juni 51min
The British comedian who became an honorary Kansai Japanese
Meet Lawson, a British creator who first came to Japan living in Kobe and Nishinomiya, where he quickly picked up the Kansai dialect. Now living in Tokyo, he's become known for his fluent dialect as a...
5 Juni 1h 5min
Genoa's very unique journey to Japan – from cult to Okinawa to going viral
Meet Genoa, a content creator with a very unique life that brought him to Japan. He sits down to talk to us about growing up in a cult, before leaving and eventually coming to Okinawa as an exchange s...
2 Juni 1h 2min
What it's like growing up in a "foreign bubble" in Japan
Meet Gia, a Korean born creator who grew up in Tokyo. She sits down to talk to us about her very multicultural and multilingual life in Japan, from international school to Waseda University.--0:00 Int...
29 Maj 58min
Sitting down with Japan's most unconventional influencer
Meet Bernd Kestler, a German knitter living in Japan. He sits down to talk to us about moving to Japan in the 80s, his love for knitting, and exactly how he's established this unconventional career in...
26 Maj 1h 20min
How Tokyo breeds third spaces
Meet James Farrer, Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at Sophia University. He sits down to talk to us his sociology study in China and Shanghai, before moving to Tokyo and finding his own comm...
22 Maj 1h 12min
