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Abroad in Japan

Abroad in Japan

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A real life Tokyo horror story…

On the one year anniversary of Natsuki the movie, Pete and Chris talk all things vending machines – and we find out what happened to the one that made pizzas…Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 12, 201942 min

Why climbing Mount Fuji isn't fun!

Even with those funky little sticks people seem to enjoy using. Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 5, 201946 min

26 traits Japanese women want in a guy...

What a girl wants, what a girl needs - Chris and Pete see if they stack up to the perfect Japanese man. (Spoiler: they don't) Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 30, 201948 min

Should travellers be worried about Fukushima?

The radiation may be lower than most people experience on an aeroplane, so why don't people visit Fukushima?Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 22, 201939 min

4 Scams you should avoid in Japan!

Flags! Get your tiny flags! We're getting scammed in Japan. For science.Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 15, 201944 min

Can a foreigner ever *truly* be Japanese?

Can a foreigner ever truly feel Japanese? We're also reading some of your emails.Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 8, 201944 min

Why Japanese KFC might be good for you!

Crispy, crunchy chicken. Great for what ails ya!Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

May 1, 201926 min

Japan's 40 year old virgins and a worrying population time-bomb

When a man and a woman love each other very much, they give one another a special hug...Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 24, 201932 min

When Japanese-English mistakes go too far (Engrish nightmares)

Chris Broad's Engrish nightmares!There was a weird problem with this episode, but if you're reading this it should be fixed. Sorry guys! Pete xWanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 18, 201930 min

The first 48 hours in Japan: what should you do?

A mere 172800 seconds in Japan: what would you do with them?Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 10, 201950 min

Japan's biggest event in 30 years (Feat. Natsuki!)

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Natsuki makes his Abroad In Japan podcast debut with his searing-hot takes on the new emperor. Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 3, 201937 min

You can buy popularity in Japan!

A poorly Chris gamely drags himself through another AIJ podcast, with wisdom to impart, and fevered sweat to...sweat.Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 27, 201934 min

Is Japan losing patience with foreign tourists?

Park rules: leave your Japan as you'd like to find it, or something like that. Ranger Chris says so. Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 20, 201932 min

Japanese company turns sex into renewable energy

White day rolls around once again...in the hay, it seems. Wanna say hi? [email protected] Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 13, 201937 min

Japanese culture: Breaking down barriers

Ariana Grande's furious with Japanese Kanji and a woman called Marie gets equally furious with the common chopstick. Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mar 6, 201930 min

Is romance in Japan dead?

Pete and Chris are back with some special valentine's day questions! Wanna say hi? [email protected]  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 27, 201922 min

The Abroad in Japan podcast anniversary!

Pete and Chris are back and they want to thank you guys for listening to them for 52 whole weeks. What a trip!Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 20, 201925 min

When travelling in Japan goes wrong

Pete and Chris go through more of your (even crazier) Japanese travel stories!Wanna touch our hair? You can't. But you can email us! [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 13, 201928 min

10 Crazy Japan travel stories!

Pete and Chris go through some of your (frankly crazy) Japanese travel stories!Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 6, 201934 min

The strangest conversation you can have in Japan!

Pete and Chris are back, googling things they probably shouldn't. Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 30, 201928 min

Japan's latest technological wonders revealed

Who wants a robot egg that shouts in the night? We do. We most definitely do.Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 23, 201923 min

When romance goes wrong in Japan

Don't put things into other peoples meals, unless it's your finger, and then it's *well* funny.Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 16, 201924 min

12 Glorious New Year's resolutions and a Natsuki movie sequel?

Pete delights the palette with a graphic description of some *very* specialist cheese, and Chris ponders the future...Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 9, 201943 min

Akemashite omedetou! (Happy new year)

Pete swears blind he didn't tip a van over in Shibuya, and Chris still can't think of a new year's resolution. Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 2, 201924 min

Would you eat hair-flavoured chicken?

Pete introduces Chris to hair-flavoured chicken, and we think about our new years resolutions.Have you got a new years resolution? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 26, 201827 min

The Christmas party

We're feeling unbelievably festive as the two giants of podcasting actually meet in a room for the first time in a couple of months!Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 19, 201835 min

The ultimate Japanese Christmas gift

Pete deep fries a cheesy octopus, and tries to talk about his favourite Japanese curry brand!Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 12, 201823 min

An awkward situation with a Japanese neighbour

Chris deals with a big slamma jamma, and Pete wants to talk about automatic doors. It's a door special, guys!Wanna say hi? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 5, 201850 min

Rude Japanese people - do they exist?

...we're not exactly sure. What we're certain of, however is that Pete sleeps through alarms like a hibernating bear. Idiot.Ever met a big rudey?: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 28, 201838 min

Getting a Japanese Tattoo

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Chris is considering a new tattoo - his first - after a harrowing month-long bike across Japan.Send in your questions, baby: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 21, 201829 min

Less than super Bomberman

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Still in their cabin in the woods, Pete and Chris squabble over who is best at 80s video game, Bomberman.Send in your questions, baby: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 14, 201831 min

The cabin in the woods

Pete and Chris are back on the pod trail, and they're oddly enough stuck halfway up a mountain in a spooky cabin in Kobe! Who will get eaten first?Send in your questions, baby: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 7, 201826 min

Japanese billionaire risks life for art

Pete and Chris get a little spaced out as the former pleads for the chance to perform a bicycle kit in zero gravity. Name Chris' bicycle here: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 31, 201834 min

Desert Island: What Japanese items would you take?

Speedy vocab is back with a vengeance, and Chris demands an indestructible car to destroy the rare fauna on his desert island. What an animal. What Japanese nonsense would you take to your island? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 24, 201842 min

How to handle physical contact in Japan

More of your incisive queries answered, and is hugging allowed? Who doesn't love a hug? People we don't want to be friends with, that's who. #huggyboysSend in your questions, baby: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 17, 201836 min

Japanese hostess bar culture uncovered

Chris and Pete take a look at one of the most talked-about aspects of Japanese nightlife culture - host and hostess bars.Have you ever been to either?: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 10, 201840 min

Japanese hand gestures and swear words uncovered

Delight your friends and family with the official Abroad In Japan-sanctioned swear words!Smash your bloody sodding emails into this email box: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 3, 201835 min

Are pizza vending machines the future?

Pete and Chris marvel at the very idea of an automatic pizza vending machine, and Pete uses the word 'spaff.'Do put your cheese in our...vend: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 26, 201836 min

How not to rob a Japanese convenience store

True crime being such a hot podcast topic, Chris and Pete delight listeners with one of the most underwhelming robberies in recent memory. Recommend male grooming products here: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 19, 201837 min

Don't do this in Japan!

Chris and Pete go into more detail on the subject of one of Chris' most popular YouTube videos, 12 things not to do in Japan - also the guys read out some of your emails from the fax machine. What they're doing coming out of a fax machine, we just don't know. Do get in touch with your questions and comments: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 12, 201831 min

Gender equality in Japan - does it exist anywhere?

A topic that's been dominating Japan recently, the search for something approaching equal rights for women continues. Spoiler: they ain't even close. Do get in touch with you first-hand experiences on the subject: [email protected] And if you'd like to visit Nadeshiko Sushi, an all-women operation, it can be found here: https://goo.gl/maps/NKd4WyGYXA92More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 5, 201844 min

Adult toys and bathing suits!

No coolish, but plenty of waifu pillow chat - think the heat may have got to Chris and Pete...Do get in touch: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 29, 201843 min

Japan Vs. Korea - 10 ways they’re different

Chris and Pete are back together, and they're sharing their experiences on recent trips to Korea. It won't surprise you to hear that Coolish gets a mention. Do get in touch: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 22, 201859 min

Japan's most ridiculous festival - explained

Chris and Pete are back, in the loosest sense of the word to talk all things festivals, soy sauce and wrestling. A mixed bag, then. Next week: the Korea vs Japan special and everything will be back to normal. Well, as normal as they get. Do get in touch: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 15, 201836 min

Is Japanese KFC the best in the world?

Chris' popcorn chicken levels are almost dangerously low. KFC's new all you can eat in forty-five minutes offer is of no use, though. Rubbish.Do get in touch with your questions/erotic drawings: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/​ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 8, 201828 min

Flying a drone in Japan - how hard is it?

Chris has finally taken the plunge and bought himself some primo drone tech. Look out, power lines - our man is set to slice and dice. In other news a man gets thrown off his own private island and Chris answers your questions. Do get in touch: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/​ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 1, 201835 min

Buying friends in Japan - a good idea?

In this episode, Harry Potter fawns over a top London radio DJ, K-pop gets a bit of love and Chris tells us what he'd have in a food-based care package. Spoiler: it's loads of crisps.Do get in touch: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 25, 201837 min

Natural disasters: is Japan safe?

Chris and Pete touch on the recent seismic and atmospheric activity and ask the question...is Japan safe?Pete goes on for ages about oyster ice creams, and Chris educates us all on bear safety. Important stuff.Do get in touch, won't you? [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/​ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 18, 201836 min

Large Earthquake Ruins Natsuki’s Day

Chris films in a Pachinko parlour, and gets caught up in a rather robust quake. He also debuts his new character, 'American Man'. Do get in touch: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 11, 201831 min

How Awkward is Meeting Viewers in Japan?

Our favourite piece of office equipment whirrs into life as Pete educates Chris on sexy rope-play, and Chris helps out a left-hander. Something for everyone, there.Do get in touch: [email protected] More Abroad In Japan shows available below, subscribe, rate and review us on iTunes, and *please* tell your friends! http://www.radiostakhanov.com/abroadinjapan/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 4, 201840 min