281.【会話】The Meaning Behind Our Japanese Names...

This episode explores the quiet thoughts we have when surrounded by Japan's natural beauty. YUYU shares how viewing landscapes became meditation during difficult times in 2020. I talk about gazing at 3,000-meter mountains in Toyama(富山) and my ocean sunset ritual. We discuss the " ...  Show more

In this episode, YUYU and I chat about our ideal homes. He describes his grandmother's beautiful Japanese house with large windows, tokonoma(床の間）, engawa（縁側）, and a garden designed to show all four seasons. I share my minimalist current life and my vision board dreams— a lakeside ...  Show more

What do コスパ and タイパ mean? also talking about the name of Japanese generations.Vocabulary: 動画配信(どうがはいしん) →video streaming 倍速(ばいそく) →double (-times) speed 重視(じゅうし)する→ place importance on ,emphasize費用対効果(ひようたいこうか)→コスパ 時間対効果(じかんたいこうか）→タイパ 景気(けいき)が悪い→economy is bad リストラ→layoff 経費削減(けい ...  Show more

Join Anisa (yes I’m back!) as she talks about her trip to Japan. (And to my Japanese audience, I’m sorry if I pronounced some Japanese nouns wrong. It was purely muscle memory and a mistake.)The vocabulary and expression note: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DrlFL2khFiV06b4WM ...  Show more

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The Behind the Story Series was designed to accompany the regular story episodes and provide more information about the places the goops travel to.

While writing for Episode 85 - Illdoit and the Street Signs of Tokyo, I found out so many interesting things about the bil ...