In this episode, Matt and Maria discuss the state of the pandemic in Japan and different aspects of it. Some topics they cover are how people in Japan deal with wearing masks, what Japan will look like in the near future and how the Olympics are affected.

Happy New Year, everyone! Matt and Maria are coming back with Part 2 of their popular Cultural difference episode! This time they focus on the differences of facial expressions and that leads to a discussion of wearing masks in different countries.

Do you know how things are in Japan during this time of the year? Let's listen to Matt and Maria explain the differences between Japan and other countries regarding Christmas and New Year. This is going to be the last episode of 2020, but we will for sure be back next year! 良いお年を! (Listen to this episode if you want to know what this phrase means!)

In this episode, we discuss the differences between houses in Japan and other places in the world. This information can be useful if you plan to live in Japan. We hope this discussion helps you and we are open to any questions about this topic that you may have, so please ask us!

As you probably know, we are all staying at home and Matt and Maria have been playing wide range of games, starting from classic board games to intense shooting type video games. Come join us in this nerdy (we're proudly nerds haha!) chat and let's have some fun!

Everybody in a long distance relationship knows that it’s hard and we have a little experience so this is our advice to those of you who are new to it or are thinking about getting involved in one. You might be surprised, it's not all bad in the long run!

(※ Listen to this episode only if you are legal drinking age!) In Japan, you can start drinking after you are 20 years old. There are variety of alcoholic beverage to be tasted in Japan. Matt and Maria will guide you through some of the prominent kinds as comparing their flavors to the ones in America and recommend a few so that you can try them when you come to Japan!

This episode teaches you about useful things to know in terms of cultural differences from a viewpoint of Matt (American) and of Maria (Japanese). When it comes to talking about cultural differences there are really no end to it, so in this episode we discuss some major differences and will continue on Part 2 of the series in later episodes! We're looking forward to have you tune in.

Did you watch the Netflix show "Love Is Blind"? We watched it when it came out and since then have accumulated some points to discuss on the podcast regarding relationships! We highly recommend to go watch it first before listening to this episode if you haven't yet. We hope you have fun with us talking about love, yay!

Hello everyone, we're currently on a weekend getaway and staying at a ryokan. We love hot spring in ryokans, especially with a gorgeous view! Come listen to us heat up while discussing our love of hot spring.