DEEP IN JAPAN

This is an interview I recently did with Mike Schuelke of the Lost Without Japan podcast. Thanks for having me, Mike! For more info on Mike and his show, see the following: 

• Lost Without Japan on Instagram 
• The Lost Without Japan Google Doc 

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Mr. Sato Pole Dancing on the Rooftops of Tokyo
Links between Unification Church and LDP

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John Rucynski is a long-term resident of Japan who is currently associate professor in the Center for Liberal Arts & Language Education at Okayama University. He has co-written three textbooks focused on Japanese culture for English language courses at the university level in Japan. His past works as an editor include two volumes on the role of humor in foreign language acquisition and intercultural communicative competence. His personal passions for Japan include exploring the country by bike and on foot, eating good yakitori, watching sumo, and cheering for his local baseball team, the Hanshin Tigers. In this interview with John, we primarily focus on his most recent book, A Passion for Japan, within which he chronicles his experiences with The Ship For World Youth Program. 

RELATED LINKS: 

• A Passion for Japan
• Bridging the Humor Barrier: Humor Competency Training in English Language Teaching
• Surprising Japan!
• Surprising Japan!2 
• Working in Japan (Video Interviews) 
• John's bio at Okayama University
• The Ship For World Youth Program

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THE MUSIC: The intro was my own original mashup of Fist of the North Star, a few anime sound bites, some kabuki, a cheap recording of my son’s Buzz Lightyear toy, and “Dubstep" from BenSound. The outro was "The Great American Melting Pot" from Schoolhouse Rock. 

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Amy Chavez has been a columnist for The Bali Times, HuffPo, and The Japan Times (the latter 23 yrs). She founded Books on Asia in May 2018. Her articles have been published in newspapers and magazines around the world including Japan, the UK, US, Canada, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand. She lives in Japan. Her latest book is The Widow, The Priest and the Octopus Hunter: Discovering a Lost Way of Life on a Secluded Japanese Island available at Bookshop.org  (an online bookshop that puts you in touch with local bookstores who procure your purchase for pick-up) for those in the US. You should also be able to find the book at Kinokuniya and The Laughing Oyster Bookshop in B.C. Canada, for all our B.C. cannuck buddies out there. 

LINKS: 

• The Facebook Page for the book
• Amy on Twitter: @JapanLite and  @BooksOnAsia
• Books on Asia Podcast is here or subscribe

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MUSIC:

The intro was my own original mashup of Fist of the North Star, a few anime sound bites, some kabuki, a cheap recording of my son’s Buzz Lightyear toy, and “Dubstep" from BenSound.

The outro was "Kanzan Bakuzen Bouzen" by "that old bad enka singer" Chiharu Matsuyama. Apparently, though, he was a well-coiffed renai baller back in the 80s tho -- check it. 

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THE MUSIC - The intro was すてきなパパ as heard on ichigoclub15. The outro was "Paper Planes" by M.I.A with some extra Jeff sauce blended in.  

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Katsura Sunshine (桂 三輝, Katsura Sanshain) is a Canadian traditional Japanese rakugo comic storyteller, theatre producer, and television personality, currently performing traditional Japanese rakugo on Broadway. To learn more about Katsura Sunshine, check out the following: 

• Katsura Sunshine on Broadway
• Katsura Sunshine on YouTube
• Katsura Sunshine on Facebook
• Katsura Sunshine on Twitter

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THE MUSIC - The intro was my own original mashup of Fist of the North Star, a few anime sound bites, some kabuki, a cheap recording of my son’s Buzz Lightyear toy, and “Dubstep" from BenSound.

The outro was "japanese [sic] jazz when driving on a warm night" taken from tardiobscurus_jp on the YouToobz. 

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Articles: 

• What happens when a middle-aged man does pole dancing regularly for five years in a row
• Police arrest man who refused to return 46 million yen to his town

The outro was OZROSAURUS / Rewind feat. ZORN. The intro was Samurai ☯ Japanese Lofi HipHop Mix. 

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Jake Adelstein is an investigative journalist, Zen Buddhist priest, and author who has been covering Japan since 1993. His first book, Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter On The Police Beat in Japan was made into a TV series that debuted on HBO Max and WOWOW on April 7th. His next book, Yakuza Wonderland, will be released this year.

To learn more about Jake, check out Unseen Japan's recent profile of Jake and his work: Tokyo Vice’s Jake Adelstein: Everything You Wanted To Know (But Were Mildly Afraid To Ask)

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The outro was Ryu Ga Gotaku from the famous Yakuza game franchise. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star), a few anime sound bites, some kabuki, a cheap recording of my son’s Buzz Lightyear toy, and “Dubstep" from BenSound.

Oh, and let us not forget the Japanese version of Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence! 

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This is the J & Trey Happy Hour, where Jeff and Trevor babble on about the latest Japan-related news stories ー or anything at all whatsoever. This week, we talk about a lot of stuff, from Japanese cutlery, bizarre Japanese inventions, pet confectionary, pet pizza delivery, and the weird collaboration between Hatsune Miku and Dominos Pizza, among other things. 

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The outro songs were Maji De Koi Suru 5byoumae and one of those Dominos App original Hatsune Miku tracks, which you can find here. And the intro, as you no doubt know by now, was my own original mashup of Fist of the North Star, a few anime sound bites, some kabuki, a cheap recording of my son’s Buzz Lightyear toy, and “Dubstep" from BenSound. 

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In this episode, we are happy to welcome back Roger Pulvers to delve deeper into his writings: specifically, The Unmaking of an American, Star Sand, The Dream of Lafcadio Hearn, and LIV.

Roger Pulvers is an American-born Australian playwright, novelist, film director, theater director, and translator who has lived the better part of 50 years in Japan. Over the course of his long and prolific career, he has published more than 50 books in Japanese and English, and was assistant to the director of the film "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence.”

He has translated works from Russian, Polish and Japanese, among them Gogol's "The Government Inspector," plays by Stanislaw Witkiewicz, the poetry of Miyazawa Kenji and Ishikawa Takuboku, and novels by Inoue Hisashi. His latest novels are “Liv” and "The Dream of Lafcadio Hearn," both published by Balestier Press. He wrote the screenplay for and directed the film "Star Sand" based on his novel of the same name. The film was released widely around Japan in 2017.

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The outro was The intro was  Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.

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