This episode is the second dive into life and times of Saigo Takamori. We look at how Takamori went from being the Emperor's greatest ally to enforcing laws that he himself once fought against.   For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!   You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources:

• Japan Info
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Nippon.com
• National Geographic
• Samurai Wiki
• Wikipedia

This episode is the first of two looking at the life and times of Saigo Takamori, otherwise known as the Last Samurai (not Tom Cruise), and an enormous influence on Japan in the 19 and 20th Centuries.   For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources:

• Japan Info 
• Encyclopedia Britannica 
• Nippon.com 
• National Geographic 
• Samurai Wiki
• Wikipedia 

This episode of Hikikomori is a DOOZY, covering the "Sada Abe Incident". I hope you like sex and blood you filthy animals. For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!   You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources:

• All That's Interesting 
• Wikipedia 
• Murderpedia 

This inaugural episode of Hikikomori is about two Nagasaki mayors separated by several decades, Hitoshi Motoshima and Iccho Itou, whose dramatic lives strangely echoed each other.

For more content follow me on @hikikomoripodcast on Instagram where I'll be posting photos relevant to this episode!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

• Hitoshi Motoshima Obituary 
• Japan Times - Iccho Itou Assassin to be Hung 
• Wikipedia - Iccho Itou 
• Wikipedia - Hitoshi Motoshima