Japan Station: Deep Dives into Japanese Culture, Language & Society

On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking about Japanese supernatural creatures with Dr. Michael Dylan Foster from the NHK World show YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore.

• How Dr. Michal Dylan Foster became interested in yÅkai
• Dr. Foster's take on "What is yÅkai?"
• The "practical" side of yÅkai
• About researching the Gamishiro, an obscure yÅkai on an island in Kagoshima
• About the Konaki-jiji
• About the Yokai House in Tokushima
• About visiting remote Mie Prefecture and interviewing Ama divers
• About the Tomokazuki
• About the origins of the Amabie
• How Dr. Foster became the yÅkai navigator for the NHK World show YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore
• About working on Yokai: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore
• About Japanese Supernatural Tales Encounters with Yokai, Ghosts, Demons, and Other Strange Phenomena, from the Kojiki and The Tale of Genji to Dazai and Murakami
• And much more!

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Here are the relevant links:

• Yokai: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore on NHK World: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/search/?q=YOKAI%3A+Exploring+Hidden+Japanese+Folklore
• You can also watch Yokai: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVxkIlzh_KE
• Japanese Super natural Tales (Penguin Classics): https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730400/japanese-supernatural-tales-by-edited-by-michael-dylan-foster/
• The Book of Yokai, Expanded Second Edition: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/the-book-of-yokai-expanded-second-edition/paper
• Folklore, Popular Culture, and Hometown YÅkai in the Twenty-First Century: https://www.educationaboutasia.org/article/id/1843/

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On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking about interesting trains and train stations in Tokyo and beyond with Adam from the AdamU YouTube channel.

• The origin of AdamU's passion for trains
• About Oigawa Railway
• Oigawa Railway's recent price increase
• How rual railways are closing down
• About the Tokyo Adventure Line and exploring Okutama
• About Takanawa Gateway
• The history of the Takanawa Embankment
• About the new Suica mascot candidates/contest
• About the Hi no Tori train that connects Nagoya and Osaka
• About luxury trains in Japan
• And much more

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Check out AdamU's YouTube channel!

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@adamu027

Check out some of the videos mentioned in this episode.

About the Oigawa Railway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7DlyMmLiYI

About Takanawa Gateway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAozBtz44-8

About the Hinotori train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW5jKzaw7IU

AdamU is raising funds for the Tokyo Yamathon 2026. Dante here: https://donorbox.org/tokyo-yamathon-2026-team-fundraising-challenge/fundraiser/saitama-pheasants

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On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking about the ridiculous amount of terms for different types of "harassment" in Japanese.

• We go over some well known and some very obscure "hara" (ハラ) words
• What is sekuhara セクハラ
• What is pawahara パワハラ
• What is morahara モラハラ
• What is harahara ハラハラ
• What is manehara マネハラ
• Why calling everything "harassment" can be problematic
• And much more!

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On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking all about one of Japan's most famous shirnes: Izumo Taisha.

• About the history of Izumo Taisha
• The origins of Izumo Taisha
• The kuniyuzuri story
• How tall Izumo Taisha is
• How Izumo Taisha used to be the tallest building in Japan
• About the Kamiari Festival
• How archaelogical discoveries seem to confirm Izumo Taisha having once been 48 meters tall
• About Izumo Taisha's status as one of Japan's most famous shrines for "matchmaking"
• About the architecture of Izumo Taisha
• About the Izumo Taisha curse/why it's said couples break up after visiting Izumo Taisha
• Gods partying after going to Izumo Taisha
• About Izumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawaii
• And much more

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On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking about my upcoming long distance walking challenges and the event I'll be holding at Pintology in Tokyo On November 15th, 2026.

• About the Izumo Challenge
• About the Chichibu 34 Challenge
• About the Utsunomiya Challenge
• About the sponsors and special supporters of my 2026 long distance walking challenges
• About the get together happening on November 15th, 2026 at Pintology in Sasazuka, Tokyo
• And much more

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• Izumo Taishakyo Mission of Hawaii: https://www.izumotaishahawaii.com/
• Hawaii Association of the Blind: https://hab50.org/
• Outdoor Vitals: https://outdoorvitals.com/

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On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking about the emergence of a new slang term used to describe people who walk abnormally long distances/long amounts of time.

• What does Inō Tadataka kaiwai mean? (伊能忠敬界隈)
• Who Inō Tadataka 伊能忠敬界隈 was
• The origin of Inō Tadataka Kaiwai
• About the "kaiwai" term trend
• And much more

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On this episode of Japan Station, Lesley Chan Downer tells us about what it was like walking and hitchiking through the Tohoku area in the '80s while recreating Matsuo Basho's most famous journey.

• About moving to Japan in the 1980s
• About participating in the predecessor of the JET Program
• About On the Narrow Road to the Deep North
• Lesley's interest in Japanese poetry
• Why Lesley decided to recreate Matsuo Basho's 1689 journey to the north of Japan
• About hitchhiking in Japan
• Visiting Hiraizumi
• Exploring villages in the Tohoku area
• The three sacred mountains
• How to mummify yourself
• About building a relationship with a family from a village in the Tohoku area
• Working with NHK on films inspired by Lesley's journey
• The reissue of One the Narrow Road to the Deep North
• That time someone tried to sell Lesley a house in a village in Tohoku
• About the Shogun Quartet of historical novels
• About The Shortest History of Japan
• And much more

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• On the Narrow Road to the Deep North: Journey into a Lost Japan: https://www.amazon.com/Narrow-Road-Deep-North-Classics/dp/1780602308/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1
• The Shortest History of Japan: From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse―The Global Drama of an Ancient Island Nation: https://www.amazon.com/Shortest-History-Japan-Mythical-Powerhouse_The/dp/1891011669/ref=sr_1_1?sr=8-1
• The Shogun's Queen: The Shogun Quartet, Book 1: https://www.amazon.com/Shoguns-Queen-Shogun-Quartet-Book/dp/055216349X/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&sr=1-4-catcorr

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This is a rebroadcast of an episode of Ichimon Japan that was originally released 4/12/2020.

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: What's better: rural life or city life in Japan?

• The pros and cons of living in rural Japan
• The pros and cons of living in a big city in Japan
• Life in Ishikawa Prefecture
• Life in Kobe
• Life in Osaka
• Where Ishikawa Prefecture is located
• Whether rural people are friendlier than city people in Japan
• Eating udon meshi at Sururi in Shinjuku, Tokyo
• Eating gator in Ueno, Tokyo
• Magic: The Gathering in Japan
• The not so great rainy wather of Ishikawa
• Cheap and/or free housing in rural Japan
• Ishikawa's delicious carrots
• How Japan's declining population is affecting Japan's rual areas
• The general lack of adults in their 20s and 30s in rual Japan
• And more!

Note: This episode was recorded before the declaration of the global coronavirus pandemic. While you should visit Japan as Ryan suggests, obviously, April 2020 is a pretty bad time to try to do so.

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The restaurant serving udon meshi that was referenced in this episode is called Sururi. You can find the location information for Sururi's Shinjuku location below.

Sururi Shinjuku Main Store (するり新宿本店, Sururi Shinjuku Honten) 1-2-9 Kabuki-cho, 2F Citadine Central Shinjuke Tokyo, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo

The Japankyo article on Sururi can be accessed via the link below.

• 18,000 Calorie Udon Rice Bowl Goes on Sale in Japan

During the episode a reference is made to a town in Japan that was giving houses to those who would agree to live in them for seven years. This was a mistake. It was actually 15 years. The name of the town is Okutama and you can find out more by watching the video below.

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If you'd like to find out more aboutthe differences in escalator etiquette that exist between the eastearn and western regions of Japan, then check out the Ichimon Japan episode below.

• Why do Japanese train stations do that? | Ichimon Japan 03

Most episodes feature at least one or two interesting Japanese words or phrases. Here's some of the ones that came up on this episode. All information is from Jim Breen's WWWJDIC.

• Inaka
  • 田舎 【いなか(gikun)】 (n,adj-no) (1) (sens) rural area; countryside; the sticks; (2) hometown
• Beddotaun
  • ベッドタウン : ベッドタウン; ベットタウン(ik); ベッド・タウン; ベット・タウン(ik) (n) commuter town (wasei: bed town); bedroom community; dormitory town
• Kisha
  • 汽車 【きしゃ】 (n) (1) train (esp. long distance train); (2) (orig. meaning) steam train

Is there something about Japan that confuses you? Is there something about Japanese culture that you would like to learn more about? Is there something in Japanese history that you would like us to explain? We're always looking for new questions about Japan to answer, so if you have one, please send it to [email protected].

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On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking about dead slang from the heyday of Japanese cell pnones (ケータイ, kētai).

• About the evolution of Japanese cell phones
• Wha tis a shame 写メ
• What is dekome デコメ
• The origins of shame
• About decorating Japanese cell phones keitai
• The connection between gyaru and Japanese cell phones
• About "straps" sutorappu
• What keitai is written in katakana
• And much more

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On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking about life in Shimane Prefecture.

• About the unique cultural quirks of life in Shimane Prefecture
• Where Shimane is located
• How people often get Tottori and Shimane confused
• A funny example of a dialect from Shimane Prefecture
• About food in Shimane Prefecture
• What is wariko soba?
• About Izumo Time
• What is shijimi?
• Abut the famous story of The White Hare of Inaba
• How wani are actually sharks and not crocodile in the Kojiki
• And much more

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