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

On this episode of Japan Station, Kevin Tarpey joins us to talk about what it was like doing Shikoku's famous 88 Temple Pilgrimmage and why Japan is such a great place for long-distance walking.

• Why Japan is such a great place for long-distance walking
• About the famous Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimmage (Ohenro, お遍路)
• What it's like walking the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• How long it took to walk the 88 temple pilgrimmage in Shikoku
• How much distance Kevin covered per day while doing the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About getting blisters while walking the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About the importance of pacing yourself while doing long-distance walks
• The customs surrounding the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About the stampbook/passport used while on the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About the "traditional" clothing pilgrims often wear while doing the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• Why you should use the hakui/vest while doing the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About the custom of Osettai
• About walking on roads in japan
• About walking the most rural area of the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About the official English guidebook for the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About the importance of preparing for a long-distance walk
• Memorable experiences on the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About walking Cape Muroto
• About eating paella at the lodging on Cape Muroto
• About booking accomodations while on the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• What accomodations might cost while on the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About "free lodging" on the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About henro huts
• How knowing some Japanese can enrich your experience on the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About the finishing the 88 temple pilgrimmage
• About th Hagi Okan and what it is like walking it
• About Kevin's upcoming walks
• About liquid intake and bathroom planning while on long-distance walking
• And much more!

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On this episode of Japan Station, we learn about traditional Japanese indigo dyeing from Sally Hancox, one of the co-owners of AiAii Worshop & Shop on Awaji island. This is a conversation to dye for! Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

• About AiiAii Worshop & Shop
• About the aizome (indigo dyeing) process
• About farming and preparing indigo for dyeing
• Why Sally Hancox ended up farming and working with indigo
• What are the benefits of natural indigo dyeing
• About the workshops at AiAii
• About Awaji
• How to get to Awaji
• How to get in touch with Sally for scheduling indigo dyeing workshops, etc.
• And much more!

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On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about scandals in Japan. My guest Dr. Igor Prusa tells about how scandals in Japan work, how they surface and how entertainers/business people/politicians who get caught in scandals try to deal with them. This is a truly SCANDALOUS episode. Sorry, couldn't resist.

• The characteristics of a Japanese scandal
• About the Noriko Sakai scandal
• Why the Sakai Noriko scandal was such a big deal
• What celebrities caught in scandals are expected to do
• About the press conferences often seen after a scandal rises to the surface in Japan
• About scandals in the Japanese corporate world
• About political scandals in Japan
• About the Johnny's/Johnny & Associates scandal
• About the massive Fuji TV scandal
• About the infamous 10 hour Fuji TV press conference and why it was so long
• About why the Fuji TV scandal was such a big deal
• About the Nakai Masahiro scandal
• How outside pressure/foreign media/online media/weekly tabloids play an important role in the life cycle of a scandal
• And much more!

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Here is the link to the article by dragoner that was mentioned in this episode

• Scandal in Japan: Transgression, Performance and Ritual (Japan Anthropology Workshop Series)

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This episode was originally released as episode 3 of the Ichimon Japan podcast.

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Why do Japanese train stations do that?

• The train system in rural areas versus urban areas in Japan
• Trains in Kagoshima and Ishikawa
• What a Wanmanressha (one man trains) is
• Unmanned rural train stations
• Why Japanese train stations use cute songs to indicate a train is about to depart
• Hasshamero (train departure melodies)
• The use of Nogizaka46's song "Kimi no Na wa Kibō" as a train departure melody
• The logic behind train departure melodies
• A brief history of train departure melodies in Japan
• How the song "Yappa Sukiyanen" by Uashiki Takajin was adapted into a train departure melody after his death in 2014
• How Osaka locals prefer to use "Umeda" when referring the the area in and around JR Osaka Station
• Why there are lines and numbers on the train platforms
• How to line up when waiting for a train
• Women only train cars
• The use of high-pitched noises (17 khz) to disperse people loitering at train stations in Japan
• Standing versus walking on escalators
• How Japanese railway companies are trying to get people to only walk on escalators
• Japanese people's reluctance to stop walking on escalators
• Why standing on escalators can be faster than walking
• Why Japanese train stations use blue LED lights on platforms
• The claim that blue LED lights are extremely effective at preventing suicide
• The role of seken no me (世間の目, the public gaze/the eye of society) on Japanese trains and at Japanese train stations
• Train etiquette
• The claim that cell phones interfere with pacemakers
• Putting on makeup on Japanese trains
• How there's a part-time job in Nagoya where people stand on the escalator all day in order to stop people from walking on escalators
• And more!

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You can check out the Citylab article that is mentioned multiple times during this episode via the link below.

• The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations

As mentioned in this episode, Nogizaka Station on the Chiyoda Subway Line uses an adapted version of the Noguzaka46 song "Kimi no Na wa Kibō" (English translation: Your Name is Hope). You can listen to the original version of "Kimi no Na wa Kibō" via the YouTube video below.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E2OXutknVY[/embed]

Another song mentioned in this episode is "Yappa Sukiyanen" by Yashiki Takajin. Following the death of Takajin in 2014, an adapted version of this song was used for a period of time as the departure melody of JR Osaka Station.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GrOq7VY7lM[/embed]

The video below explores the question of whetherit is faster to stand or walk on an escalator. It finds that in theory about 80 people per minute can use an escalator when one side is reserved for walking. However, up to 112 people can use an escalator when people stand on both sides.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX11cxeW6hA[/embed]

You can check out the 2012 study that sparked the "blue light prevents suicide" craze via the link below. Note: many articles written after the publication of this study cite a 2013 study. However, this appears to be the same study and it is dated as 2012. It is possible that this is a preliminary version.

• Does the installation of blue lights on train platforms prevent suicide? A before-and-after observational study from Japan (By Tetsuya Matsubayashi, Yasuyuki Sawada, Michiko Ueda)

Numerous researchers have looked into the results of the 2012/2013 blue light study since it was originally plublished. In doing so, they have called into question its results. One such researcher is Masao Ichikawa of the University of Tsukuba. You can read his 2014 follow-up study via the link below.

• Reconsidering the effects of blue-light installation for prevention of railway suicides

Here is the 2019 BBC article mentioned during this episode that helpsput into doubt the idea that blue lights prevent suicide.

• Japanese train companies appeared to have found that soothing blue lights could reduce the rate of suicides at station. But does the "nudge technique" really work? And if so, how?

If you would like to check out episode 31 of the Japan Station podcast, which focuses on the skakuhachi, check out the link below.

• Japan Station 31: A Conversation with a Shakuhachi Master (Christopher Yohmei Blasdel)

If you want to learn even more about Japanese tains, then you should check out the Japankyo article below.

• All About the Chūō Shinkansen and the History that Led to the Creation of the Fastest Train in the World

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On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about the Japanese word funiki (雰囲気) and other words that aren't read the way they are written.

• About the Japanese word funiki (雰囲気)
• What the correct way to read/pronounce funiki is
• Whether you should read funiki as fun'iki （ふんいき) or fuinki (ふいんき)
• Why so many people pronounce funiki incorrectly
• About words like manin (満員) and zenin (全員) and why people often pronounce them incorrectly/differently from how they are written in kana
• About 音位転換 (onitenkan)/metathesis in Japanese words
• About Akihabara vs Akibahara
• What a funiki ikemen (雰囲気イケメン) is
• And much more!

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This is the 2021 article I mention in the update portion of this episode.

• 「雰囲気」←"ふいんき"と読む時代が来る？ 大学教授が指摘 「秋葉原」や「山茶花」など前例に

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This episode of Japan Station is a rebroadcast of episode two of Ichimon Japan.

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Do Japanese people have longer intestines than Westerners?

• Whether Japanese people have longer intestines than Westerners
• The idea that longer intestines are a result of the Japanese people having a diet centering around rice, grains, and vegetables
• The inconsistent details surrounding the idea that Japanese people have longer intestines than Westerners
• Andy Raskin's quest to determine if Japanese people have longer intestines than Westerners
• The stealing of corpses in Meiji period Japan
• The idea that longer intestine length produces more excrement
• The connection between the length of one's intestines and the smelliness of one's poop
• How much longer the Japanese intestinal tract is said to be than that of Westerners
• What both Japanese sources and English-language sources have to say on the length of Japanese intestines
• The importance of skepticism
• The results of a large scale scientific study that compares the length of the intestines of Japanese people and Westerners
• The idea that intestine length is connected to the darkness of one's skin
• And more!

Note: During the episode some information is attributed to a Reddit thread. This is inaccurate. The information attributed to said Reddit thread was instead found on news.ycominator.com.

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• Are Japanese Intestines Longer?

Here is the article published on World Projects Japan. This article is in Japanese

• 日本人は腸が長いか (Whether Japanese people have longer intestines)

During the episode some information was attributed to a Reddit thread. However, this is wrong. Any information that was attributed to this nonexistent Reddit thread was actually from news.ycombinator.com. You can access this page via the link below.

• Are Japanese Intestines Longer? (news.combinator.com)

The information regarding the idea that shortening one's intestines results in lighter skin also originated from the page above. The text below was posted to this page by someone using the name slyall on August 24, 2015. No other information was found to support this claim.

"I remember reading a story (at least 20 years ago) that some women in Japan were getting their intestine shortened in order to lighten their skin.

No ghits sorry but from memory once the intestine was shortened the skin started to magically lighten."

The 2013 study titled "Colorectal Length in Japanese and American Asymptomatic Adults Based on CT Colonography" (Japanese: 日本人とアメリカ人の大腸の長さは違うのか? : 大腸3D-CT) can be accessed via the link below. The article is in Japanese. An English translation of the objectives and results of the study can be found here.

• Colorectal Length in Japanese and American Asymptomatic Adults Based on CT Colonography (Japanese: 日本人とアメリカ人の大腸の長さは違うのか? : 大腸3D-CT)

If you would like to check out episode 30 of the Japan Station podcast, which focuses on the idea of "otaku" and the history of Akihabara, please check out the link below.

• Japan Station 30: Understanding "Otaku" and Akihabara w. Dr. Patrick W. Galbraith

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On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about why there's so few trash cans in public places in Japan.

Despite what many sources say the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo is not the reason there are so few trash cans in public places in Japan. It's actually more complicated than that. While yes, it is true that there was a reduction in the amount of trash cans in some places in Japan--particularly the subway line targeted by Aum Shinrikyo during the sarin gas attack--many of these trash cans were reinstalled some time after the attack. Further trash cans were not used during the attack itself. So you simply cannot say that the sarin gas attack was the direct cause for Japan's lack of public trash cans. In reality, it's a combination of things that resulted in Japan severely reducing the amount of trash cans in public places. One reason is concerns over people dumping trash they aren't supposed to dump in public trash cans. Concerns over crows and other animals causing messes when they try to get food from public trash cans also played a role. In terms of security concerns, athough the sarin gas attack no doubt traised concerns it was the 2004 and 2005 terrorist attacks in London and Spain that actually had a direct impact on the number of public trash bins in Japan. Finally, efforts to cut costs on the part of Japanese railways and other private businesses also play a significant role in the disappearance of Japan's public garbage cans.

We also discuss strategies for managing your trash while you are in Japan, where you can find trash cans in Japan and what people in Japan are doing to deal with the increase in trash and litter that has resulted from increased tourism.

• Why there aren't any trash cans in public places in Japan?
• Why it is not true that the 1995 sarin gas terrorist attack conducted by Aum Shinrikyo in Tokyo is not the reason Japan has so few trash cans in public places
• About the failed 1995 hygrogen cyanide gas attack in Shinjuku Station (新宿駅青酸ガス事件, Shinjuku eki seisan gasu jiken) which was also conducted by members of Aum Shinrikyo
• Whether trash cans were removed from Japanese train stations after the 1995 sarin gas attack
• Whether garbage cans in public places were common in Japan during the '90s and 2000s
• The fact taht trash cans were reinstalled some time after the 1995 sarin gas attack
• Why municipalities across Japan have been trying to reduce the number of trash cans in public since the '90s
• People dumping trash they shouldn't in public trash cans
• How concerns over crows have played a role in the disappearance of public trash cans in Japan
• How the 2004 and 2005 London and Madrid terrorist attacks played a role in the disappearance of Japan's public trash cans
• How efforts to cut costs played a role in Japan's trash cans being reduced in number
• What you should do with your trash when visiting Japan
• Where to find trash cans in Japan
• About Japanese trash culture and manners
• What people in Japan are doing in places where increased tourism has resulted in more trash and littering
• And much more!

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Here is the link to the article by dragoner that was mentioned in this episode

• "Why did Japan's trash cans disappear?" 日本のゴミ箱、なぜ消えた？

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This episode of Japan Station is a rebroadcast of Ichimon Japan episode 12.

On this episode of Ichimon Japan we ask: Why are vegetables so unsulting in Japanese? On this episode we are honored to once again be joined by Kyle Broyles of the Tokyo Splosion podcast and Hard Officers YouTube channel.

• Some funny Japanese vegetable-based insults and their (supposed) etymologies
• What the term daikon ashi means
• Why daikon ashi is so insulting and reserved only for use on women
• The usage of the term "dumpling legs"
• What the term daikon yakusha means
• Why daikon yakusha is considered an insult
• Why it's insulting to call someone a bean sprout (moyashi) in Japanese
• What it means to "stink of potatoes" (to be imokusai)
• What a "country milkboy" is
• What an "embankment pumpkin" is (dote kabocha)
• The most commonly cited story explaining the insulting meaning of the term dote kabocha
• A tip for training yourself to like vegetables
• Interesting Japanese slang involving the the Japanese word for eggplant (nasu)
• What the term bokenasu means
• Why it is insulting to be called a bokenasu
• What the heck an otankonasu is
• Two theories for where the "otanko" part of otankonasu derived from
• The most common etymologies of the term otankonasu
• The potential connection between otankonasu and Edo period pleasure districts
• Bubble era Japanese slang
• How pīman (green pepper) was used as an insult in Japan in the 1970s
• The difficulties localizers face when translating idioms from Japanese into English
• Whether the Japanese word for "vegetable" (yasai) totally overlaps in meaning with its English counterpart
• Why there seem to be more vegetable-related insults in Japanese than fruit-related insults
• And more!

Note: All of the etymologies provided during this episode were found in Japanese language sources and are the most commonly cited. However, just because they are the most commonly cited etymologies that does not mean they are true, so please keep this in mind.

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• Tokyo Splosion on Libsyn
• Tokyo Splosion on Apple Podcasts
• Tokyo Splosion on Twitter

The latest episode of Tokyo Splosion as of the time of this posting can be found below.

• Tokyo Splosion Quarterly: Spring 2020

Kyle also produces the YouTube series Hard Officers. Check out the channel via the link below.

• Hard Officers YouTube Channel

Here's a link to the previous episode Kyle Broyles was a guest on.

• What's life like in Japan during the coronavirus pandemic? (Uncovering the cute sneeze conspiracy | Ichimon Japan 13

Just to review, here's a list of all the insults that were covered on this episode, including how you write them in Japanese.

• Daikon ashi
  • 大根足 : 大根足; 大根脚 【だいこんあし】 (n) thick legs; fat legs; cankle; cankles (literally: daikon radish legs)
• Daikon yakusha
  • 大根役者 【だいこんやくしゃ】 (n) (yoji) ham actor; hack actor (literally: daikon radish actor)
• Moyashi
  • もやし (n) bean sprouts (in certain contexts it can also be used to mean as an insult meaning lanky, gangly or frail)
• Moyashikko
  • もやしっ子 【もやしっこ】 (n) weak child; frail child; gangly child
• Imokusai
  • イモくさい 【いもくさい】 (n) country bumpkin; unsophisticated; hick (literally to stink of potatoes)
• Dote kabocha
  • どてかぼちゃ (n) incompetent person; halfwit; blockhead; fool (literally: embankment pumpkin)
• Bokenasu
  • ぼけなす (n) (1) faded, dull-colored eggplant; (2) (derog) slow-witted, abstracted person; halfwit
• Otankonasu
  • おたんこなす (n) fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain
• Atama ga pīman (Note: This term was popular in the 1970s and is rarely, if ever, used today.)
  • 頭がピーマン 【あたまがぴーまん】 stupid; dumb (literally: your head is a green pepper)
• Hanashi ga pīman
  • 話がピーマン 【はなしがぴーまん】 what you are saying is stupid/pointless (literally: what you are saying/your story is a green pepper.)

If you'd like to check out episode 38 of Japan Station, you can do so via the link below.

• Understanding Idols and the Success of AKB48 (Dr. Patrick W. Galbraith) | Japan Station 38

If you missed the Japanese study tips episode of Ichimon Japan, check out the article below.

• What are your Japanese studying tips? | Ichimon Japan 08

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.

• Yasai
  • 野菜 【やさい】 (n,adj-no) vegetable
• Kudamono
  • 果物 : 果物(P); 菓物 【くだもの(P); かぶつ(果物)】 (n) fruit
• Oden
  • おでん (n) (food) oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi
• Shokuatari
  • 食あたり : 食あたり; 食中り 【しょくあたり】 (n) food poisoning
• Shokubutsu
  • 植物 【しょくぶつ】 (n) plant; vegetation
• Emoi
  • エモい (adj-i) (1) (sl) emo; sad; melancholic; (2) (sl) (pun on エロい and キモい) (See エロい,キモい) erotic in a disgusting way
• Inakakusai
  • 田舎臭い : 田舎臭い; 田舎くさい 【いなかくさい】 (adj-i) rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
• Ume
  • 梅 : 梅(P); 楳 【うめ(P); むめ(ok); ウメ】 (n) (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum
• Tnkō
  • 炭坑 : 炭鉱(P); 炭坑; 炭礦 【たんこう】 (n) coal mine; coal pit

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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