The tables are turned in today`s episode! Rather than students interviewing each other or the teacher (Michael) interviewing the students, in this episode a 4th-year student decided to interview Michael. Enjoy!

In this episode, 1st-year student Kai who happens to work at a pizza delivery shop in Japan talks about all things pizza including Japanese pizza, Pizza Day, and a unique pizza campaign involving tattoos. Enjoy! 

What a treat! Itsuki first joined the podcast for an interview back in December 2020. One of our most listened-to podcast episodes of all time! And now he is back to tell us about all the interesting things that have happened in his 4th and 5th years of medical school. He is such an intelligent person and a wonderful conversationalist too. Enjoy!

This is a 2-part episode. In the first conversation, 1st-year student Daichi talks about role models with 1st-year student Mahoko. In the 2nd conversation, 1st-year student Kenta explains to Michael (teacher) about birthday celebrations around the world including Japan.  Enjoy!

2nd-Year Student Yuzu returns to the show for her 3rd time! In this episode, the teacher (Michael) and Yuzu talk about movies and shows. Yuzu recommends some English-language movies and shows and some recent Japanese movies and shows. Michael also shares a few of his Japanese favorites. Minor spoiler alerts if you have not seen these shows yet. But we don`t give a way too many details. It was a really fun chat.  Enjoy!

Yuzu`s recommendations:

The Transporter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transporter

Home Alone 3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Alone_3

Hannah Montana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Montana

K.C. Undercover

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.C._Undercover

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_to_Eat_Your_Pancreas_(film)

Gokusen

https://asianwiki.com/Gokusen

Michael`s Recommendations

Shall we dance?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shall_We_Dance%3F_(1996_film)

Kikujiro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kikujiro

Die Hard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard

In today`s episode, first-year student Junta shares some tips for those who want to travel to places in Japan that Japanese people like to visit.  Most foreign tourists tend to stay on the "Golden Route" which starts in Tokyo and ends in Osaka/Kyoto However, there are several other places Junta thinks you should check out. Enjoy!

Okinawa

https://visitokinawajapan.com

Shisa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shisa

Hokkaido

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaido

Kanazawa

https://visitkanazawa.jp/en/

In this episode teacher (Michael) welcomes 4th-year medical student Tomotaka.  We cover everything under the sun, including his study, club activities (English and Tea Ceremony), research in the cardiology lab, 4th-year hospital visits, and his recent experience as a patient. This was an enjoyable conversation. Enjoy!

Nara Medical University ESS club

https://naramed-ess-2015.jimdofree.com

Tea Ceremony

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony

Vestibular Neuritis

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15227-vestibular-neuritis

We continue the series with 1st-year students. We have two great conversations packed into this one episode. First, Mahoko introduces Christmas in Japan with the help of Daichi. In the second conversation, Hagumi talks about Oshogatsu (New Year Holiday) with Misaki. As usual, there is a lot of talk about yummy Japanese food!  Enjoy!

Fried chicken on Christmas in Japan

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/kfc-christmas-tradition-japan/index.html

New Year`s things

kadomatsu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadomatsu

kagami mochi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagami_mochi

hatsumode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsumōde

osechi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osechi

nanakusagayu

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2023/01/nanakusa-gayu-new-years-porridge-explained/

In this episode, 1st-year student Hana introduces famous Japanese sweets from Nara to 1st-year student Junta. Enjoy!

Manju

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manjū

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Intro music: Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith

https://freemusicarchive.org

In today's episode, we welcome 4th-Year Student Satoshi to the podcast. Satoshi is a very active medical student. Not only is he a great student, but he also is president of the school's ESS (English club) and participates in stem cell research in one of the university laboratories. In this conversation, we cover topics like school life, English club, stem cell research for COPD, and travel in Japan and the U.S. Enjoy!

Stem cell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell

COPD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_obstructive_pulmonary_disease

Intro music: Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith

https://freemusicarchive.org