In this special episode, Koshiro, 1st-year medical student, interviews Tomo, a 6th-year medical student in Taiwan. They covered all kinds of topics ranging from medical student life in Taiwain, Tom's strategies for practicing and improving his English skilss, and their hobbies and interests outside of sutdy. Gento (2nd-year student), Suguru (1st-year student) and Michael (the teacher) join in at the end of the chat. Enjoy!

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In this special episode, Suguru, 1st-year medical student, interviews Chang, a 6th-year medical student in Taiwan. They covered all kinds of topics ranging from medical student life in Taiwain to more serious topics like healtcarre in Taiwan and how they are dealing with the pandemic. Michael, the teacher, jumps in at the end to join their chat. Enjoy!

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This is a very special episode as I (teacher Michael) had a chance to meet one of my former students. Sho graduated from Nara Medical University in the spring (March 2021) and is now an intern at a hospital here in Nara Prefecture. We talked about his time as a student and his experiences as a new doctor. Enjoy!

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In this part 2 of a 2-part series, the students recommend some podcasts based on their own interests. This time we have 2nd year medical student Gento and 2nd Year nursing student Yuka. Yuka shares her ideas on good podcasts about Halloween and Kimonos and then Gento shares his on foreigners living in Japan.  Following that conversation, we have Taika and Taiga, 2nd year medical students, sharing their recommendations for  English learning and sports topics podcasts. Enjoy!

Gento's recommendation:

Abroad in Japan

https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/abroad-in-japan/id1338558972?l=en

Taika's recommendation:

Kevin's English Room

https://anchor.fm/kevinsenroom/episodes/Kevins-English-Room-Podcast-efb404

Taiga's recommendation:

Pardon the Interruption

https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/pti/id147232181?l=en

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In this part 1 of a 2-part series, the students recommend some podcasts based on their own interests. This time we have 1st year medical students Koshiro and Suguru. Koshiro is a fan of kung fu and Marvel movies. And shares a podcast based on those interests. Suguru loves horror stories. And his podcast recommendation reflects that. 

Koshiro`s recommnedation

MBEC Podcast

Suguru's recommendation

Horror Nights

https://open.spotify.com/show/17nBTS57iZ7isTV1GLm2WG?si=b38b005b0a304cab

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It was a difficult start to the 2nd semester as most of Japan was experiencing a state of emergency starting in the end of August and continuing through September. But things have started to calm down on the corona front, and students are looking forward to student life once again. In this episode Yuriko, Yuka, and Gento talk about joining club activties and Suguru, Misaki, and Koshiro talk about their favorite places to travel in Japan. 

Travel:

Tottori

https://www.tottori-tour.jp/en/

Kyushu (food)

Fukukoka - tonkotsu ramen

https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/rwc/deep-fukuoka/tonkotsu-ramen/

Kumamoto - basashi (raw horse meat)

https://foodinjapan.org/kyushu/kumamoto/basashi/

Miyazaki - mango

https://www.miyazaki-city.tourism.or.jp/en/special/Rich_Miyazaki_Mangoes

Kagoshima - kurobuta pork (black pig)

https://www.ana-cooljapan.com/destinations/kagoshima/kurobutapork

Today`s snacks

Taika: mini chocolate chip cookies

Misaki: Choco Ball - https://www.morinaga.co.jp/company/english/about/products/chocoball.html

Gento: Jagarico - https://www.calbee.co.jp/en/products/select/?cid=3

Taiga : Soft fired squid 

Yuriko: pickled plum

Michael : budosansho flavored potato chips

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In this episode, 1st year students Suguru and Koshiro and I (teacher Michael) talk about Japanese snacks! For snack lovers Japan is a real treat. Not only do they have many traditional sweets and snacks, but they also take snacks from around the world and add a Japanese flare. This is part 1 of a 2 part show.  Stay tuned for part 2 next week, where 5 other students share snacks and we talk about them! Enjoy!

Dango (dumplings) :

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

Japanese Kit Kat:

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

budo sansho (pepper):

https://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/prefg/071700/an_nai/kaigai_d/fil/BudoSansho.pdf

In today's episode, we hae two fun conversations. We start off with 3rd-year student Yuriko and 2nd-year student Misaki. They talk about the upcoming school festival and previous school festival experiences. In our 2nd conversation, 1st-year students Koshiro and Suguru talk about club activities and which ones they want to join. Club activies will start to reopen for the first time since the start of the pandemic. 

School festival (Cultural festival) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_festival_(Japan)

Club activiies at universities in Japan https://univinjapan.com/bukatsu/part01.html

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In this episode, a handful of students from our team talk about their summer break. A little travel, family time, and you guessed it, even study.  Enjoy the discussions!

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