Mind Duck Japan

Sara from the Philippines and Paolo from Italy joined Chan and me on a trip to Nagano. Together we embarked on an adventure to taste raw horse meat, see kappa monsters and explore Matsumoto, Kamikouchi and the famous Shirakawa village.

As usual, we also discuss a variety of other topics such as Japanese Doctors and dentists, how Japanese people sometimes do anything just to avoid foreigners and ponder about making bad decisions.

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Check out some photos from the trip here: https://imgur.com/gallery/TPSuR8O

00:00 Intro – Who is Sarah and Paolo

Check out Sara's instagram @saracoat

Peter, Martin, Adam and Chan joined me on this bizarre adventure of anime shows. We each chose an one that everyone had to watch and then dove deep into an involved discussion about each show.

Join us on our adventure where we watched:

6 hours of recording were cut down to two hours after months of trying to watch the show, months trying to get 5 people together at the same time and months editing it all together.

Episode Note:

Finally, Richard, a traveler, businessman and a good friend from Egypt  joined me on the podcast. WE sat down to discuss how to tell people off  in Japanese, what fish ice cream tastes like and also went into detail  on how Richard almost got into a fight with the yakuza and encountered a  ghost. Check out all that and more on episode 16 of the podcast!

Episode notes:

this episode is full in video: https://youtu.be/8ayw0zsOLTM

From Kamakura to Niigata, from one coast to the other side of Japan to the sea by bicycle.

Brad from ep.12 joined me on this adventure. We planned 400 km in 4 days to get to the other side of Japan by bicycle.

We start on a casting couch, spend the night at the love hotel,  continue to soldier on through the night in the forest full of bears to  smell rotten eggs at the Kusatsu onsen to breeze through rice fields to  the sea.

Episode notes:

Brad's Youtube channel - Brad in Japan

Brad's point of view - Day 1

Photos and stuff ——- watch the video, it’s all there

Tom a traveler, teacher and Street Fighter yelling enthusiast joined us for this insane episode along with Taka and Chan.

Let me tell you, this episode is intense! Not only have we all transformed into waifus but we also talk about the best and worst snorts, we try our best at voice acting for a street fighter game, attempt to clean a juice stain by yelling and debate whether a bear has cut off slices of his feet and pretended they were pancakes.

I'm not sure if these episodes are getting better or just more insane but I definitely had a great time recording this one!

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Episode notes:

00:00 Intro – Who is Tom, listener statistics, trash-duck T-shirts

Pictures for the episode: https://imgur.com/a/6WXtMVh

Chan and Taka join me on this episode we go back to the roots. We talk about all the mishaps that still happen to me even after more than a year of living in Japan. I can't get on the right train, flush the toilet or even open a door.

We also unravel the secrets of succession fish, sing songs with the decapitation hell club and ponder about what a bean that grows a cute dog face has to say.

00:00 Intro – Taka is pro at cooking

Links:

VIDEO: Filip can't open doors nor flush toilets

Games, games, games! Sercan, a software engineer and game developer from Turkey, has joined me on this episode where we talk about Japan and all things related to games. Adam has also joined us for part of the podcast to tell us about Half Life: Alyx and ghost Chan appeared briefly to record an amazing adversitement.

We also discuss, gaming in Japan, game jams, our experience with the Global game jam at the Japanese university of technology, various game jam projects and most importantly the "GAAAAEAEAEEME". Ultra fight da kyana 2, the weirdest and amazingly astonishing Japanese game you have ever seen.

Finally, we discussed Sercan's released game Gorytale and it's development. Sercan was so kind to give us 10 steam keys of the game for free. So the first 10 listeners can grab the steam key here.

Episode notes:

Links:

Ultra fight da Kyanta 2 on Steam, the creator's website http://dream-eel.com/aaa/

A video cut from the global game jam broadcast in Japan

Brad, an English teacher, former DJ and travelling and sports enthusiast, joined me on this episode to talk about our travels. We also ponder on the topic of people's character in various parts of Japan versus Australia and the Czech Republic as well as struggle to wrap hour heads around my thought of the day as usual.

(This episode was recorded at the start of March when the Corona Virus hasn't spread in Japan very much yet.)

Episode notes:

00:34 Intro – Who is Brad, Being a DJ in Japan

Links:

Check out Brad's Instagram at @chefbrad_

This episode comes with a video. Don't miss the Mascot Epidemic in VIDEO.

4 guests! Brady, Taka and Chan are back along with Taylor a brand new guest who's lived in Japan for 7 year and has all the stories about strange homeless people, Yakuza, fish vomiting their own bones and more. Moreover he is a comic book digital artist @SKETCHFro.

Starting from Episode 11, I would like to simplify the episodes, talk about less topics and make them a little bit shorter which as you might expect will never happen.

This time we discuss our favorite places in Japan which left a lasting impression and mainly the weirdest mascots you can find in Japan.

(This episode was recorded at the start of March when the Corona Virus hasn't spread in Japan very much.)

Episode notes:

00:00 Intro – Who is Taylor, The ultimate toilet paper quest

All the links:

Check out SKETHfro's commic books, Patreon and Twitter @SKETCHfro

To celebrate that the podcast has survived until episode 10, we have made a video special. It's a video quiz about Japanese body language. Demonstrated by Chan and me. Have a look at 12 questions and then a 10 minute video where we explain what it all means.

Check out the body language video quiz here.

In episode 10 we have 2 guests, Taka is returning and also Brady has joined us for the first time. We talk about our experiences with traditions in Japan and ponder about why travelers often dislike their home country.

Episode notes:

00:00 Intro – Who is Brady, Filip's moment of poetry

Links:

Milk Boy - 2019 winning manzai performance