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  • Episode 4: Dumpster Fire
    Episode 4: Dumpster Fire
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    Studying japanese in the morning while cuddling with a puppy is important to our schedule

    Dru and Vivian reflect on the move and what went (hilariously) wrong in their move to Japan. We also talk about our three-day weekend in Kanazawa and how the trip was how we imagined living in Japan would be like.

    “There were a couple areas that were miserable... mostly and almost exclusively sleeping on a rug under a pile of my own clothes like just a walking, talking dumpster fire of a human being for a week.”
    — Dru

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    MUSIC LIST

    Venetian Blinds by Ping Pong Club
    Music from the Kanazawa Jazz Festival
    Delightful Life by JekK

    SHOW NOTES

    You can learn more about Kanazawa and the Kanazawa Jazz Festival.

    33 min
  • Episode 3: 30 Years Later

    “You will never have something you can never cross over, basically. Any difficulties at one point it's nothing when you look back.” - Mom

    The inspiration for this interview came from a show we watched in San Francisco. In Vietgone, the newest play by Qui Nguyen, there is a scene where the playwright does a funny, heartfelt, emotional interview with his immigrant father.

    21 min
  • Episode 1: Welcome to the city

    “Can you feel it? You guys, do you feel this? Our origin story begins. We're gonna be superheroes!” - Fred, Big Hero 6

    We discuss the city that Disney created in the movie Big Hero 6 and how it inspired us to imagine a world where our favorite parts of San Francisco and Tokyo are combined. This episode was recorded on June 29th, the day before Dru left for Japan.

    18 min

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An American podcast, abroad in Japan. This is a show about two Americans living in Japan and trying to make sense of all the cultural differences, hopefully creating a lifestyle that is a mashup…