Jessica Gerrity, a TV personality working in Japan, martial artist, pracitioner of kyudo (Japanese archery),and writer!

Topics Discussed

• Jessica' work on Japanese TV
• How she became interested in Japan
• Why she first went to Japan
• How she got into the Japanese entertainment industry
• Working with SMAP
• Learning Japanese
• How being on TV helped her learn Japanese
• The behind the scenes of Japanese TV About how Japanese TV is scripted
• The good and bad on working on Japanese TV
• About kyudo (Japanese archery)
• How much it costs to get into kyudo
• About yabusame (horseback archery) Places to do horseback archery in Japan
• About her work as a writer focusing on archery and martial arts
• And much more

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