今回の会話の英日字幕付きの動画とスクリプト、会員限定のコミュニティ、月１回Austin and ArthurとのZoom晩酌は「AAフレンズ」でご利用いただけます！

Have you ever wondered what kind of national holidays Japan has? While Western countries have specific holidays such as Halloween and Easter, Japan has several holiday “seasons” where you can experience a wide variety of festivities, foods, and events.

We share our experiences of:

-Outdoor spring picnics and Kanamara Matsuri, Japan’s fertility festival.

-Summer festivals and Obon season

-Celebrating New Years eve and New Years day in Japan

-Arthur’s experience celebrating New Years eve in Shibuya, the busiest nightlife area in Tokyo

-Golden Week, Silver Week, and many minor Japanese holidays

== About Austin and Arthur in Japan==

We’re just two guys who have lived in Japan for a while and want to share our experiences.

Every week we get together, open a bottle of sake, and share our experiences living here uncensored.

If you want to get the real deal about being a foreigner in Japan, you’re going to love this.

About Arthur:

Born in Germany, Grew up in Boston, Schooled in Seattle. Started learning Japanese at 13 and just went with it. Loves Ukiyo-e and traditional Japanese culture.

About Austin:

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest United States. Former Marine, lover of onsen, gyoza, and adventuring into the wilderness. Has lived In Japan since 2017.

今回の会話の英日字幕付きの動画とスクリプト、会員限定のコミュニティ、月１回Austin and ArthurとのZoom晩酌は「AAフレンズ」でご利用いただけます！

Can you celebrate western holidays like Christmas and Halloween in Japan? How about Valentine’s Day?  In this episode we talk about what foreign holidays you can experience while in Japan, and how they differ from their origin country.

Some of the things we talk about

We’re just two guys who have lived in Japan for a while and want to share our experiences.

Every week we get together, open a bottle of sake, and share our experiences living here uncensored.

If you want to get the real deal about being a foreigner in Japan, you’re going to love this.

About Arthur:

Born in Germany, Grew up in Boston, Schooled in Seattle. Started learning Japanese at 13 and just went with it. Loves Ukiyo-e and traditional Japanese culture.

About Austin:

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest United States. Former Marine, lover of onsen, gyoza, and adventuring into the wilderness. Has lived In Japan since 2017.

今回の会話の英日字幕付きの動画とスクリプト、会員限定のコミュニティ、月１回Austin and ArthurとのZoom晩酌は「AAフレンズ」でご利用いただけます！

Japan is a great place to visit, but what is it like actually living in Japan as a foreigner?

Find out in today’s episode.

In today’s episode, we talk about what it’s like to live in Japan vs just visiting as a tourist.

Some of the things we talk about

We’re just two guys who have lived in Japan for a while and want to share our experiences.

Every week we get together, open a bottle of sake, and share our experiences living here uncensored.

If you want to get the real deal about being a foreigner in Japan, you’re going to love this.

About Arthur:

Born in Germany, Grew up in Boston, Schooled in Seattle. Started learning Japanese at 13 and just went with it. Loves Ukiyo-e and traditional Japanese culture.

About Austin:

Born and Raised in the Pacific Northwest. Former Marine. In Japan since 2014

今回の会話の英日字幕付きの動画とスクリプト、会員限定のコミュニティ、月１回Austin and ArthurとのZoom晩酌は「AAフレンズ」でご利用いただけます！

In this episode, we discuss our favorite places to go in Japan outside of Tokyo.

For many people, when they visit Japan, they mainly go to Tokyo. But Japan is much more than Tokyo. Austin and Arthur talk about their favorite places including Hakone, Himej, Kyotoi and many other places.

=== The Austin and Arthur Show ===

The Austin and Arthur show is where Austin and Arthur talk about their experiences living in Japan. Sitting back, enjoying good sake, and sharing the real deal about living in Japan.

If you want to know what it’s like to live in Japan as a foreigner from a first-hand perspective, you’ll love this.

=== About Arthur

Originally wanting to be a manga artist, Arthur started learning Japanese in 2004. His journey took many turns, but now he lives in Japan teaching English on @iuconnecttokyo (https://iu-connect.com/)

In his free time, he likes to explore Sake and Coffee.

=== About Austin

A former Marine, Austin came to Japan at 27 on the JET program. He currently lives and teaches English in Tokyo. He loves Japan and plans to live there for the long term.

今回の会話の英日字幕付きの動画とスクリプト、会員限定のコミュニティ、月１回Austin and ArthurとのZoom晩酌は「AAフレンズ」でご利用いただけます！

In this episode, we talk about our experience using transportation in Japan.

今回の会話の英日字幕付きの動画とスクリプト、会員限定のコミュニティ、月１回Austin and ArthurとのZoom晩酌は「AAフレンズ」でご利用いただけます！

This this episode, we look into why Japanese convenience stores are amazing.

This is the episode where we talk about our experience in Japan as foreigners dating.

In this episode, we talk about what its like for us to work in Japan

In this episode, we talk about how we made friends in Japan

In this episode, we talk about what we like about Japan.