Hello! My name is Taishi, and I'm an English teacher located in Tokyo, Japan.

I've been teaching English mainly to Japanese businesspeople, but I'd like to try the opposite on Podcast--teaching a bit about Japanese to people outside of Japan.

I'm going to talk about some hot news and cultural trends in Japan and introduce some related Japanese words or phrases that might be interesting for you, who are...

-Currently learning Japanese

-Interested in the Japanese language

-Interested in Japan in general

Today's topics

-News: CECIL McBee to close their stores

What is "Gyaru"?

Why did this kind of culture lose popularity?

-Japanese Words to Check Out

ギャル gyaru 

ファッション fassyon

ファストファッション fasuto-fassyon

アパレル apareru

Please guess the meaning!

This is my first podcast and I know it's very awkward, but I'll try to keep improving as I go, so any feedback will be welcome!

Thank you so much for your support!