The Inside Japan Podcast

On episode #043 I finish this mini-series of reviewing the Elementary School Books by turning the pages and giving my thoughts/activity ideas/points to ponder on Hi Friends! 2, the textbook for 6th graders. If you missed the first part featuring Hi Friends 1 click here to get caught up.

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Things Mentioned in This Episode:

* Hi Friends! 1

* Hi Friends! 2

* On a Boat

* Bowling

* Numbers Games

* Frantic

* Scaffolding

* Using an Assistant

* Controlling a Robot

* えええええええええええ

* Random Number Generator I used

* Momotarou Lesson

* My Favorite Drink

Thing to do:

* How do you make the parfait game fun? What about the Make a T-shirt game? Whats your favorite lesson from Hi Friends! 1? Least fav?

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On episode #4 of the Making Money Not Teaching English in Japan series, I interview Jeff, a 4 year ALT that now works for the startup Lang-8. We get into his path in Japan and his advice for anyone that wants to find work after their ALT career.

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Things Mentioned in This Episode:

* Lang-8

* Hi-Native

* Kanazawa University

* Miyazaki

* Popularity Contest Game

* Getting work in Translation

* Code Academy

* The JLPT

Thing to do:

* Check out HiNative and tell them ALTInsider sent ya.

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On episode #041 I do a quick overview of Hi Friends! 1 by turning the pages and giving my thoughts/activity ideas/points to ponder. This textbook gets a bad rap, but it's not so bad.

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Things Mentioned in This Episode:

* Hi Friends! 1

* Australian Stereotype

* Full House House

* I don't do songs (and why)

* Snakes and Ladders

* Yearly Elementary School Lesson Plans

* Eggplant

* Why I'm No Longer an ALT

* Boxes Game

* Costco Pizza

* Flash Cards

Thing to do:

* How do you make the parfait game fun? What about the Make a T-shirt game? Whats your favorite lesson from Hi Friends! 1? Least fav? 

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On episode #040 I talk to James from EZO Seafoods all about his epic journey through his time in Japan. From Eikaiwa Teacher to Successful Restaurant Owner, there is a lot to learn from his winding path to where he is today.

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Things Mentioned in This Episode:

* Ezo Seafoods

* Ezo Seafoods Facebook

* Ezo Seafoods Twitter

* Niseko, Hokkaido

* Hamamastu

* Seto

* Nagoya

* Post Cold War

* Kawasaki

* Kite's Corporation

* Densu

* NesCafe

* Chiba

* Niko

* JobsinJapan

* Hokkaido Tracks

* Numazu

Thing to do:

* Check out Ezo Seafoods and tell them ALTInsider sent you

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On episode #039 I go over the ins and outs of that place every ALT in Japan is familiar with... the teacher's room. While I don't advise spending too much time in there, you will have to be there sometimes, so here's an episode on how to do that most effectively.

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Things Mentioned in This Episode:

* Staying out of the Teacher's Room

* "In" ALT Terms

* Magic Do as you will

* Studying Japanese

Thing to do:

* Tell me how much time you spend in the teacher's room on average per day in the comments.

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On episode #2 of the Making Money Not Teaching English in Japan series, I interview Chad, a translator and twitch streamer. We get into how he went to a Japanese college, how he got into translation and of course all about what Twitch is and how he gets money for playing video games.

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Things Mentioned in This Episode:

* Chad's Stream

* Chad's Twitter

* Under the Table Work

* NUH

* JLPT

* Getting a Job Outside of Teaching English

* Epic Riding your Bike in Japan Trip Reports

* Edo Period

* Diablo

* Dragonball Universe

* A Crap Ton

* Monster Hunter

* Twitch Partner Requirements

* League of Legends

* Call of Duty 4

* My post on Gaijinpot about "The Look"

Thing to do:

* Check out Chad's Stream Sometime

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This time I take a break from the content about having more fun in Japan and instead do a review of the year what was 2015 for the ALTInsider Podcast. The Hits, Misses, Most listened to episode countdown and much more. Thanks for making the first year a good one. 2016 here we come.

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Things Mentioned in This Episode:

* ALTInsider.com Year in Review 2014

* ALTInsider.com Year in Review 2015

* Englipedia Interview

* I'm a Vampire

* That time I went to a conbini

* I told you that bitch crazy

* YouTube Meet-Up

* #3 Most Listened to Episode- 10 Essential ALT Games

* #2 - The 75% Rule Revisited

* #1 - Englipedia Interview

* #1 Least Listened to Episode - My Japanese Driver's License Saga

* Audacity

* Samson C01U Microphone

* MP3 Skype Recorder

* Levelator

* iTunes

* Libsyn

* Canva

* iStock

* Buffer

Thing to do:

* Let me know your favorite episode of the year in the comments. First listen? Your answer is easy.

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This episode is the first of hopefully an epic series of interviews with people making money doing things outside of teaching in Japan. For episode #1 I talked with Tom who is the full-time editor of City-Cost.com, a website all about helping you with the financial side of things about living in Japan.

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Things Mentioned in This Episode:

* City-Cost.com

* City-Cost Facebook

* City-Cost Twitter Campaign

* Eikaiwa Horror Story

* Surfing in Japan

* Shonan, Chiba

* Learn Japanese

* Okinawa Surfing

* Kyodo News

* The City of Kyoto

* City**Cost.com

* 合コン

* Troll-Free

* Minna no Nihongo

* Do you need the JLPT?

Thing to do:

* Go visit City-Cost!

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This time on the podcast I go through an interesting Reddit thread about not-so-obvious things old ALTs have learned through the years and go into more details about my response to it, and also cover some interesting points others wrote as well.

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Things Mentioned in This Episode:

* The Reddit Thread discussed

* Weebo

* Email Me bulgarianwoebegone!

* Getting More of a Role in the Classroom

* Buying Elementary School Lesson Plans

* Batching your Planning (or any task really)

* Spinning Plates

* Bowling Game

* ALTInsider Fortune

* ASSISTANT Language Teacher

* Triforce of Fun

* Learning Japanese is Important son

* Stay out of the Teacher's Room!

* Englipedia is Awesome

* Caricature

Thing to do:

* What's something not-so-obvious that you've learned about the ALT game? Light up those comments!

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**If you found this page after hearing me on the episode tell you the link would be at podcast/35, you solved the me-giving-the-wrong-link-like-an-idiot-riddle! Congratulations!**

This time on Interview #5, I have a nice talk with Albo from TheJetCoaster.com. We talk all about his time as an ALT, his website, and the time a student of his tried to become a helicopter.

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Things Mentioned in This Episode:

* TheJetCoaster.com

* Dragon Ball-Z

* Gunma Prefecture

* Waterloo

* Fighting the Tape Recorder Role

* The Helicopter

* Tofugu

* Englipedia

* Albo's old blog - The Jet Experience

* Vlogger on the JetCoaster - Joseph

* Food Blogger on the JetCoaster - Mira

* Albo's Jet Interview Advice Article

* Yolo Attitude

* TheJetCoaster's Facebook

Thing to do:

* Go visit thejetcoaster.com! Tell them ALTInsider.com sent you!

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