Where You're From - British, Filipino, and Japanese History with Hitomi and Max!

Welcome to episode twenty-nine of our wonderfully awesome comedy and history podcast, Where You're From! Brought to you by husband and wife team, Max and Hitomi.

Max is British, Hitomi is a Japanese, Filipino, Chinese mixed bag. Each episode we give you historical stories about each others cultures. It fun, it's educational, and it's a whole lot of funny!

This weeks episode, You're favourite British boy Max is telling us all about Tokyo Year Zero. No, it has nothing to do with monsters and Godzilla. We're talking about the year the Second World War ended. Japan were the bad boys of Asia and Tokyo was a burnt out hellhole. People were starving and homeless, other people were making their millions with the help of the Americans. 

Find out all about Year Zero and on this weeks mighty fine episode!

Let's history!

***New episode every Tuesday***

Max became a sound engineer from episode 14, so much better audio quality starting from that episode. If you're new here and looking for a good episode to start on, episode 14 is a good place to start.

Don't forget to check out our Instagram page "wyfhistorypodcast" and feel free to message us with any and all feedback!

Welcome to episode twenty-eight of our wonderfully awesome comedy and history podcast, Where You're From! Brought to you by husband and wife team, Max and Hitomi.

Max is British, Hitomi is a Japanese, Filipino, Chinese mix. Each episode we give you historical stories about each others cultures. It fun, it's educational, and it's a whole lot of funny! 

This weeks episode, Hitomi is doing a Britain and Philippines crossover! Did you know the British Empire took a little detour in Asia to have a go at the Philippines? We're talking the Battle of Manila way back when. Why did India get involved and almost blow it for the Brits? 

Let's history!

***New episode every Tuesday***

Max became a sound engineer from episode 14, so much better audio quality starting from that episode. If you're new here and looking for a good episode to start on, episode 14 is a good place to start.

Don't forget to check out our Instagram page "wyfhistorypodcast" and feel free to message us with any and all feedback!

Welcome to episode twenty-seven of our wonderfully awesome comedy and history podcast, Where You're From! Brought to you by husband and wife team, Max and Hitomi.

Each episode, British born Max, and Filipino Japanese Hitomi, will talk about each others cultural history. It's a whole lot of interesting education and comedy, and hopefully only a pinch of domestic violence.

This weeks episode is a first. It's a solo episode with your favourite Brit, Max! Don't boo and run off!!! Hitomi is a busy busy lady teaching kids how to make finger puppets at a summer camp this week, so max is giving us a short little history nugget about the previous Tokyo Olympics. We'll be back to normal next week!!

Let's history!

***New episode every Friday***

Max became a sound engineer from episode 14, so much better audio quality starting from that episode. If you're new here and looking for a good episode to start on, episode 14 is a good place to start.

Don't forget to check out our Instagram page "wyfhistorypodcast" and feel free to message us with any and all feedback!

Welcome to episode twenty-six of our wonderfully awesome comedy and history podcast, Where You're From! Brought to you by husband and wife team, Max and Hitomi.

Each episode, British born Max, and Filipino Japanese Hitomi, will talk about each others cultural history. It's a whole lot of interesting education and comedy, and hopefully only a pinch of domestic violence.

This weeks episode features the ever silly Brit fool, Max. He's going to wrap up his two parter all about Japan's love affair with summer festivals. What is the difference between a festival in Tokyo and a festival in Osaka or Saporro? What is the significance of it all? Most importantly, which is Max and Hitomi's favourite summer festival?? Let Max tell you all about the history and culture of the Japanese natsu matsuri!!

It's a two parter folks as there's a lot to talk about! Go back and listen to part one if you missed it, sit back, grab a summer cocktail and relax!

Let's history!

***New episode every Friday***

Max became a sound engineer from episode 14, so much better audio quality starting from that episode. If you're new here and looking for a good episode to start on, episode 14 is a good place to start.

Don't forget to check out our Instagram page "wyfhistorypodcast" and feel free to message us with any and all feedback!

Welcome to episode twenty-five of our wonderfully awesome comedy and history podcast, Where You're From! Brought to you by husband and wife team, Max and Hitomi.

Each episode, British born Max, and Filipino Japanese Hitomi, will talk about each others cultural history. It's a whole lot of interesting education and comedy, and hopefully only a pinch of domestic violence.

This weeks episode features the ever silly Brit fool, Max. The weather is hot and sticky folks, the summer heat has hit Japan like a brick wall. How do people combat the drippy sweat sweat of summer in Japan? They go to summer festivals, drink, eat and be merry! It's also one of our favourite things to do, so let Max tell you all about the history and culture of the Japanese natsu matsuri.

It's a two parter folks as there's a lot to talk about! So sit back, grab a summer cocktail and relax!

Let's history!

***New episode every Friday***

Max became a sound engineer from episode 14, so much better audio quality starting from that episode. If you're new here and looking for a good episode to start on, episode 14 is a good place to start.

Don't forget to check out our Instagram page "wyfhistorypodcast" and feel free to message us with any and all feedback!

Welcome to episode twenty-four of our wonderfully awesome comedy and history podcast, Where You're From! Brought to you by husband and wife team, Max and Hitomi.

Each episode, British born Max, and Filipino Japanese Hitomi, will talk about each others cultural history. It's a whole lot of interesting education and comedy, and hopefully only a pinch of domestic violence.

This weeks episode features your favourite Japanese Filipina lady, Hitomi. She's going to tell us the story of London's 18th century love affair with gin. It was the British equivalent of the San Francisco gold rush. Except it involved a lot more gin and a lot more people pissing themselves. Who was responsible for introducing Gin to the Brits and why did it drive people crazy?? All the answers and more in this weeks episode!!

Pint of gin sir? YUCK!!

Let's history!

***New episode every Friday***

Max became a sound engineer from episode 14, so much better audio quality starting from that episode. If you're new here and looking for a good episode to start on, episode 14 is a good place to start.

Don't forget to check out our Instagram page "wyfhistorypodcast" and feel free to message us with any and all feedback!

Welcome to episode twenty-three of our wonderfully awesome comedy and history podcast, Where You're From! Brought to you by husband and wife team, Max and Hitomi.

Each episode, British born Max, and Filipino Japanese Hitomi, will talk about each others cultural history. It's a whole lot of interesting education and comedy, and hopefully only a pinch of domestic violence.

This weeks episode features the ever silly Brit tit, Max. He got inspired by our dog, who is actually a Japanese Shogun. We all knew he was special. Yes, this week we're talking about one of the least respected leaders in Japanese history who had a big love for young sweaty boys and puppies. Much like Hitomi. Who was this dude? What was he up too? Was he really a fool or did he positively contribute to Japanese culture? Find out in episode twenty-three folks!

Let's history!

***New episode every Tuesday or Friday***

Max became a sound engineer from episode 14, so much better audio quality starting from that episode. If you're new here and looking for a good episode to start on, episode 14 is a good place to start.

Don't forget to check out our Instagram page "wyfhistorypodcast" and feel free to message us with any and all feedback!

Welcome to episode twenty-two of our wonderfully awesome comedy and history podcast, Where You're From! Brought to you by husband and wife team, Max and Hitomi.

Each episode, British born Max, and Filipino Japanese Hitomi, will talk about each others cultural history. It's a whole lot of interesting education and comedy, and hopefully only a pinch of domestic violence.

This weeks episode features the ever lovable Japanese-Filipino-Chinese mixed lady, Hitomi! She is bringing us the second and final instalment of the great British samurai. A really cool story about the first western samurai warrior in Japan. No, not Tom Cruise. No, not the African dude featuring in a Netflix anime. We're talking about a Brit who got involved with the big bad Tokugawa man in Japan and showed them how it's done. How, when, and why did he end up in Japan?? Find out in episode twenty-two folks as the story of William Adams is wrapped up with a beautiful little bow!

Let's history!

We're super sorry about our irregular upload schedule over the past month. We recorded our first take at this episode last week but unfortunately the sound was unusable.  Our sound engineer, Tsunayoshi, tried his hardest to fix it but in the end we had to rerecord. We'll go back to a weekly episode starting..... NOW!

***New episode every Tuesday***

Max became a sound engineer from episode 14, so much better audio quality starting from that episode. If you're new here and looking for a good episode to start on, episode 14 is a good place to start.

Don't forget to check out our Instagram page "wyfpodcast" and feel free to message us with any and all feedback!

Welcome to episode twenty-one of our wonderfully awesome comedy and history podcast, Where You're From! Brought to you by husband and wife team, Max and Hitomi.

Each episode, British born Max, and Filipino Japanese Hitomi, will talk about each others cultural history. It's a whole lot of interesting education and comedy, and hopefully only a pinch of domestic violence.

This weeks episode features the ever lovable Japanese-Filipino-Chinese mixed lady, Hitomi! She has a really cool story to tell us about the first western samurai warrior in Japan. No, not Tom Cruise. No, not the African dude featuring in a Netflix anime. We're talking about a Brit who got involved with the big bad Tokugawa man in Japan and showed them how it's done. How, when, and why did he end up in Japan?? Find out in episode twenty-one folks!

Let's history!

***New episode every Friday!!***

Max became a sound engineer from episode 14, so much better audio quality starting from that episode.

Don't forget to check out our Instagram page "wyfpodcast" and feel free to message us with any and all feedback!

Welcome to episode twenty of our wonderfully awesome comedy and history podcast, Where You're From! Brought to you by husband and wife team, Max and Hitomi.

Each episode, British born Max, and Filipino Japanese Hitomi, will talk about each others cultural history. It's a whole lot of interesting education and comedy, and hopefully only a pinch of domestic violence.

This weeks episode features your favourite British fool, Max, who is gonna to tell us about the Philippines favourite First Lady, Imelda Marcos. She's a pretty infamous figure, so strap in for some lesser known stories about the Queen of dislike. You know of her husbands tyranny. Her shoe collection. How about her personal Jurassic Park? I thought not!

It's a whole lot of whacky Philippine history fun that is sure to make you think twice about visiting there.

Let's history!

***New episode every Friday!!***

Max became a sound engineer from episode 14, so much better audio quality starting from that episode.

Don't forget to check out our Instagram page "wyfpodcast" and feel free to message us with any and all feedback!