January 17, 2022 • 27m
Join us as we visit Naganuma in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido where Australian Karl Diercke runs a pie shop. Among his crust...Read more
January 24, 2022 • 27m
On July 3rd 2021, massive mudslides caused by heavy rainfall swept through the town of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture, leaving devas...Read more
January 31, 2022 • 27m
This episode takes us to Shiga Prefecture, home of Lake Biwa, the largest lake in Japan. It's there that a few years ago Italian-b...Read more
February 7, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we visit Kamata in Tokyo, which is home to many small factories expert in machining parts for a variety of indust...Read more
February 14, 2022 • 27m
This time, we follow Dharma Lama, a mandala artist born and raised at a temple in his home country of Nepal who now runs a vegetab...Read more
February 28, 2022 • 27m
In Osaka City is a kitchen knife shop run by Canadian Bjorn Heiberg. Promoting the quality of Japanese knives and working with loc...Read more
March 21, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we meet 2 gray-bearded North Americans passionate about Japanese traditional arts. First, we head to Tokushima Pr...Read more
March 28, 2022 • 27m
This time, we visit Okinawa Prefecture to meet Ukraine-born Katarin Honma, whose soul was shaken by Russia's invasion of her homel...Read more
April 11, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we visit Nakanoshima Island off the coast of Shimane Prefecture to meet Myanmar-born Aung Moe Oo, who leads a fis...Read more
April 18, 2022 • 27m
We visit Ibaraki Prefecture where 2 Sri Lankan businessmen work to support their compatriots in need. At his welding factory, Cham...Read more
April 25, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we meet two Ukrainians supporting their compatriots in Japan, from before and after Russia began to invade their ...Read more
May 2, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we discover a lesser-known side of Tokyo with US-born magazine Editor Lucas Badtke-Berkow. After introducing the ...Read more
May 23, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we meet Canadian Josh Grisdale. A wheelchair user due to cerebral palsy, Josh works for a social welfare group in...Read more
May 30, 2022 • 27m
In 2020, Yamashita Alan, a Brazilian of Japanese descent and former Japanese champion of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, founded a cultural c...Read more
June 13, 2022 • 27m
This time, we meet Ukrainian Anna Kreshchenko, an entrepreneur in Kyoto who creates apps that provide support for health issues un...Read more
June 20, 2022 • 27m
For women, giving birth abroad can be a daunting prospect. Luckily, the Brazilian expectant mothers of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefe...Read more
June 27, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we visit Myanmar refugee Aung Myat Win who runs a restaurant in Osaka Prefecture that serves the authentic taste ...Read more
July 11, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we meet Yevhenii Petrenko and his wife Nagasawa Mie – two professional dancers for a famous ballet company in Ukr...Read more
July 18, 2022 • 27m
This time we head to mountainous Nagano Prefecture where 13-year-old Artem Tsymbaliuk fled from the war in his homeland of Ukraine...Read more
August 1, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we revisit Ghana-native Tony Justice, who runs a canteen for children from families in financial difficulties and...Read more
August 8, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we head to the forested mountains surrounding the village of Totsukawa in Nara Prefecture to meet French-born Jol...Read more
August 22, 2022 • 27m
This time, we visit Toyama Prefecture to meet US-born Jack Lee Randall, a weaver of tales for children using shadow puppets. With ...Read more
September 12, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we meet US-born Shelby Brown in the city of Nagai in Yamagata Prefecture. Shelby is passionate about kendama, a t...Read more
September 19, 2022 • 27m
The biwa is a Japanese string instrument with a long history, and the 130-year-old chikuzen biwa is a relatively more modern type ...Read more
September 26, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we go to Kitanakagusuku Village in Okinawa Prefecture to meet US-born Alex Hopson, who works at a restaurant that...Read more
October 10, 2022 • 27m
We visit Kochi City in Kochi Prefecture to meet US-native Owen Wade, a member of a local business owners' association. With the de...Read more
October 17, 2022 • 27m
This time, we visit Hiroshima Prefecture to meet Ukrainian-born Hiraishi Olena and her son, budding violinist Eishin. Since Russia...Read more
October 24, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we meet US-born Tim Jones in the town of Kuromatsunai in Hokkaido Prefecture. A veteran cattle farmer from Texas,...Read more
October 31, 2022 • 27m
This time, we meet American Thomas Kloepfer, a farmer living in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, where he revived abandoned farmlan...Read more
November 14, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we head to Mitoyo in Kagawa Prefecture to meet French-native Jerome Rupp who grows Shine Muscats, a variety of hi...Read more
November 28, 2022 • 27m
The aging of the population and labor shortages are some of the biggest issues Japanese agriculture is currently facing. On this e...Read more
December 12, 2022 • 27m
This time, we head to Wakayama Prefecture to take in the beauty of Japanese nature captured by German-born Dominik Schmitz, a prof...Read more
December 19, 2022 • 27m
On this episode, we venture into the woods of Seto in Aichi Prefecture to do some tree climbing with Canadian John Gathright. A pr...Read more
December 26, 2022 • 27m
We revisit the Ukrainian families who came to Nagano Prefecture in April 2022 to flee the war in their country. The kids are stude...Read more