January 15, 2024 • 27m
We meet Italian Francesco Panto, a psychiatrist in Saitama Prefecture who develops a therapy method that makes use of Japanese ani...Read more
January 29, 2024 • 27m
This time, we meet Togawa Aya, a naturalized Japanese born in China who runs a cafeteria in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, as well a...Read more
February 12, 2024 • 27m
This time, we follow three Ukrainians – a teenage boy and a female entrepreneur who both came to Japan thanks to martial arts, as ...Read more
February 19, 2024 • 27m
We revisit Ukrainian musicians Alek and Vadym in Nagasaki Prefecture as they create a music video to express their prayer for peac...Read more
March 18, 2024 • 27m
We meet Jan Markiewicz from Poland, who trains at a Tokyo sushi restaurant in preparation for the World Sushi Cup, as well as Taiw...Read more
April 8, 2024 • 27m
We meet Uganda-born Kalule Deogratius who teaches English at a middle school in Nagano Prefecture, and Vietnamese Nguyen Cong Quoc...Read more
April 22, 2024 • 27m
We meet Muhammad Nurul Elahi in Niigata Prefecture who grows lotus roots to fund an elementary school he opened in his native Bang...Read more
April 29, 2024 • 27m
We follow UK-born Suzanne Ross - a lacquerware artisan in Wajima - in her efforts to recover after this January's quake, and meet ...Read more
May 20, 2024 • 27m
We meet Ukrainian Ivanna Berezovska, a female sumo wrestler who trains at a university club in Fukuoka Prefecture, and Indonesian ...Read more
May 27, 2024 • 27m
On this episode, we meet American Jerry Martin, an author of children's books based in Saitama Prefecture, and Daniel Muivakitonyi...Read more
June 10, 2024 • 27m
We meet Ashley Souther from the US, who teaches a class on peace at a secondary school in Hiroshima Prefecture, as well as Sten va...Read more
June 24, 2024 • 27m
On this episode, we revisit Filipino dance instructor Eduardo Macarat in Yokohama who changed his career to support his family, an...Read more
July 1, 2024 • 27m
We meet South Korean Kang Dong Ju who runs his own carpentry business in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, and German Max Geiger, a part-...Read more
July 15, 2024 • 27m
We meet South Sudanese Abraham Guem, a 1,500-metres runner who trains in Japan in hope to qualify for the Paris Olympics, as well ...Read more
July 22, 2024 • 27m
We meet Richard Pearce, a British ecotourism guide who runs an NPO dedicated to Japanese giant salamander conservation in Tottori ...Read more
August 5, 2024 • 27m
We meet Indian Choudhury Rudra Charan Mohanty who organizes a festival in Aichi Prefecture to bring the Indian and Japanese commun...Read more
August 26, 2024 • 27m
This time, we accompany Finnish native Laura Kopilow on her journey to discover tasty parfaits all over Japan, and meet Chinese Wa...Read more
September 2, 2024 • 27m
We meet American Bianca Smith, a former pro baseball coach who now trains children and teens in Hokkaido Prefecture, and Francis G...Read more
September 30, 2024 • 27m
In Gunma Prefecture, we meet Pakistani Aziz Ahmed who helps children that have to interpret for foreign parents with limited skill...Read more
October 14, 2024 • 27m
We meet French illustrator Emilie Bouquet who runs an eco-friendly farm in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, and Brazilian Suellen Tani...Read more
October 28, 2024 • 27m
We revisit Pakistani Habib ur Rahman, a crafter of custom-made power wheelchairs in Kobayashi, Miyazaki Prefecture, and meet Edson...Read more
November 11, 2024 • 27m
In Tokyo, we meet Syrian Iskandar Salama who works to find job opportunities for his fellow Syrians in and out of Japan, then go o...Read more
November 18, 2024 • 27m
We meet Polish Izabela Ishikawa who works to find and return the remains of those who died during World War II in Okinawa, and Hon...Read more
December 2, 2024 • 27m
We meet Peruvian Estela Nakazaki and her daughter Namiko, both working in elderly care in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, and English...Read more
December 9, 2024 • 27m
We meet English-born Roland Gregory, a.k.a. Roly, who runs his own apple orchard in the Nagano countryside, and Gethmina Dinithika...Read more
December 30, 2024 • 27m
We revisit Aussie chef Benjamin Flatt and lacquerware artist Suzanne Ross from the UK in their efforts to preserve the culture of ...Read more