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Naked old japanese men, Kaiten sushi, eating whale meat, moving to Japan from America, the JET program, electronics from Akihabara, bringing your laptop to Japan were just a few of the subjects Waka sensei, Sandra, Jim, Ben and myself talked about on this week's Fun Friday.
This episode was recorded back in June in our rent-a-car as we drove back from a spa in Chiba.
We've been running the Learn Japanese Podcast for a little over three years now so I thought it would be a good time to take stock and have a look at how we were doing. I had a look at the statistics for downloads for the podcasts and compiled a top 10 of the most popular podcasts. From that I was able to get a rough idea of what you people come here for. And it looks like it is cute Japanese girls and alcohol.
Check it out:
Top 10 Learn Japanese Podcasts by download
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This video is a little late in coming but here it is at last. In August last month I went down to Osaka with Waka sensei to hang out with Beb. We made this movie in front of Osaka castle as we had done two years ago. Time certainly flies !
Check out the other Osaka castle talk shows we did in July 2006 and
Enjoy.
A huge thank you to all of you who came out last Sunday to Yoyogi park and helped to record lesson #74. This wasn't our first outdoor recording but it did have the most people ever, you all know who you are. This week went back to basics with some easy and useful phrases: Ittekimasu, Itterasshai, Tadaima and Okaeri.
Enjoy!
it's a little belated but here is the video of the Learn Japanese Pod get together in Yoyogi on 21st July 2008. Thanks again to everyone who showed up. Yoroshiku!
It's been quite a while but Beb was back this week to record this week's podcast together with Waka sensei and myself. We hung outside Osaka castle and I asked Waka sensei and Beb to teach me some useful phrases for giving presents in Japan.
The idea to do this show came from a suggestion sent in by Kaya from Canada. So a bit shout out to you.
Hope you enjoy this week's episode.
This show is a cross between a Fun Friday and a regular lesson. Waka sensei, a secret guest and myself got together for a delicious sushi party with some beer the forgotten condiment. In this video Waka sensei teaches us the names of various kinds of Japanese food. DELICIOUS!
In today's lesson, Waka sensei teaches us a very useful phrase "Kamben shite". This is used for excusing yourself from things you don't want to do, something you might find yourself doing a lot in Japan.
We recorded today's podcast outside in the park so apologies for the noise in the background.
