Josh in Japan

In episode #5 we discuss TRAINS, TRAINS, TRAINS…… How do you buy a ticket for a train in Japan? How do you figure out how much to pay? What is that dude doing to that girl in the school uniform?!?!?! You’ll find out with this episode!

As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, leave me a comment here on this post, or shoot me an email…… josh|at|joshinjapan|dot|com (spamalizer protection).

Also, if some of you Nihonjin’s out there find that I totally screwed something up (or Gaijin’s too for that matter), PLEASE email me and tell me so I can get the correct word out. Thanks, and happy listening!

mata-ne!

i’ve just started to notice how much you lovely people are eating up my bandwidth! in one respect, i love it! i never thought i would reach anywhere above 20 subscribers! on the other hand, i need to find a solution, and fast. i like my host immensely, but they offer little to no support when it comes to giving a break for extra bandwidth…… $7 for 5GB extra. and that’s only on a month to month need, not total.

i need a little more than what I got going now, and a whole 5 gig will not cover me. i hate to say it, but i might have to switch to libsyn……….

more to come later, mata-ne…..

In episode #4, I discuss how to get a drivers license, the different vehicles, types of drivers you may experience, and the different types of roads that we have here. I have searched far and wide, and found some of what I promised you in the podcast…….

Here are the Road Signs that I promised you. I know the text is a bit small, but this is what I had to learn from!

Here are the pictures of the fairy vans that I promised you as well…..

And the last thing was a set of pictures of the decals for old, new, and disabled drivers. Unfortunately, I was only able to come up with this picture of a wakaba decal for the new drivers ……. if someone finds the other two, please let me know….. (i killed myself googling for these last night with no help from the wife!)

edit: Kazu-San who is from Yokohama sent me an email linking to the decals for the shoshinsha (new driver), koulesha (old driver), and shinshosha (handicapped driver) that I had discussed earlier….. thanks Kazu-San!

As always, please email me at josh@joshinjapan.com with any comments or suggestions for the show……..

until next time, mata-ne!

if you are new to podcasting, or just don’t know about Podcast Alley, I would suggest you check it out…..

the only problem is, it is down right now (as it has been for the last 3 days for a good 12 hours!!!!!

so, when it does come back up, check it out, and don’t forget to vote for the Josh in Japan podcast…..

i’ll make sure to have a one click vote button up once they get their damn site back up!!!!

well, sorry for the delay, I had a busy shift filled weekend so my sunday deadline just wasn’t going to be kept. here in episode #3, we talk about lodging. hotels, houses, and everything in between. as always, if you have any comments, concerns, or questions, please feel free to email me at josh@joshinjapan.com.

as for the quality, I think i’m improving steadily, but please be gentle since I had to redo this show 3 friggin times! the first was OE, the second was OE and the third was also due to, you guessed it, OE! so, anywhoo, drop me a line, and until next time, mata-ne!

so after passing a couple comments apple’s way, my podcast was posted in the itunes music store today. I placed buttons pretty much everywhere for the Josh In Japan podcast iTunes music store page. The button art and code courtesy of Craig from behind the scenes

i thought i’d just mention that i am still not up on the itunes music store. those f’n capitalist bastards!!!

no podcast today. actually i don’t think i will have one out until either late sunday night or sometime on monday! i have a 12 hour shift on both fri and sat, and a 24 for all day sunday. who says being in a leadership position doesn’t have it’s benefits??? [/sarcasm].

so the numbers haven’t been too bad for only having two episodes out. i peaked at 27 one day. i’m now leveled off at around 14-18 people pinging me a day. not to shabby for a show with downright shitty sound quality.

it’s 10pm and i should go to sleep cause the plan was to wake up at 0430 to run…… no running tomorrow! w00t!!!

today we went out to Sanrio Puroland. i’m not sure why it’s called puroland (possible f’d up translation that i’m missing), but it’s an amusement park in tokyo that is run by the good folks at the sanrio corp., the fine makers of HELLO KITTY. yes, i gave in all for my sweet little demon girl! she’s just too cute to say no to. actually she didn’t ask, i said “let’s take a trip somewhere for the kid”, and the wife said “ok”. one of her friends took their kid to sesame street place, and i felt jealous that we haven’t taken our kid anywhere in a while so i divulged. i must be a terrible father since i only give in to make my kid happy out of pure jealousy!!! anyways, enroute she (the baby) fell asleep so we decided to go check out Tama Hills rec center. i’ve been in Japan for 4.5 years now and always wanted to check it out. being as it was an old munitions base for the imperial japanese military, i was all for driving around the base looking at old hollowed out bunkers and bomb making factories. i had a blast, and the wife was terrified. “there’s ghosts, i just know there’s ghosts”. hehehe

so we finally left tama hills and went back to puroland only to discover that it was closed today for maintenance. what type of f’n theme park closes on a thursday????? anyways, we headed back to the in-law’s house, got a haircut on the way back there, ate ramen for dinner (damn good btw), and i headed home on the train so the wifey could rest without having to worry about laundry for another day. my day in a nutshell. i think i will try to post more as i do more japanesy (new word) stuff. so, until next time, mata-ne…….

I first want to thank all of you who have downloaded my first show and have kept your subscription up! Next up on the chopping block for your listening pleasure is Episode #2 which covers some bad and possibly weird food that you may come across while in Japan. As always, please do not hesitate to forward me your comments, suggestions or questions to Josh@JoshInJapan.com. I will be more than happy to answer whatever questions you may have on the next episode.

Well, until next time, mata-ne!

Well folks, here it is! It took many many months of preparation…… no it actually took about a day to do. I just had to get all my ducks in a row and finish everything that was on my list before I could start.

Well, in Episode #1 we talk about GOOD FOOD here in Japan. I just spoke about the food I like because this is MY PODCAST not yours. Get your own if you don’t like it! Give it a listen and please tell me what you think. (there WILL be music and other sounds than my voice for the next episode. I promise!!!) All comments are welcomed and requested!!! Well, until next time, mata-ne!