BrentInJapan Podcast 0003 Sightseeing, Etiquette, J-Women Myth and “The Bomb” with Mark

BrentInJapan Podcast 0003 Sightseeing, Etiquette, J-Women Myth and “The Bomb” with Mark

🇯🇵About the podcast:
I’ve been living in Japan a long time. I have a lot of interesting friends who live in Japan or have visited often so I thought we’d get together, turn on a camera and have fun talking about our experiences and perspectives on Japan – among other things. Almost no editing. Enjoy!

🇯🇵Today’s guest:
Mark is one of my oldest friends in Japan, and in the world, actually. He has a long history in Japan and has always had long relationships with people from here and abroad, from all different walks of life and of all ages. So, he does well for a guy with a mental age of 13!! LOL I kid! I kid, because I love. We don’t shy away from dark topics on this podcast, which I love. And we always have SOOO much more to talk about that I will definitely have him back if he’s up for it because he has a lot of well thought out opinions about life here, and as you’ll see, he has a lot of detailed, in-depth information about various topics.

🇯🇵Topics covered:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Culture shock I had when I first came to Japan
06:58 The huge difference between how Mark and I came to Japan
20:12 Reasons to love Japan
23:00 The amazing service industry in Japan vs. abroad
28:42 Reading Japanese
30:46 Speaking Japanese
31:53 Reasons to love Japan, continued
33:40 Go to food for tourists: Sushi
40:45 Go to food for tourists: other
47:09 Must-see: Hiroshima Peace Museum
52:36 How Japan hides their ugly history
59:11 More nuclear bomb. This guy and the nuclear bomb – it never ends!!
1:02:43 Back to MANY sightseeing recommendations (with nuclear bomb commentary!)
1:15:23 Dining at Japanese homes
1:17:47 Japanese Etiquette
1:26:35 Do Japanese girls jump all over foreign guys?
1:35:44 Learning and speaking Japanese
1:41:16 Embarrassing and deadly moments in Japan

🇯🇵Places mentioned in the video:

Juju Teppanyaki – we HIGHLY recommend ithttps://steakjuju.owst.jp/(Website is only Japanese – sorry, but you could call for reservations).

Rikimaru Robata-yaki

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Torikizoku
Yaki-tori (grilled chicken) chain restaurant you can find near any city station in Japan that is CHEAP and delicious. Super popular with Japanese. I’m planning on doing a video on it. Eiheiji Buddhist Monastery in Fukui Prefecturehttps://daihonzan-eiheiji.com/en/

🇯🇵Caveat:
We are just two guys talking about Japan. Whatever we say is based on our experiences, opinions or even just our mood or sense of humor at the time.