BrentInJapan Podcast 0006 Living the good life with Mike

BrentInJapan Podcast 0006 Living the good life with Mike

🎸 Today’s guest: Mike is a wedding minister, actor, model, musician, singer, performer, and all around damn nice guy!! We’ve known each other for years and we were even flat mates so I know what he eats for breakfast!! (Avocado toast and coffee, although nobody asked or cares! LOL) We’ve played music together since we met and STILL play in a pop/rock group here in Kobe/Osaka called Flashback.

🎸 Topics covered – FEEL FREE TO JUMP AROUND!!
00:00 7/11
01:00 Introduction
5:13 International marriages
12:46 Easy to be a model in Japan
16:47 “Reverse” discrimination
20:24 Why stay in Japan?
24:20 Japan needs foreigners
28:57 Live in Japan and NOT eat Japanese food?
30:33 Food: Why do we forget to eat Japanese?
34:48 Can you tip in Japan?
35:44 Golfing in Japan
36:35 Hawaii is close. Why not go?
39:06 Why so many Japanese in Brazil?
41:47 Bad points about Japan
45:09 Making friends
1:00:58 Dating
1:10:18 I’ll have a cow piss
1:11:58 Comfort with bathroom habits nakedness

🎸 Places and things mentioned in the video:

Heart of Gold (cover) by Brent & Mike

🎸 Caveat:
We are just two people talking about our experiences. It does not describe everyone’s experiences in Japan.
My iPhone camera was focus breathing again. Sorry. I’ll switch to manual focus next time.