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The Metro Classic Japanese Podcast
Kyota Ko
Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 41
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Ghibli’s Spirited Away: Cultural walkthrough Part III
Season 1 · Episode 3
samedi 23 octobre 2021 • Duration 08:28
In this third part of this Spirited Away cultural walkthrough series, show host Kyota clarifies the mystery of Chihiro's sudden maturing and the trick Miyazaki plays in the scene where Chihiro signs an employment contract.
Ghibli’s Spirited Away: Cultural walkthrough Part II
Season 1 · Episode 2
lundi 27 septembre 2021 • Duration 06:10
In this second part of the Spirited Away cultural walkthrough series, show host Kyota clarifies who all the absurd-looking monsters are and the peculiar nature of the world Chihiro wanders into.
The Japanese train experience of today and yesteryear
Episode 31
vendredi 5 février 2021 • Duration 12:36
Trains are not just a transportation means or infrastructure in Japan, but a cultural experience. If your next trip is to a Japanese city such as Tokyo or Osaka, prep for it with this podcast to enrich your Japanese train experience.
Check out The Metro-classic Japanese Blog and Instagram for more fun content on Japanese culture.
Great Tokyo weekend hangouts: Nihonbashi
Episode 30
samedi 23 janvier 2021 • Duration 16:03
Nihonbashi is a must-go location for second-timers to Tokyo looking to experience a modern yet cultural Japan. As a Tokyo local, show host Kyota Ko introduces his reasons for having made Nihonbashi one of his favorite weekend hangout place.
Check out The Metro-classic Japanese Blog and Instagram for more fun content on Japanese culture.
Is Japan a stressful place to live? Yes, until you figure it out.
Episode 29
dimanche 10 janvier 2021 • Duration 19:50
You hear it on the Internet. Japan is a paradise on Earth when you visit there as a tourist, but not so much when you try to live there. Many Japanese people will agree to that, as Japanese society can suffocate you with loads of rules and social guidelines. But that's not the whole story. Japan is in fact a paradise on Earth for those, Japanese or not, who have figured out the real nature of its culture.
Show host Kyota Ko explains what makes Japan hell and paradise for different people.
Check out The Metro-classic Japanese Blog and Instagram for more fun content on Japanese culture.
Hilarious! Early modern Japanese porno-artistic paintings “Shunga”
Episode 28
dimanche 13 décembre 2020 • Duration 15:19
"Japanese culture, once upon a time, encouraged and celebrated sex openly. Now we do so secretly."
Shungas are windows to the sexually liberal lives of 17th to 19th century Japanese people, and a vital hint to solving the mysterious gap between the clean, polite and disciplined image of Japan and the fact that the keywords "Japanese" and "Hentai" became No. 1 and 2 (respectively) search words on Pornhub in 2019.
Show host Kyota Ko presents to you a hilarious explanation of Japanese people's little historical secrets.
Check out The Metro-classic Japanese Blog and Instagram for more fun content on Japanese culture.
When & how did samurais disappear from Japan?
Episode 27
samedi 28 novembre 2020 • Duration 18:16
Samurais used to rule Japan for over 9 centuries, but they are nowhere to be found anymore. Where did they go?
Show host Kyota Ko explains how samurais disappeared from the face of Japan.
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Japanese horror stories that will break your positive Halloween spirit
Episode 27
samedi 31 octobre 2020 • Duration 13:59
Japan has a treasury of horror stories that will traumatize you and ruin your day, whether it be old folklore or modern urban myths.
Show host Kyota Ko brings you one of each, to contribute some scare to your Halloween experience.
Check out The Metro-classic Japanese Blog and Instagram for more fun content on Japanese culture.
Spilling the tea of Japanese tea ceremony
Episode 25
lundi 12 octobre 2020 • Duration 22:53
What's the point of Japanese tea ceremony? Show host Kyota Ko explains in layman terms its enlightening goal, its link with Zen, its intriguing gimmicks, and why you should make it your next new hobby.
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Tsunayoshi: 17th century Japanese ruler with the ethics of the future
Episode 24
mercredi 16 septembre 2020 • Duration 16:43
TOKUGAWA Tsunayoshi was an iconic ruler of Japan during the age of the samurais. Nicknamed Dog King, he is remembered as a maker of laws that beheaded people for killing or straying puppies, and was criticized for devaluing human lives.
But recent studies have reevaluated Tsunayoshi's policies as perhaps a major contributor to developing Japanese people's ethical values now.
Show host Kyota Ko narrates a story for all canine- and humanity-lovers.
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