Everyday Japanese Podcast

335. Do You Unpack Right Away? My Post-Trip Routine | 旅行後のルーティン

I just got back from a three-day trip to a quiet mountain town in Japan, and this time I'm sharing my post-trip routine. Do you unpack the moment you walk through the doo

334.【会話】Honne & Tatemae Quiz: Japanese Phrases That Mean the Opposite | 本音と建前クイズ！

When someone says "考えます" (I'll think about it), how much thinking is actually happening? In this episode I put Tatsuya, an online Japanese teacher, through a quiz on 本音 (

333. What Is "Oyakoko"? Small Ways to Show Your Parents You Care | 親孝行について考えてみました

My mom just got a passport, and I'm the reason why. In this episode, I talk about Oyakoko (親孝行 — caring for and giving back to your parents) and its opposite, Oyafuko (

332.【会話】Generational Gaps at the Japanese Workplace | 職場での世代間ギャップと働き方の変化

Yusuke(もしもしゆうすけ）once saw a young employee walk in late — Starbucks cup in hand, smiling — and we ended up talking about what's really shifting in Japan's workplaces. Is t

331. Japanese YouTube Channels I Actually Watch | 私が見ているYoutubeについて

If you're learning Japanese, you've probably watched a lot of channels made for learners. But you might also wonder what Japanese people actually watch — I get asked this

330.【会話】How Do Japanese Couples Actually Manage Their Money? | 夫婦のお財布事情

It's not something people here talk about — so I asked. Tatsuya is back, this time to compare how married couples in Japan handle their finances: the old 小遣い制 kozukai-sei

329. Ningen Dock: Japan's Full-Body Health Checkup | 人間ドックを受けてきました

"Human dock." That's what 人間(にんげん）ドック literally says. So what do you think it actually means? Maybe some of you are thinking "human and dog." I went for one recently, an

328.【会話】The Negi Pile-Up: When "Free" Becomes a Gray Area | 無料トッピングどこまでOK? With もしもしゆうすけ

It started with a mountain of negi — green onions — piled onto a bowl of udon at a self-serve topping station. In this episode, Yusuke(もしもしゆうすけ） and I talk about where th

327. The Little Happy Moments We Never Talk About | ほっこり日和の紹介

We all have those little happy moments — too small to tell anyone about, but that quietly make your day. Lately I've been wanting to hold onto them, so I built a quiet we

326. Bureiko, Shirafu, and Nominication: How Japan Bonds Over Drinks | お酒とコーヒー、飲めなくなるならどっち！？日本語ポッドキャストリレー

If you could never drink alcohol or coffee again, which would you give up? For me the answer was easy — I don't drink — but the question led somewhere I didn't expect. Bo

325. Udon or Ramen? What Fukuoka Locals Actually Eat | うどん派？ラーメン派？

After spending two months in India, I landed in Japan craving one thing: a warm bowl of udon. I'm originally from Kagawa, known as Udon-ken (Udon Prefecture — where udon

324.【会話】Is AI Becoming Our New God? (Modern Faith, Part 2) | AIが神様になる？

In part 2 of this series, YUYU throws out a question that really got me thinking: is AI becoming our new god? We talk about how easy it is to lean on ChatGPT when we don'

323.【会話】Is 'Oshikatsu' Japan's New Religion? (Modern Faith, Part 1) | 信仰と推しの神格化

After a trip to India, I started wondering why Japanese people rarely talk about faith the way people in more religious countries do. In part 1 of this two-part series, Y

322. Umi no Hi: A Taste of Japanese Summer | 海の日

It's 海の日 -Umi no Hi (Marine Day) here in Japan, and I'm marking it with a taste of what a Japanese summer at the sea really feels like 🌊 I talk about 海開き- umi biraki (the

321.【会話】Do Japanese People Talk About Politics? (An Honest Conversation) | もしもしゆうすけさんと政治についての本音トーク

I recently came back from India, and I kept getting the same question from European travelers — "So what do you think of the new Takaichi administration?" And honestly? I

320.How Rainy Season Taught Me to Slow Down | 梅雨と雨の日の過ごし方

Have you ever wondered why 梅雨（つゆ）☔️Japan's rainy season — has the kanji for "plum" in it? I didn't either, until this year. In this episode: that mystery, plus how I'm

319.【会話】Sapporo Summer, According to Tatsuya (a Local) | 地元民のたつやさんに夏のおすすめを聞いてみました！

I'm joined by Tatsuya, a Sapporo local, to talk about what summer in the city is actually like. We get into biergarten (ビアガーデン — large-scale outdoor beer events that run

318. Life in Fukuoka: Honest Review | 福岡に住んでみた感想

I moved to Fukuoka and this is my honest review of life here so far. There's a lot to love, but there are also a few things that don't quite work for me yet. In this epis

317. Eight Reasons Fukuoka Won Me Over | 福岡に引っ越した理由

I moved from Osaka — but why Fukuoka? In this episode, I walk you through the 8 reasons I chose my new home. I didn't just pick a city. I thought carefully about the life

316. 【会話】Sweat or Sake: The Two Ways to Make Friends After 30 with YUYU | 大人になってからの友達って？

I came back from a yoga teacher training in India with a new friend and a simple theory: adults bond through sweat or sake. YUYU and I talk about why that is, what makes