The Musicks in Japan show

The Musicks in Japan

Summary: We're an American couple who has been living in Japan since 2007. Kisstopher (she/her) is a mental health therapist. Chad (he/him) is a writer. We talk about most everything in our lives, from being disabled / chronically ill to money to friends, and the role that Japan plays in them. Mostly, we want to entertain you, even though we sometimes talk about heavier topics.

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 Episode 144: Surprises about Japan vs the U.S. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:57

K  So lately, I’ve been thinking about things that surprised me about Japan and the United States. And I think most of them are like old traditions and either country, but just like, with the advancements of technology and everything, the world has changed a lot in the last 15 years. C  So they’re not […]

 Episode 143: Useful Items in Japan vs the US | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:54

K  So lately, I’ve been thinking about things that were super useful in the United States, but are completely useless and Japan. And this sort of came up because I’m getting ready to do a spring clean. And this time, I’m trying to get rid of things that we brought from the US that I […]

 Episode 142: Snow in Japan vs the U.S. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:57

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about American snow versus Japanse snow, and more specifically like California snow versus Nagoya snow versus Hokkaido snow and Asahikawa specifically in Hokkaido. Never been to – what’s the famous city for snow in Hokkaido? C  Sapporo. K  Yeah, we’ve never been to Sapporo. So, and then comparing and […]

 Episode 141: Surprises in the U.S. versus Japan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:39

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about seasonal surprises in C  Surprise. K  In the U.S. versus Japan because the holidays just passed like a few weeks ago, like one week ago. I don’t know the holiday seasons are different in Japan and the United States. So I’m on vacation from my day job anymore. […]

 Episode 140: Goal setting in Japan vs the U.S. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:43

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about goal setting in Japan versus goal setting in the United States, because we’re – it’s almost New Year’s Eve. C  I was wondering, I was like you’ve been talking about goal setting a lot. Why is she so obsessed with setting goals right now? K  I wasn’t the […]

 Episode 139: Adjusting Japanese Life to American Life | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:01

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about how I’ve created a Japanese version of my American life. C  So does that make your Japanese life or K  my American life? So the longer we live in Japan, the more American my life becomes, okay, the less Japanese my life becomes. But American in a Japanese […]

 Episode 138: enjoying the US vs enjoying Japan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:47:57

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about the things that I actually really enjoy about America. I feel like last week, I was like really hard on the US. But it hurt my heart: some things that happened that really hurt my heart. And when those types of things happen, I get really angry at […]

 Episode 137: Japan and the U.S. from the outside vs the inside | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:47:08

K  So lately, I’ve been thinking about something that’s kind of convoluted. I’ve been thinking about Japan and the United States from outside in. Because now I’m outside of the US and looking in. And before I was outside of Japan and looking in and some things that have changed. Some things are like really […]

 Episode 136: Handling business in Japan vs the U.S. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:51

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about honest things I say about Japan that are unique to Japan. And lies I say. C  You tell lies. K  Yeah, things that like I call it, blame it on Japan. And we’ve talked about it before how I use Japan as like sort of a get out […]

 Episode 135: Vacation Times in the U.S. vs Japan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:16

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about vacation time zones. And for me, so I used to be super American in my understanding of vacations. Like when I was a kid, I was taught that everybody celebrated American holidays like Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July. And when I started meeting people from other countries, […]

 Episode 134: Holiday food in the U.S. vs Japan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:05

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about holiday foods and realize that I don’t like any of them. Like I don’t like American holiday foods, and I don’t like Japanese holiday foods. So I’m going to talk about like, for me, I don’t know in Japan I feel like food is more regional and seasonal. […]

 Episode 133: Different lives in Japan vs the U.S. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:18

K  So lately, I’ve been thinking about how you might kind of live in two different Japan’s and experience two different Japan’s because the type of people we hang around, I guess, or Mel. And that got me thinking about like, the hobbies I’ve been exposed to in Japan, and the hobbies that you’ve been […]

 Episode 132: Halloween in the U.S. vs Japan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:42:40

K  So lately, I’ve been thinking about Halloween because it just passed. And I’ve been thinking about Halloween around the world. But most specifically, I’ve been thinking about hauling in America versus Nagoya versus Japan. I don’t really know about Halloween and the rest of Japan because I don’t really care about Halloween. So I […]

 Episode 131: Views On Children in Japan vs the U.S. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:37

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about the different reactions from our American friends and our Japanese friends when we tell them that Rasta is not getting married and not going to have any babies. We know we told y’all a long time ago. And – but we’re just not getting around to telling family […]

 Episode 130: Old job vs New in the U.S. and Japan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:47:46

K  So lately I’ve been thinking about how does my new job compare to my old job. And I also kind of imagine what it would be like to be doing my new job in the US versus doing it in Japan. And I’m super happy I’m doing it in Japan because most of the […]

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