Summary: (http://pokya.jp/japanpodshow/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/episode005-300x300.png)Episode 5 of Japan Podshow (http://www.japanpodshow.com) is the most musical to date, as George and Joseph invite you in to their Karaoke booth in central Tokyo. Listen to the show here (http://pokya.jp/japanpodshow/media/series01/JapanPodshow_Episode5_Killer-Karaoke.mp3) Download it direct here (http://tr.im/nK8i), Subscribe and listen in iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=310413183) or Listen via our RSS feed (http://feeds2.feedburner.com/JapanPodshow) Karaoke does of course play a vital part in keeping Japanese society moving, providing an opportunity for stressed out salarymen and swine-flu infected school children to relax and express themselves. Entrepreneur interview: Heather Russell of Rinkya.com (http://pokya.jp/japanpodshow/media/series01/shownotes/rinkya.png)Episode 5 also features an interview with Heather Russell, founder and president of http://www.rinkya.com (http://jp.rinkya.com/) - the fantastic Japan Auction & Online Shopping Service! Heather is a truly inspirational entrepreneur, and over the past 8 years has built www.rinkya.com (http://jp.rinkya.com/) up to be one of the most popular sites for people wanting to buy things from Japanese sites. Competition time! We're GIVING AWAY $100 of Rinkya commision! Listen in to find out how you can win - entering is easy! Just listen to the show for the question - and you'll find the answer on Rinkya.com (http://Rinkya.com) - you might want to check out their blog (http://rinkya.blogspot.com/) too! (See the Rinkya Page (http://pokya.jp/japanpodshow/guests/heather-russell-rinkya/) in our Guests section) Next on the show we introduce the kansai-based Nandeyonen podcast, available from http://nandeyanenyo.podbean.com/ (http://nandeyanenyo.podbean.com/). (http://pokya.jp/japanpodshow/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/_doctor-foster_prof-wild554-300x225.jpg) Meet Dr. Foster and Professor Wild! The doctor and the professor are new contributors to Japan Podshow, and will be appearing on a regular basis. In addition to Japan Podshow, you'll also be able to catch them on Tokyo's Metropolis Magazine podcast, the Metpod http://www.metpod.com (http://www.metpod.com). The professor gives his reaction to some of the stories featured in Metropolis Magazine (http://metropolis.co.jp/)'s Small Print section (http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyo/recent/smallprint.asp). We then announce the winners of the episode 4 (http://pokya.jp/japanpodshow/2009/05/kanda-festival/)competition to win vouchers on Edufire - the online video learning platform (http://www.edufire.com). Congratulations to the winners who correctly identified the secret voice as saying 'Zenmaisamurai' and then a few days after release just 'Samurai': Perminder Suman, Sylvain vedrenne, Alexandre Coutu, Jeff Smith and Miako Kuran! Check out Edufire today - there's lessons available 24 hours a day, it's easy to use, and there's hundreds of subjects to choose from. If you want to learn Japanese, we recommend Rainbowhill (http://edufire.com/rainbowhill/) (aka Brett Fyfield (http://rainbowhill.blogspot.com/)), the incredibly popular instructor who featured on Japan Podshow episode 4 (http://pokya.jp/japanpodshow/2009/05/kanda-festival/). Listener's feedback This week, that includes @TokyoDan (http://twitter.com/TokyoDan) @ShaneSakata (http://twitter.com/ShaneSakata) @Tokyotopia (http://twitter.com/Tokyotopia) @socialpreneur (http://twitter.com/socialpreneur) @kelly62 (http://twitter.com/kelly62) @deizu (http://twitter.com/deizu) @papadimitriou (http://twitter.com/papadimitriou) @michaelqtodd (http://twitter.com/michaelqtodd) Thanks also to messages from BusanKevin (http://www.youtube.com/user/BusanKevin) and Vinai Norasakkunkit. ...and a very special thank you to Craig and Linda Martin of the Indie Travel Podcast (http://indietravelpodcast.com/),
