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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This week, we’re missing Hakone terribly. Japan is experiencing record COVID cases, and we’re not going to be able to travel this year physically, so we thought we’d do so by revisiting our last vacation. We’re in Hakone, Japan, this week! We were planning to take the week off and run something we recorded recently, […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about what a typical job is – like, how Japan and the United States view typical jobs. And, like, I feel that the United States is – has a broader category of what typical jobs are than Japan does because I’m a therapist, and in the United States, if […]
K: So, first things first, I don’t know if y’all can tell, but we got out new mics up and functioning. Thank y’all so, so much. We value every single patron, and we love every single Musick Note. You guys are the best. But y’all put Chad to work today, boy. (laughs) C: Well, I […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about the difference of being agendered in the United States versus being agendered in Japan. And also (coughs) excuse me, also I’ve been thinking about the differences in the way people describe their identifiers and their adjectives. C: And we’re talking in English here in both cases or… K: […]
(Some talk of sex in this episode.) K: So, lately I have been thinking about dating apps. And… it crossed my mind that I didn’t do dating apps, but I did OkCupid online one night as a joke, and we talked about it once on one of the other casts, but you did online dating, […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about how the podcast – our podcast, this podcast, the Musicks in Japan – is nothing like I thought it was going to be. Like, when we first set out, at all. C: When we first set out, you were like “it’s going to be that movie Dark City […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about the hustle. C: Are you going to do it? K: (laughs) C: Are you going to do the hustle? K: I actually did the hustle when we went to see Tony and Tina’s wedding. Like, years and years ago. C: I remember that. K: It must be like […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about dentistry and comparing all aspects of dentistry in Japan to all aspects of dentistry in the United States. And… in case you all don’t know, I am a dentistry afficionado. Like, I have had dentistry in how many states in the United States – like three or four […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about divorcing Japan. Like, a hard, ugly, nasty… wicked divorce. C: Like, “I don’t want to see you no more.” K: Yes, like C: “And I’m taking the kids.” K: Yes. C: “And you’re keeping the dog that keeps shitting on the floor.” (laughter) K: I think most people […]
K: I’m starting this podcast off a little bit different than how we usual start off. I’m starting off with a trigger warning because I know a lot of people come to our podcast to just chill, relax, and have a good time. And we’re going to be talking about how to… deal with stress […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about the Japanese summer and how long it is. C: Too long. K: Right? Because, like – okay, you all know I’m dramatic about the Japanese summer, but you all don’t know how dramatic I am. Because, right now today, I am literally thinking about all the times people […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about creative endeavors and our various creative endeavors. And I’ll be honest… I’m thinking about how differently creative we are. How different our creative endeavors when you look at them more deeply, but, on the surface, they seem the same. And how much of a creative endeavor the podcast […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about functioning while the world is on fire. C: And you’ve been doing it. K: (laughs) C: So, you think, and then you do. K: And you’ve also been doing it. So, I just want to put out a content note that this episode we are going to be […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about how systems are rigged, and how differently but similarly Japan rigs systems compared to the United States. I feel like Japan is more blatant in how they’re rigging the system, and America likes to pretend that it’s not a rigged system at all. C: I feel like… that’s […]
K: So, lately I’ve been thinking about living authentically in America versus living authentically in Japan. Because, here’s the thing, I find that Japanese people don’t care, and expatriates… unless they’re American don’t care about, like, who I am, what I’m about, my history, none of that. So, I find that, in America, Americans really […]
