Episode 10: Onsen Experience
In Episode 10 of Japan Podshow – the Onsen Experience – George and Joseph are getting all naked and bringing you tales from the onsen – the Japanese hot spring.
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Onsen experience
Joseph, George and Honor
Joseph and George share a few stories from the bath, and Honor Dargan of www.tokyotopia.com is also on hand to tell us about Tokyo’s no.1 onsen / spa – LaQua Spa – and to explain why the earth moves when you go there.
Interview: Kat McDowell
This week’s interview is with Kat McDowell (http://www.katmusic.jp) Kat is a professional singer song writer who has just released her first full album here in Japan. Her story is an inspiring one – find out what she did in order to reach the stage she’s now reached, and what advice she has for other aspiring singers. The agency Kat mentioned was Dag Music.
Kat’s official music site: www.katmusic.jp
Kat’s MySpace page
Kat’s YouTube channel
Kat’s new album on CD Japan
Video: Singing with grandma
Kat on Twitter
Kat also provides live music for the show, with two songs from her new album Echoes over the Ocean.
Competition time
George and Joseph announce the lucky winner of the Cirque du Soleil Zed Theatre Tokyo ticket giveaway – and winners of our Japanese goody bag competition.
This week, you can win a copy of Kat McDowell’s new album!
Listener’s feedback
We have some very special feedback this week, with a phone message from not-from-illinois Mark …and a surprise for George from Australia!
All this and more in Episode 10
…and remember, the show isn’t over until the cockeral crows!
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Greetings from sunny California, USA. I love your pod show!!! just fyi….I may be the only one in California who religiously listens…but yes you rock
Thanks for the feedback, glad you like the show! …and great to hear we’ve made it over there too! Now if you can just get all the other US states to listen that would be fantastic
Joseph and George