Here on the Japan Podshow we’ve been fortunate to interview some amazing people. People who are doing something different, pursuing their dreams, living by the rule that there is only ever today.

Due to the time constraints of Japan Podshow, sometimes we have to cut sections from the original interviews – but we thought that was a shame, and so have decided to make them available here too, along with further information on the people in question.

Files and profiles from the first series will be uploaded on an ongoing basis.

Ken Brady and Adam Johnson – Genkii.com (iPhone app developers)

Honor Dargen – Tokyotopia (Tokyo travel guide)

Shane Sakata – The Nihon Sun (Japan Travel)

Katsuyuki Hasegawa – The Hiragana Times (bilingual magazine)

Heather Russell – Rinkya.com (buy stuff from Japanese sites – in English!

Daniel Edwards (Tokyo-based musician)

Arudou Debito (Audio and video interview) – www.debito.org

Patrick Galbraith feautured on Episode 8 – telling us all about Otaku.

In episode 7, we spoke to Glenn, founder of WWOOF Japan – Willing Workers on Organic Farms.

Episode 9 saw us talking with Hikosaemon – well known Japan YouTuber. Saemon told us how it was that he came to be so good at Japanese.