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Why Come Japan

Why Come Japan is a show hosted by Japan content creator Radrey where he interviews creatives about their content and how it relates to Japan

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I need your help! | Why Come Japan Update #13 from 2021-06-30T03:06:51

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So things have been slow this year for 2021. Well, I talk about it.

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Foreign Wounds Don't Heal in Places like Japan?John Gerard Fagan?Why Come Japan #85 from 2021-06-23T14:56:26

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In this episode, I talk to a novelist who wrote a very different kind of memoir about hi...

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Tokyo Game Show model becomes virtual YouTuber | Ayano Irizuki | Why Come Japan #85 from 2021-06-03T08:59:03

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Tokyo Game Show model becomes virtual YouTuber | Ayano Irizuki | Why Come Japan #84 from 2021-06-03T08:59:03

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Your Tour Guide Drinking Buddy in Japan? OkawariTV Alex?Why Come Japan #84 from 2021-02-05T10:06:46

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Twitch streamer and tour guide OkawariTV Alex joins the show to talk about how he got a...

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Your Tour Guide Drinking Buddy in Japan? OkawariTV Alex?Why Come Japan #83 from 2021-02-05T09:06:46

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Did King of Kanto hurt this podcast? (Feat. The Red Value) | Why Come Japan Update #12 from 2021-01-27T06:21:41

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What's Possibly Going to Happen in 2021 ? Why Come Japan Update #11 from 2021-01-17T08:13:04

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Happy New Year From Why Come Japan. The first episode of the new year talks about the p...

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Critiquing Those Cringey Creators | Jay & Nick from King of Kanto | Why Come Japan #82 from 2020-11-21T13:30:23

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Becoming a Monk Wasn't Fun | Tokini Andy | Why Come Japan #81 from 2020-11-14T13:52:52

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Tokini Andy joins the show to talk how teaching Japanese lessons from the Genki textboo...

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Picking Up Chicks with NanpaLIVE?nanpaLIVE?Why Come Japan #80 from 2020-11-07T04:35:37

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NanpaLIVE joins the show to about Twitch streaming, many popular Twitch streamers, getti...

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The Feet Episode | Jaded in Japan w/ Sunny & Syd | Why Come Japan #79 from 2020-10-30T07:00:23

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The playful ladies of Jaded in Japan podcast join the show to talk about their origin s...

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Exploring 4chan's Dark Japanese Roots, a Pure Invention | Matt Alt | Why Come Japan #78 from 2020-10-17T02:55:43

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Matt Alt joins the show to talk about his latest book Pure Invention where we discuss ...

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Learning the TomokoDesu Brand | TomokoDesu | Why Come Japan #77 from 2020-10-09T09:10

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Being Paid by One of My Followers to Lose Weight | JMclassicparagon | Why Come Japan Update #10 from 2020-10-01T07:36:30

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My viewer/moderator on Twitch joins the show to talk conditions about he will pay me to ...

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I'm 25% Japanese and I Don't Care | Why Come Japan Update #9 from 2020-09-23T14:14:21

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A CEO Joins the Show to Talk Big Data & Covid19 Numbers | Phil Smy | Why Come Japan #76 from 2020-09-10T10:15:30

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Phil Smy, CEO of two internet-based companies, Zonmaster.com and lotterycanada.com, joi...

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Popular Japanese YouTuber Agrees to 30 Minute Date | Omatsu Wasuke | Why Come Japan #75 from 2020-08-20T17:44:54

So Omatsu Wasuke and I talk about how he arranged his date with Tenka "Tenchimu" Hashimoto, the Japanese YouTubers that arranged the date for him, stalker laws in Japan, how I used to simp hard for...

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Clickbait isn’t even Clickbait Anymore? Julian Domanski ? Why Come Japan #74 from 2020-07-31T20:06:13

Julian Domanski from both Kantan Japan and Ryu Tokyo joins the show to inform us that he is one of the few foreigners in Japan who does NOT work an English teaching day job. We also talk about his ...

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Podcasts on Japan that I like | Top 5 Japan Podcasts | Why Come Japan Update #8 from 2020-07-15T17:18:14

If I forgot to mention your Japan-related podcast, be sure to leave a nasty comment somewhere for me to see. Thanks!
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Creators should stay within their niche?The Red Value? Why Come Japan #73 from 2020-06-19T08:02:02

New to the J-vlogging scene, The Red Value, talks about how to be a successful creator today on YouTube albeit a bit depressing of a mathematical process. We also talk about his time on Tiktok and ...

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Writing pron?Rayme Michaels?Why Come Japan #72 from 2020-06-10T05:58

3rd time guest Rayme joins the show again to talk about his new book Spirals of Orange And Black, how he got his books published, how I think some of the stories he writes are pron, and so much mor...

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Selling Your Voice for ¥¥¥ | Kevin Crocker | Why Come Japan #71 from 2020-06-05T04:52:44

I cut this episode up a lot differently to see if it gets people to listen past the first minute. Tell me what you think!

Kevin and I talk about the lucrative voice-over work that he used...

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Ex-Mormon turned Host | Book of Host Jon | Why Come Japan #70 from 2020-05-28T16:57:17

Jon or J Rudd joins the show this time and we talk about being Mormon, what broke the both of us from giving up the faith, how he transitioned from being a Mormon to a host despite knowing the slea...

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The School That Scott Built | Unrested | Why Come Japan #69 from 2020-05-19T15:49:06

After a three year hiatus from YouTube, J-vlogger Unrested comes to the show to tell us his Why Come Japan origin story, how he put together his own successfully running English school in Osaka, ho...

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Come as a Metal head. Stay for the J-vlogging | Apokalypse34 | Why Come Japan #68 from 2020-05-12T11:45:44

Long time heavy metal musician and Japanophile YouTube user Apokalypse34 Mike joins the show today to talk about the metal scene in Japan, how he got associated with the ex-pat YouTube community in...

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30 years of acting for only 7 seconds of fame | Daniel Reton & wife Natali | Why Come Japan #67 from 2020-05-05T11:53:45

This episode was recorded on May 2nd 2020

In what has to be my most hornt episode, we get to meet the man with the
horrible Japanese language abilities upset that he couldn't sit down...

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He gave up everything to be a twitch streamer | Japandy Jones | Why Come Japan #66 from 2020-04-23T11:21:03

Japandy Jones returns to the show to talk about the risks involved he's taken to be a twitch streamer and how that's led him to renting a Japanese man, getting the cops called on him, learning how ...

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Hikosaemon explains lockdowns in Japan (feat. Hikosaemon who else?) | Why Come Japan Update #7 from 2020-04-19T04:20:18

This episode was recorded first on April 6th, 2020
The intro and outro were recorded on April 14th, 2020

As explained in the intro of this episode there were some problems with the liv...

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Lockdown is Coming? | Podcasting during Covid19 | Why Come Japan Update #6 from 2020-04-02T02:48:32

This episode was recorded on March 31, 2020

In this one, I talk about my experience during covid19 in Japan as an American ex-pat.

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Tkyosam returns to the show! | Tkyosam | Why Come Japan #65 from 2020-03-28T06:40:51

This episode was recorded on Twitch.tv on March 21, 2020

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How to get a girlfriend in the Japans | Feat. Kiki | Why Come Japan Update #5 from 2020-03-14T16:23:06

This episode was recorded on March 14, 2020 a.k.a. White Day

Everything you really need to know on how to date the wimmiz in Japan. This includes the following:
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The funniest poet alive | Chris Maday | Why Come Japan #64 from 2020-03-11T07:08:01

Poet Chris Maday joins the show all the way from Portland Oregon to join my nightmare circus (that reference will be funny after you listen), while I regretfully and inadvertently patronize him ont...

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I want to make movies in Japan again | Why Come Japan Update #4 from 2020-03-06T15:54:26

In this one, I talk about my own experience of what it is like to make movies in Japan. I also talk about the Blkunk and Abroad in Japan interviews I did a couple of weeks ago and how they helped m...

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MMA fighter turned Twitch streamer in Japan | Brandon Victor Holz | Why Come Japan #63 from 2020-02-27T16:41:53

Brandon talks about everything you ever wanted to know about mixed martial arts (MMA) in Japan, how he was once a bouncer, life as a Twitch streamer, and so much more.

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My CRAZIEST interview so far | BlkUnk a.k.a. Lennox | Why Come Japan #62 from 2020-02-20T08:17:14

Note: There were some audio problems at the beginning of this episode, which is why Lennox is asking me about the "previous intro" in the beginning.

To start with, Blkunk interviews me, ta...

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How Chris Broad makes an Abroad in Japan video | Abroad in Japan | Why Come Japan #61 from 2020-02-12T10:24:29

In this episode, one of the biggest YouTubers known for his foreigner-in-Japan content with over a million subscribers strong comes to the show. We talk about his recent live stream at the Sapporo ...

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Corona Virus In Japan. Should You Be Worried? (feat. TheAndySan) from 2020-02-05T02:35:31

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In this one, we talk about the Coronavirus, What kind of mask you should wear, the new Dune movie, having Chris Broa...

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How Asagi streams for fun and profit | Asagi's Life | Why Come Japan #60 from 2019-12-19T08:21:27

In this one, I use my podcasting brand name as a public phone call to Asagi. Asagi being the Japanese YouTuber who I met a while ago with friend of the show Ericsurf6. We talk about pay phones, bei...

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How can one make money online? | Why Come Japan update #3 from 2019-12-10T14:54:57

Time to do some housekeeping! I guess what that means is to reflect on the Why Come Japan show over the past year of 2019. I talk about making money online, what happened to my other podcasts I was...

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Gaijin made content with an edge | MayDaySan | Why Come Japan #59 from 2019-12-02T00:00:13

New to the YouTube foreigner-in-Japan game, Maydaysan is a refreshing new face with an edge to his content. We talk about his origin story, why he has over 3 YouTube channels, the existential crisi...

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Japan Journalism 101 | Patrick St. Michel | Why Come Japan #58 from 2019-11-26T05:56:28

In this episode, I talk to the first journalist to be interviewed on Why Come Japan. Patrick gives me Journalism 101 advice about how to pitch and write articles, how he's written about Pen Pineap...

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How to get a University English teaching job | ChillinKansai | Why Come Japan #57 from 2019-11-19T10:56

Welcome to the first WCJ episode brought to you by StreamYard, a pretty good service despite a somewhat ugly duck logo that we talk about. Scott (ChillinKansai) and I talk about his university job...

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Cute Skeleton Instagram Art Commissions Open! | Popodoodle | Why Come Japan #56 from 2019-11-19T10:37:32

In this videoless episode, I interview an illustrator who I met off Instagram. We talk about Popodoodle used paid advertising on Insta to gain a following, his skeleton art, his love for Dragon Bal...

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Marc Cavazos, the man who beat the 99% Conviction Rate | Why Come Japan #56 from 2019-11-19T10:21:51

In a very different kind of episode, we get to learn how simple it was for Marc Cavazos to be arrested in Japan and what the process looked like. We also talk about what Japanese prison life was li...

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Copy/Paste Japan in the United States | Joe McReynolds | Why Come Japan #54 from 2019-11-19T09:46:28

In my most NPR-esque interview, I interview Joe McReynolds and we have serious listening problems. If you pay attention to the interviews as I do, you'll notice how Joe tells me things about what s...

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Japanese Graphic Design Explained | Ian Lynam | Why Come Japan #53 from 2019-11-18T16:23

Today on Why Come Japan, we go to a random park in Japan to try to record a more ambient podcast. Was this a lame idea? Or was it neat?
You decide. In the interview, we talk about Ian's books,...

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Hip-Hop Dance Is Very Much a Thing in Japan | ThatGuyFox | Why Come Japan #52 from 2019-11-18T16:19:13

In this episode, I interview long-time Japan video blogger ThatGuyFox. We talk about his Why Come Japan origin story, Hip-hop dancing in Japan, Dance Dance Revolution, Eric Andre, Favorite books, C...

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What English Teaching Looks like All Over Asia | JustJapan podcast Kevin | Why Come Japan #51 from 2019-11-18T16:12:37

In this episode, I talk to Kevin O'Shea for the first time despite knowing of each other for over ten years through the Infernet.

In this episode, we learn about Kevin's life journey star...

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Writing books in Japan that aren't about Japan | Rayme Michaels | Why Come Japan #50 from 2019-11-18T11:17:17

Why Come Japan comes back for its latest attempt to do an in-the-flesh interview, instead of the usual computer to computer google hangouts thing. Again, I fail to make the sound sound good (as sta...

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Filmmaking in Japan as a German | Karl Neubert | Why Come Japan #49 from 2019-11-18T11:09:39

This episode was recorded on March 19th, 2019.

Karl's first film link: https://vimeo.com/156791115?fbclid=IwAR28RJdL2-DIsureyrrTfAiYr3tXmIPZqYTHXvD1xLOaskZcqwIg16xOjzc

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How Japan Changed Her | Caffinejedi | Why Come Japan #48 from 2019-11-18T10:45:17

This episode was recorded on March 16, 2019.

Steph and I catch up with each other by talking about Star Wars (since her name has Jedi in it and we never talk about this), then we talk abou...

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Joining the J-vlog community | Japandy Jones | Why Come Japan #47 from 2019-11-18T08:27:32

This interview was recorded on March 8th, 2019.

In this episode, I get to meet Jones and his cat for the first time. We talk about Tokyo Creative (his... I guess you would say sponsor), li...

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Hentai Commissions Open!... Just kidding | Hikkipedia | Why Come Japan #46 from 2019-11-18T08:03:46

This episode was recorded on January 28, 2019.

A very sick Radrey talks to Hikkipedia on his show for the first time (and hopefully not the last!)

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What Retro-game collecting in Japan Looks Like | Kid Shoryuken | Why Come Japan #45 from 2019-11-18T06:48:57

This episode was recorded January 22, 2019.

Kid "Jim" Shoryuken joins the show via a crappy internet connection and we talk about his adventures of picking up and collecting videogames, go...

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Hikosaemon is no longer secretly an attorney in Japan | Hikosaemon | Why Come Japan #44 from 2019-11-18T06:33:40

This episode was recorded on January 18, 2019.

In this one Hiko talk about his life of being an attorney in the land of the rising sun and his rise to power. Other things Simon talks about...

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I see a Yufeoh in Tokyo?Yufeoh a.k.a. Justin Carter?Why Come Japan #41 from 2019-11-18T06:16:30

This episode was recorded on December 21, 2018

Radrey learns that his guest is also a musician. Then later we talk about amateur filmmaking in Japan, coming up with ideas to become creativ...

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Being Half-Japanese Has its Benefits! | Sebastian the Data Engineer | Why Come Japan #43 from 2019-11-18T06:06:39

This episode was recorded on January 11, 2019.

In this one, we talk about not only Sebastian's Japan origin story, but also what its like to work in a legit Japanese company, how being ha...

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New Year, new pee? | Why Come Japan Update #2 from 2019-11-18T05:49:47

This episode was recorded on January 4th, 2019.

Here's a solo episode with me talking about plans for the new year.

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Getting high on Internet Numbers | JoDroProductions (a.k.a. Tired & Determined) | Why Come Japan #42 from 2019-11-18T05:34:26

This episode was recorded on December 28th, 2018.

With Tired & Determined (aka TokyoJoVlogs) we talk about his name change, all the tech he reviews in his videos, working in the air force ...

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D.I.Y. Japanese Tour Guiding?KagoshimaCameron?Why Come Japan #40 from 2019-11-17T18:13:46

This episode was recorded on December 14th, 2018.

In this episode Radrey talks with tour guide and Kagoshima expert KagoCam and how it is to run a freelance business giving tours in Japan...

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Collecting ALL of the Weird Japanese Playstation Games?Jimmy Sanchez?Why Come Japan #39 from 2019-11-17T18:07:36

This episode was recorded on December 14, 2018.

Radrey invites Jimmy back to Why Come Japan to talk about his PlayStation collection both from America, Europe, Japan, and Hong Kong. We als...

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Maintaining a small rentable studio in Tokyo?Phoenyx787?Why Come Japan #38 from 2019-11-17T18:02:03

This episode was recorded on December 1st, 2018

Today Radrey goes to Ginza studio to talk to the guy who runs the space below known as the Ginza Hub.

This place:
https://ginz...

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Instagram Lewds, Furries, and J-vlogging??Shivers?Why Come Japan #36 from 2019-11-17T17:40:41

This episode was recorded on November 13th, 2018.

In this episode, we talk about how Shivers/Reddklaw got her name, Japanese yokai, horror movies, furries, Shiverz love for animals, being...

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Lukasz Will Help You Take better Japan photos?Lukasz Palka?Why Come Japan #35 from 2019-11-17T17:38:23

Radrey meets Photographer Lukasz Palka for the first time and asks him about what it is like to run his photography tour business Eyexplore. We talk mostly about photography styles, photography eth...

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Awkwardly Interviewing My Parents?Marsha and Kelvin?Why Come Japan #34 from 2019-11-17T17:35:20

Not my best episode... Normally I write here what we talk about in the episode, but I think I do a better job in the intro and outro here.

That guy we met Norihisa, the rock star. The one ...

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Non-English Teaching Jobs Suck Too?Greg Narvasa?Why Come Japan #33 from 2019-11-17T17:30:09

Greg talks to Radrey mostly about the horrors of working at a Japanese company, AOL, Temple University Japan, Greg's dream of running a portly gentlemen store, LGBTQ rights in Japan, new video game...

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Thinking Your Way Into This Culture?Benji Kane?Why Come Japan#32 from 2019-11-17T17:26:13

This episode was recorded on October 19, 2018.

Radrey talks to the guy who created his newest brand logo Mr. Altas "Benji" Kane. We talk about living in Japan as a freelancer, how to get ...

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Remember the Yamanote Halloween Train? ?RoninDave?Why Come Japan #31 from 2019-11-17T17:19:49

This episode was recorded on October 12, 2018, just in time before the start of Halloween 2018.

We talk about Japan back in 2008 when they had the Yamanote Halloween train parties, Setsub...

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What the Future Looks Like for Why Come Japan? Why Come Japan Update #1 from 2019-11-17T17:16:05

Solo episode about the state of the Why Come Japan podcast, possible future guests, and goals for the show.

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Ash Ketchum from Epic Rap Battles Speaks!?Brian Walters?Why Come Japan #30 from 2019-11-17T17:00:38

In this episode Radrey talks to his old friend Brian Walters about doing YouTube-particularly being Ash Ketchum in Epic Rap Battles of History, how he got a full-time job being an MC in a Japanese ...

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From J.E.T. to Sumo aficionado | Taisha Jason | Why Come Japan #37 from 2019-11-17T16:56:23

This episode was recorded on November 23, 2018

Jason is a long time Sumo loving YouTuber, former JET, and now a University teacher in Japan. We talk about how YouTube has changed over the...

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Patreon Success Story?Gimmeabreakman?Why Come Japan #29 from 2019-11-17T16:53:27

In our longest episode ever, Victor and I wax philosophic and psychologic for almost 2 hours. But, IT IS, in fact, a fruitful conversation that you may learn something!

In regards of what...

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What Moment Says Take a Photo??Frame of Travel?Why Come Japan #27 from 2019-11-17T16:47:40

In this episode we talk about Japanese beer, climbing Mt.Fuji, Tokyo Game Show, Animal Crossing, Furries, taking photos in Japan, writing about traveling in Japan, what makes a good photo, Abroad i...

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J-Podcaster Talks to J-Podcaster about J-Podcasting?Shea Roberts? Why Come Japan #27 from 2019-11-17T16:41:51

In another joint episode, Radrey and Shea have a conversation about Shea's ASMR podcast perfect voice, Where the both us are originally from in US and A, life before smartphones, what we studied in...

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Livestreaming Our Gaijin Experiences? Simon???? ?Why Come Japan #26 from 2019-11-17T16:34:30

In our first-ever joint episode, I am joined by Simon???? formerly a member of the Google hangout trio Three Old Dudes. In this episode, we talk about Simon's origins, filmmaking, how to ask guests...

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Meet a DJ in Japan?Katohmy Laeyn?Why Come Japan #25 from 2019-11-17T16:26:27

The first-ever musician joins WHY COME JAPAN to talk about his life in Japan with DJing, playing in a band, starting a YouTube group gaming channel named Sunday Replay, and writing the great Americ...

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What Doing Man on the Street Interviews in Japan Is Like?TokyoBriBri?Why Come Japan #24 from 2019-11-17T13:55:55

TokyoBriBri joins the show to talk about her man/lady/person on the street interviews in Japan, how life is being a YouTuber, polarizing topics, Tkyosam's conveyor belt sushi debacle, and much more...

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Working Professionally in the Japanese Movie Industry?Norman England?Why Come Japan #23 from 2019-11-15T18:54:04

In this episode Radrey talks with longtime friend and filmmaker Norman England. As with most episodes, the guest introduces themselves and what they do and how it is/what it was that brought them t...

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Writing Japanese Fiction with the Proper Finesse?Justin Isis?Why Come Japan #22 from 2019-11-15T18:44:28

Radrey talks to, self-proclaimed post naturalist author, Justin Isis. In the show we talk about the books he has written, particularly his most recent book Pleasant Tales 2, then we talk about why...

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Cross-dressing Lead to Too Many D-Picks?Remino?Why Come Japan #21 from 2019-11-15T18:42:52

In this episode, Remino talks about being remiko, his female alter ego, and how he's done with it. Then we talk about working in web development, Radrey later asks Remino to live read one of his f...

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Nostalgia for Japan Isn't Always a Bad Thing?TheAndySan?Why Come Japan #19 from 2019-11-15T18:27:26

Radrey, as usual, asks why Andy about the origins of his internet handle, we then talk about the long lost Tokyocooney, Andy’s nostalgia about Japan, Power rangers, Fox Kids Saturday morning cartoo...

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TokyoDrew in the House!?TokyoDrew?Why Come Japan #17 from 2019-11-15T18:23:52

Drew and Radrey talk about TokyoDrew's multi-faceted website developed primarily for the foreign community in Japan, the YouTube community in Thailand, Why you should become a TokyoDrewer and sign ...

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How One Man Monetized Eating Food on YouTube?Ericsurf6?Why Come Japan #15 from 2019-11-15T18:20:44

Eric and Radrey talk about how Eric got the 6 in his name, How juggling brought him to Japan, Eric does an impression of a Chinese person and it fails, Snapchat, Sharla in Japan, Eric’s future and ...

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What Japan Podcast Business Grind Looks Like?InsideJapan Podcast James?Why Come Japan #14 from 2019-11-15T18:18:41

In this previously LIVE episode we talk about being podcast hosts and the podcast business, Discord, Food from China and Japan, how all asians look the same, How James looks like Robin Williams and...

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Interviewing a Racist (Cars, Not Ethnicity)?Drifthunter Albo?Why Come Japan #13 from 2019-11-15T18:15:47

Radrey talks to Albo about his brand, if Tokyo Drift was real, how Albo grew up with a camel, what drifting actually is, working for the JET English program, what is Initial D, Japanese surgical ma...

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Talking to my Friends From Colorado About Japan?Kyle Urban & Meth Medey? Why Come Japan #12 from 2019-11-15T18:14:35

In order to understand the following conversation more to its fullest, I highly recommend seeing my first film THE REPUBLICAN (on Youtube soon!)

We talk about making THE REPUBLICAN, Radrey...

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Running an Air Bnb in Okinawa, Japan?Alex Paille?Why Come Japan #11 from 2019-11-15T18:12:19

Alex and Radrey talk about a lot of stuff and things. Some of them include talk about Japanese filmmakers. Notably, Shion Sono, Beat Takeshi, Takashi Miike, and Yoshihiro Nishimura. Then we talk ab...

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TokyoCooney never actually left YouTube | TokyoCooney | Why Come Japan #20 from 2019-11-15T17:38:01

In this episode, heavyweight and maybe OG Japan video blogger TokyoCooney and he talks about how his absence from the internet that really hasn't been an absence in the first place, how the TokyoCo...

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My WORST interview | Explorer Nick | Why Come Japan #18 from 2019-11-15T17:25:43

Radrey interviews a rather sedated Explorer Nick, the youtuber/pick-up artist and they talk about his controversial viral success. This success was Nick becoming fake news with the help from David ...

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My Interview Skills Need Work, So I Interviewed Rayme?Rayme Michaels?Why Come Japan #16 from 2019-11-15T17:22:27

Rayme and Radrey talk mostly about his new novel “Even on Mars” and his other books. They also later talk about stuff like: Total Recall, My Teacher was an Alien and other children’s books, Rayme's...

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#10: AverHamilton a.k.a. CrayJ (Actor/YouTuber) from 2019-11-15T17:10:55

Radrey and CrayJ talk about Tinder, creating video games, video game similes, Japanese words you can’t translate into English, AJ’s 3 favorite video games, chiemi blouson, chicks with the boobs, ho...

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Meet freelance illustrator Nomi | the_nomi | Why Come Japan #9 from 2019-11-15T17:08:36

Nomi and Radrey talk about working as an artistic freelancer, Covfefe, Donald Trump & Memes, Vine, Weird Al Yankovich, data moshing, logo design, and much much more.

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Work in Japanese broadcasting from your own home | Jimmy L. Sanchez | Why Come Japan #8 from 2019-11-15T10:10:29

In this episode, we talk about Jimmy's stint working at NHK's monitoring system, collecting Playstation games, working at Gamestop, Tony Allen (whoever that is), radio shack, and much more.
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Life on YouTube before Clickbait | Mimei | Why Come Japan #7 from 2019-11-15T09:40:15

On this edition of WHY COME JAPAN, Radrey and Mimei talk about Life after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Making YouTube videos, Clickbait, Vidcon, Casey Neistat, interviewing famous people like Kyari ...

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#6: Ari Bach (Novelist/Filmmaker) from 2019-11-15T09:37:36

Radrey talks with one of his filmmaker friends from Colorado trying to promote his newest film "The Jealous Gods." Other topics discussed are about working in Hollywood, the video rental store we u...

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#5: OzzyAwesome (Jvlogger) from 2019-11-15T08:59:07

In this one, I interview Ozzyawesome (formerly Ozzy78). We talk mostly about making youtube videos, Patreon, and much more.

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Being an actor in Japan 101 | Bob Werley | Why Come Japan #4 from 2019-11-15T08:46:11

I sit down with actor Bob Werley where we talk about what it's like to be an actor in Japan, what it's like to do auditions in Japan, that one awkward COCO JUKU commercial, Bob's role in Shin Godzi...

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The collaborative friendship between me and Tkyosam | Tkyosam | Why Come Japan #3 from 2019-11-01T11:18:29

This week on the WHY COME JAPAN podcast is long time friend of the show and Jvlog YouTuber Tkyosam. An American male who creates YouTube videos about being fat and having fun in Japan. In the inter...

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Pornstars, comics, and mascots | Chris Carlier | Why Come Japan #2 from 2019-11-01T08:58:47

Today I interview cartoonist Chris Carlier. We talk about living in Japan 14 years ago, selling comics, Hitomi Tanaka, Japanese mascots, disturbing cartoons and much much more.

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Reaction videos done right | Akasan | Why Come Japan #1 from 2019-11-01T07:00:19

Hello and welcome to Why Come Japan, a podcast where Rad from Rad culture interviews creatives he knows in Japan. This week’s guest is YouTuber Akasan. We talk about why we REALLY came to Japan, re...

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