Japan Unfiltered

Family Mart? Lawson? Seven Eleven? The big three? Who will give me the best dessert? Best fried chicken??? Tune in to hear our inside scoop on which is the best convenience store (also our love for Trader Joes and the grocery store experience in the United States).

Women only gyms, train cars, and holidays. Are these spaces appreciated in Japan? Seen as necessary perhaps to some? We dive into these questions and more!

Yes, we are almost ten years late. But love for Hamilton should always be proclaimed! In this episode, Kinuka gives us a rundown on why she loves Hamilton so much, now giving us a full picture of who she is as a person: a lover of bread and a lover of Hamilton.

In this next episode of the series, we dive into Johnny's and Associates as a company, when people first started hearing about Kitagawa sexually abusing young boys, and the BBC documentary about the case released in the spring of 2023.

In this episode, we unpack who Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of the largest boy group talent agency in Japan, was and how much of an impact he has had on the daily lives of most Japanese people.