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Japan Explained

Japan Explained

Written by: Stray Toki
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Discover Japanese culture, history, food, crafts, architecture, people and more one topic at a time. Made by a former tour guide tired of old myths overstaying their welcome.I believe in research. And if you do too, we have a lot to talk about ;)

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  • Saigo Takamori Explained. Part 1 – Childhood, early career and exile to Amami

    Saigo Takamori Explained. Part 1 – Childhood, early career and exile to Amami
    Nov 21 2022

    Saigo Takamori, the Great Saigo or the Last Samurai is the ideal Japanese man and one of Japan's most beloved historical characters. In popular imagination, Saigo is THE perfect samurai. His image is so heavily embellished that it is sometimes hard to see where reality meets fiction. But let's try to separate them anyway. 

    Support the show: https://japanexplained.com/#support

    Cover art: @justlavi
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    44 mins
  • Tanuki Explained

    Tanuki Explained
    Oct 31 2022

    Happy Halloween everyone!

    We started this October with kitsune, and I thought it would be great to finish it with tanuki. So let's see how tanuki and kitsune influenced each other, what tanuki has to do with the 150th anniversary of Japan Railways and how this powerful yokai ended up as a chubby sake-loving goody of today.

    Support the show: https://japanexplained.com/#support

    More info on https://japanexplained.com/tanuki/

    Cover art: @justlavi
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    26 mins
  • Kitsune Explained

    Kitsune Explained
    Oct 3 2022

    Kitsune – Japanese foxes, who are they? Multi-tailed shapeshifters, companions of the god Inari, animals that bring good luck or beasts that inflict madness?

    Let's find out!

    Bonus episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/72879450

    Support the show: https://japanexplained.com/#support

    More info on https://japanexplained.com/kitsune/

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    40 mins
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