Matsuri in Matsudai (10′15″ 9.4 MB MP3)
Every year on August 26th, the village of Matsudai in Niigata prefecture holds its summer festival. This year I was was in town to see some of the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial and I stayed over to enjoy the festival. I recorded some of the singing and dancing fun [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Contemporary Art Festival in Niigata Art Triennial (13′01″ 11.9 MB MP3)
The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, one of the world’s major contemporary art events, is in full swing this month in Niigata Prefecture. In this podcast, you’ll meet Emi Suzuki, a Japanese artist walking 80 km for her art; Andrea Kliest, public art program manager visiting from Melbourne, Australia; and Hanako [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Japanese KitchenThe miso showListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Graveside Chats: Kate Wildman Nakai on Zoshigaya Cemetery
Moss and ivy covered tomb at Zoshigaya cemetery, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Graveside Chats: Kate Wildman Nakai on Zoshigaya Cemetery (13.4 MB MP3)
Kate Wildman Nakai tells Jonathan Wilder about some of the graves in Zoshigaya cemetery. They make brief stops at the graves of the famous, like Lafcadio Hearn and Tojo, and the not so famous graves [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Japanese KitchenThe pickle showListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Golden GirlTracey Northcott shares her insider knowledge on the mobile phone packet scene in Japan.
Golden Girl (10.8 MB MP3)
Transcript (PDF)
Links
NTT DoCoMo http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english
Vodafone http://www.vodafone.jp/english
EZWeb http://www.au.kddi.com/english
Kansai Time Out http://kto.co.jp/
Keitai Novels
Shinchosha Co’s Shincho Keitai Bunko (”Shincho Mobile-Phone Collection”)
http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/keitaibunko
Kadokawa Shoten Bunko Yomihodai (”All you can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website