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What's Happening In Tokyo, or WHIT for short, is a 20 - 40 minute, English language podcast that tells you about what's going in the parks, pubs, and clubs around Tokyo.<br /><br />Great podsafe music, and local bands are spotlighted, and we a Primary Format : Japanese Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of What's Happening In Tokyo Podcasts Methings.com listings of What's Happening In Tokyo Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

WHIT-08-18-2008 What's Happening In Tokyo's 95th podcast Tim & Dan's Park Talk  Episode 1 - Part 3 of 3 WHIT'S new, old-style podcast. Back to the roots - raw and unedited. Music in Today's show: "Little Wings", "Flower made of Sand", and "Camel". All three songs were written and performed by Daiki. Lead female Vocalist: Haein Erin Lee Chorus and backup vocals: Daiki Downloaded from Jindies.com For details go to www.WHITokyo.info Check out my new website at tokyodan.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-08-11-2008 What's Happening In Tokyo's 94th podcast Tim & Dan's Park Talk  Episode 1 - Part 2 of 3 WHIT'S new, old-style podcast. Back to the roots - raw and unedited. Music in Today's show: "Bonita" by The Pimps of Joytime. Downloaded from Arielpublicity.net For details go to www.WHITokyo.info Check out my new website at tokyodan.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-08-04-2008 What's Happening In Tokyo's 93rd podcast WHIT'S new, old-style podcast. Back to the roots - raw and unedited. A new theme today: Tim & Dan's Park Talk Part 1 of 3 Sorry. No music today. For details go to www.WHITokyo.info Check out my new website at tokyodan.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-07-27-2008 What's Happening In Tokyo's 92nd podcast WHIT'S new old-style podcast. Back to the roots - raw and unedited. The talk is not slick and smooth at all. But the music sure is. The theme is "Assholes at Work". For details go to www.WHITokyo.info Check out my new website at tokyodan.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-07-20-2008 What's Happening In Tokyo's 91st podcast Update on what's going on with Tokyo Dan, WHIT podcast, and Jindies.com. Featured Songs in Order: 1. Mystery World by Robbie Dupree from Ariel Publicity Robbie Dupree on MySpace Robbie Dupree on iTunes 2. The Mating Game by Bitter:Sweet from the Podsafe Music Network 3. Wine of Her Lips by Billy Bourbon from the Podsafe Music Network 4. Sunshine in Your Smile by Temple of Soul from the Podsafe Music Network For details go to www.WHITokyo.info Ch ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-04-22-2008 What's Happening In Tokyo's 89th podcast Featuring the great tunes by JabBee which I first saw at at  Planet K in Kichijoji. For details go to www.WHITokyo.info and www.Jindies.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-03-28-2008 What's Happening In Tokyo's 87th podcast Only two weeks since the last podcast. It's Hana-mi season in Japan and I'm loving it! Today's theme is rock, rock, and more rock. Featuring two great bands that I recently came across. Yunakichi, and Bad Clover. And stick around till the very end of the podcast because Daiki has a surprise for you. Well, that's not entirely true...Actually Daiki has TWO surprises for you. For details go to www.WHITokyo.info Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-021 What's Happening In Tokyo's 86th podcast On WHIT's previous  WHIT-Q2-016 and WHIT-Q2-017 episodes, you heard part 1 and part 2 of an informal interview that WHIT's co-host, Tim, did with me, about my early days in Japan. On today's show you are going to hear  the third part of that segment, along with a lot of great music. (Sorry, no Jindies today.) For details go to www.WHITokyo.info Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Daiki DRM-Free, 256kbps MP3s, only $0.99 each! Introducing Daiki Song 1: Loser Song 2: Beyond the Sea Song 3: Blue Song 4: Suna no Hana $0.99 USD each. All of these great songs are also on Daiki's digital album, "Blue". Buy it for $3.99 and get one extra song "Sweet Geoge". Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-01-25-2008 What's Happening In Tokyo's 85th podcast Since there was a problem downloading the last two WHIT episodes from Jindies.com when using Internet Explorer instead of Firefox or Safari, I am re-releasing them on this normal feed. Sorry for the problems. Before listening to  WHIT-01-25-2008, first download and listen to the previous episode that was released on January 8th 2008  -  if you haven't heard it already that is . You'll need it to understand the latest e ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Plastic Soul Band DRM-Free, 256kbps MP3s, only $0.99 each! Song 1: Sakura, Wonderful Life CD Song 2: Loop, Wonderful Life CD Song 3: Kyo wa nan da ka, Wonderful Life CD Song 4: Lonesome Hearted Woman Blues, Plastic Soul Band CD From Plastic Soul Band's 1st album, "Plastic Soul Band", and their 2nd album "Wonderful Life", Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Tremolo55 and Suiren DRM-Free, 256kbps MP3s, only $0.99 each! Song 1: "King Biscuit Time" by Tremolo'55 Song 2: "Umi wo Mi ni Yukou" by  Suiren Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Jindies.com DRM-Free, 256kbps MP3s, only $0.99 each! Bringing you the very best in music by Japanese independent artists! A whole international community built around independent Japanese music For details go to www.Jindies.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-020 What's Happening In Tokyo's 83rd podcast Bringing you the very best in music by Japanese independent artists! A whole international community built around independent Japanese music WHIT's Christmas show without the Christmas cheer. Lot's of talk and two new Jindies tunes. Another WHIT trivia CD-giveaway contest. And a unique version of "It Was the Night Before Christmas", penned by one of my best friends. For details go to www.WHITokyo.info Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-11-09-2007 What's Happening In Tokyo's 81st podcast Three artists, three tunes each. On today's show, it's Music! MUsic! MUSIC! with a hip hop theme. And I'm going to introduce you to some of the hottest music around. The tunes in order Steph Pockets     * Life Goes On, from The Early Works     * Can't Give Up, from The Early Works     * Get Up, from Can’t Give Up Shade & Blu-Swing, all songs from Jazzyster     * Fabu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-017 What's Happening In Tokyo's 79th podcast On WHIT's previous show WHIT-Q2-016, you heard the first part of an informal interview that WHIT's co-host, Tim, did with me, about my early days in Japan. On today's show, as promised, you are going to hear  the second part of that segment. The main tunes in order 1. 'Sayonara no Kikake' by Plastic Soul Band 2. 'Prelude' for the 1957 classic film, "Sayonara" (Background on the 2nd interview segment) 3. 'Missing Pages Soundtrack' by Akihi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-07-28-2007 What's Happening In Tokyo's 75th podcast The 2nd WHIT Favorite JIndies show! Five JIndies tunes that you may or may not have heard depending on how long you've been listening to What's Happening In Tokyo. Music in today's show: 1. 'Suna no Hana by Daiki & Little Wings 2. 'Leaving for Good by the Plastic Soul Band 3. 'Hadaka no Nama' by Free Trans Ensemble 4. 'Attention Please' by Suiren 5. 'Jelly Beans' by EEE (Triple E) For details go to www.WHITokyo.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-07-06-2007 What's Happening In Tokyo's 74th podcast The WHIT Favorite JIndies show! Six Jindies tunes that you may or may not have heard depending on how long you've been listening to What's Happening In Tokyo. Music in today's show: 1. 'Sparkling Woman' by Daiki & Little Wings 2. 'Lonesome Hearted Woman Blues' by the Plastic Soul Band 3. 'Itaikurai' by Free Trans Ensemble 4. 'Mammoth No Ashiato' by Suiren 5. 'Kuse ni' by EEE (Triple E) 6. 'Tabegoro Taiyo' by 'Zukunashi' For details go to www.WHI ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-06-10-2007 What's Happening In Tokyo's 71st podcast Featuring the great music of  Tremolo '55 For details go to WHIT's Web Site Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-06-02-2007 What's Happening In Tokyo's 70th podcast One new JIndies band, two new bars, and Stan & Cuss at Frustration Station. For details go to WHIT's Web Site Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-05-28-2007 #69. What's Happening In Tokyo's 2nd Anniversary podcast Today Tim and I talk about living and working in Japan, play some great "Irish" and rock music, and tell you about some upcoming developments concerning WHIT. We also announce the winner of the "Guess the winner of the Kichion" contest that started in the previous WHIT podcast and ended midnight May 27th. For details go to WHIT's Web Site Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-04-27-2007 WHIT's #67th podcast! Today's podcast is again, really different! A soundseeing tour along with a rant about the eikaiwa industry in Japan. But the music is great! Info about upcoming "Kichion" music festival in Kichijoji, Tokyo. WHIT shows featuring 2006 Kichijoji Music festival: WHIT-05-10-2006 WHIT-05-19-2006 WHIT-05-28-2006 For details go to WHIT's Web Site Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-04-18-2007 WHIT's #66st podcast! Today's podcast is different! Really, really different! Info about upcoming "Kichion" music festival in Kichijoji, Tokyo. WHIT shows featuring 2006 Kichijoji Music festival: WHIT-05-10-2006 WHIT-05-19-2006 WHIT-05-28-2006 For details go to WHIT's Web Site Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-014 WHIT's #65th podcast! Short & Sweet - Two more new tunes by Daiki. News about Daiki in Toronto at the Free Times Cafe. Info about upcoming "Kichion" music festival in Kichijoji, Tokyo. WHIT shows featuring 2006 Kichijoji Music festival: WHIT-05-10-2006 WHIT-05-19-2006 WHIT-05-28-2006 For details go to WHIT's Web Site Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-03-24-2007 WHIT's #64th podcast! Spring is here again, and for me it means one thing  -  Hanami! The cherry blossoms are blooming, and I'm ready to join the party people who like to picnic and drink under the cherry blossoms. Today's show is long and the music is very, very laid back. Tim dropped by and we talk about computer-related stuff, and the reason why I haven't been podcasting as much as I used to. About 30 minutes in,  Stan and Jim are back with at Frustrati ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-03-13-2007 WHIT's #63rd podcast! Get ready Toronto! By the time you see this, Daiki is already there and will be getting ready to perform for you. Listen to this interview and hear his great music. Every note on today's show ,including the WHIT theme song and background music, were  written, produced, and performed by  Daiki. For details go to WHIT's Web Site Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Announcement Special announcement for WHIT listeners in Ireland. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-013 The #62nd 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast I wasn't planning on releasing a show in the middle of the week, but there are some things that I want to tell you about that just can't wait. One thing, is a campaign called "Bum Rush the Charts" and that's why today's show features all rock music. You'll hear more about this campaign in the middle of the show. And to give you your fill of Jindies, I'm also playing two tunes by two JIndie rock groups The WHIT theme song and background musi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-02-10-2007 The #61st 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast Remember in the last show I told you that I visited the local Shinto shrine and got the best possible fortune that a person can get - it's called dai Kichi. Well this year is turning out to be crap. Find out why in the show Also Stan tells you about his problem in The Frustration Station segment about 18minutes in. And listen to the results of the WHIT trivia contest which was announced on my December 29th podcast and lasted till January 26t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-01-26-2007 The #60th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast Well here it is, 2007, and this is my first podcast for the year. Jim and Stan are back at Frustration Station with another story about messing up the Japanese language.  And there are also some short event listings. Today's show features four Jindies tunes for you by two female artists who have slightly similar styles; Riyu Konaka  and Ah-we and her band Zenrago. Also the WHIT trivia contest finishes tonight at midnight. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-12-29-2006 The #59th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast This show features selections from Plastic Soul Band's new "Wonderful Life" CD. Join my wife and I as we take you back a few days to a really cool Christmas eve, 2006 in Tokyo. We'll take you to a Spanish Tapas restaurant in Kichijoji and then we drop in Bar Drop to congratulate the Plastic Soul Band on the release of Wonderful Life, and to record some of their new tunes live. Also the WHIT trivia contest starts today. Stay tuned to find o ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-012 The #58th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's been a while since the last WHIT podcast and that's because of a project that I'm working on that's connected in a very indirect way to a photography website. Listen to find out a little bit more. Also this Q2 cast is unique because it's done by a good friend of WHIT, none other than Tim who's appeared on a lot of WHIT shows. Mentioned in the show: Turkey dinner at Big Apple Diner in Kichijoji every night until Christmas Cormac Hanley' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-011 The #57th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast On Sunday, November 5th., I recorded a live event at a club at CoZmos' Cafe in Shibuya. The event was Soul Night featuring one of my favorite JIndies bands, "Free Trans Ensemble". Mentioned in the show CoZmo's Cafe in Shibuya David Whitaker producer of CoZmo's Cafe Soul Night Steve Gardner & The Bottleneck Blues Band at Chikyuya in Kunitachi on Sunday Nov. 19. Daiki's next performances: Nov. 27 from 7:00PM at 7th avenue in Yokohama Dec. 12 f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-010 The #55th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast Another "Kyu ni" cast. "Kyu ni" means suddenly. "Kyu" sunds like the letter "Q". And "ni" can be translated as "2". Thus "Q2". Also, WHIT's Q2 casts aren't quite as polished as the regular "WHIT" podcast. Q2 casts are sometimes done live, using different recording software than usual, and without a lot of time spent on post production. This Q2-010 cast is dedicated to Kaishin who gave me some great audio feedback - it's in the show. And Kaish ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-10-20-2006 The #53rd 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast Today is October 20th. And today's show is jam-packed with content: Four new songs. Listener feedback, Frustration Station. And a promo for a great new podcast that I am mesmerized by. For details go to WHIT's Web Site Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-10-06-2006 The #52nd 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast Today is October 6th. And I just had to drag out the end of summer by doing one more reggae show. One tune from Daiki, and one tune from Bridge Style. And two world premieres on a podcast - one each from Suiren, and the Plastic Soul Band. Also listen to the final feedback to the "8 Questions MP3 Player Giveaway about eighteen and a half minutes in. The band, bar, and event listings are about thirty two and a half minutes in. For details go to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-09-21-2006 The #51st 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast Today is September 21st. The show is one day early this time and it's because I couldn't wait to get this music to you. WHIT's most downloaded show was the WHIT-07-14-2006 podcast. So, on today's show we feature one of the JIndies groups from that podcast - "EEE". We also feature another JIndies group that has never been on WHIT before. So stay plugged in for the great music. And make sure you listen to the very end of today's show because WH ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-09-15-2006 The #50th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast Today is September 15th. The theme is 'The End Of Summer', and because this is WHIT's 50th, it has it all: Listener feedback, sound seeing tours of a Japanese festival and the Asakusa Samba festival. And WHIT has a special surprise for you - a world premier on a podcast. And WHIT listeners will be the first to hear it. Get ready to jam! For details go to WHIT's Web Site Notes: Check out What's Happening In Tokyo's new podcast at Digital Wor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-009 The #49.5th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's September 7th and this was going to be my my 50th, and special "End of Summer" show for this personal milestone. But out of deference to the lives lost on September 11th, 2001, I'm going to hold-off releasing my 50th podcast until Friday September 15th. So let's just call this the 49.5th podcast or Q2-009. Great music by the Free Trans Ensemble. For details go to WHIT's Show Notes page. Notes: Check out What's Happening In Tokyo's new ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-08-25-2006 The #49th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's August 25th and today we have a lot of variety. That's because I did a lot of recording at Inokashira park and at other places so that I could bring you some music, interspersed with some traditional Japanese sounds of summer. Also, WHIT had some audio feedback to the '8 Questions MP3 Player Giveaway'. And since this was the first person to answer the '8 Questions', he will receive an MP3 player. The answers are about 12 minutes into the p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-08-10-2006 The #48th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast Today is August 10 and I releasing this show one day early because there are some events coming very soon that I want to tell you about. 28 minutes in I'll tell you more about them. Also, I tell you the results of the "8 Questions MP3 Player Giveaway", so keep your headphones on. Two 'Swing Pop' tunes from Hayashi Takuo's 'Lucky' CD are featured. And as I promised, I'm featuring some tunes from Keison's new 'Hyoryu' CD. Keison is the arti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-008 The #47th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's July 28th. On Tuesday the 25th I had a really great night at a club called Chikyuya in the Hitotsubashi University town of Kunitachi. The club was great, the staff was great. The customers were great. But most of all - the music was great! The clubs and bands featured in today's show are are: Chikyuya (Live House) BRIDGE Style Keison&Kazz Keison's web site Kazz's web site I hope you enjoy the show. For details go to WHIT's Show No ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-07-01-2006 The #44th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's July 1st. Last Thursday I went to Shimokitazawa for an acoustic night that was held at a bar called 'Big Mouth. Five artists performed and the level of the musicians was very high, but I really liked the music of a solo artist called 'Mogura'. Today's podcast features three tunes from his, 'Mogura no Hadaka' CD. Song 1: Hadaka Song 2: Mayonaka Song 3: Work Man Mogura's Website About fourteen and a half minutes in, Stan and Jim are at ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-06-23-2006 The #43nd 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's June 23rd, and today's show is long, but special, and that's because Tim called me on SKYPE, and we had such a good connection that we decided to do an impromptu interview, of me, about the changes that WHIT has been through over the previous year. Do to the length of today's show, the Band, Bar, and Event listings are short, and are about 30 minutes in. I hope you enjoy the show. For details go to WHIT's Show Notes page. Notes: All ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-06-11-2006 The #42nd 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's June 11th and WHIT is coming at you with a Latin beat again.. I talk about some new developments in my life. I also talk about a new podcast that WHIT is doing for Digital World Tokyo. Jim & Stan are at Frustration Station, about 18 minutes in. The Band, Bar, and Event listings are 25 and a half minutes in. I hope you enjoy the show. For details go to WHIT's Show Notes page. Notes: All the tunes are available on the Podsafe Music N ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-06-02-2006 The #41st 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's June 2nd and this is the 1st podcast using our own What's Happening In Tokyo theme song which was created by Daiki of Daiki & Little Wings band. The show start off with two of Daiki's hits: 'Sparkling Woman', a great reggae song, followed by 'Dear friend', a great R&B tune. Both tunes are from his 'Kazauta' CD. Jim & Stan are back at Frustration Station, about 14 minutes in. They talk about some experiences they've had; speaking English ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-05-28-2006 The #40th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's May 28th and this is the last in a series of podcasts featuring some of the artists that performed during the Kichijoji Music festival. During today's show, Michie & l stop by the Mishima Cafe. Mishima Cafe has some of the tenderest yakitori I've eaten. They also have a happy hour from 5 to 6pm with a large glass of Ebisu beer for 210 yen. The spotlighted artist today, is Yoko Kose. The live performance in this show was recorded on May ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-05-19-2006 The #39th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's May 19th and this is the second in a series of podcasts featuring some of the artists that performed during the Kichijoji Music festival. The spotlighted artist is a group called 'Suiren'. Suiren means 'water lotus'. The lead guitar player, and lead male vocalist is Hirotsugu Mochida. The female vocalist is 'Kappa Sight'. Also during today's show, I'll take you to a Kichijoji diner that serves great hamburgers, world beer, and Hawaiian ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-05-10-2006 The #38th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast 1 year Anniversary It's may 10th, and Golden Week and the Kichijoji Music Festival have come and gone. But for the next few podcasts, WHIT will be featuring various kinds of live music recorded during the festival. And each show will spotlight one or two of the artists by featuring a couple of songs from the CDs that they gave me. Also, in the upcoming WHIT shows, you'll find out about some of the places that I either intentionally visited or ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-04-28-2006 #37th 'What's Happening In Tokyo' podcast It's April 28th, and as far as Tokyo is concerned, Hana-mi is over. But Golden Week is here And with Golden week comes the Kichijoji Music festival. It starts today, Friday April 28th, at 12:45, and will run till about midnight, Sunday, May 7th. There are going to be over 17 free, and 50 paid events! There will be events and bands in front of various stores, in the numerous live houses in Kichijoji, and also on the stage in Inokashira park. After ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-04-21-2006 Spring is Here #2! Dedicated to Hana-mi (Cherry Blossom Festival). Today is April, 21st, and my wife Michie and I are going to do our best to share the second, and final week of our Hanami experiences with you. You're going to hear a shamisen concert, and learn a little about the traditional Japanese instrument. You also learn about 'Yaki Imo' a traditional Japanese winter snack. We end up the show with a preview of a great reggae song that I recorded Sunday, April, 9th, at Bar Drop in K ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-006 Spring is Here #1! Dedicated to Hana-mi (Cherry Blossom Festival). It's April 12th, and the cherry blossoms have since bloomed in Tokyo and areas further south! But the northern areas of Japan are still waiting. My wife and I tour two parks and record the sounds of the celebrations. We also take you to County Clare Irish pub in Tachikawa to catch Daiki's performance on April 1st. And about 27 minutes into the podcast is a new addition to WHIT recommended JIndies: La Bluzu, a great local ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-03-31-2006 Spring is Coming #4! It's March 31st, and Hana-mi is here! Stan & Jim are back at Frustration Station with stories about and egg, and a 'bazka' (What the heck is a bazka?). Also, in the Band, Bar, and Event listings, we tell you about a great hanami/cycling course near Tachikawa. There's a lot of great R&B music from the Podsafe Music Network. I hope you enjoy the show. For details go to WHIT's Show Notes page. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Plug-01 Plug Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-03-24-2006 Spring is Coming #3! It's march 24th, and we're getting closer to Hana-mi, so my good friend Tim and I go to Inokashira park, in Kichijoji to check on the status of the Cherry Blossoms. We also stop at Mishima Cafe, a stand-bar / Izakaya, where we exchange stories about hana-mi, or cherry blossom festival, as it's called in English. And there's a lot of great music by my favorite JIndies artist Daiki & Little Wings. I hope you enjoy the show. For details go to WHIT's Show Notes page. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-03-17-2006 Spring is Coming #2! And again, today's show is dedicated to spring and cherry blossom parties! Today's show is mostly talk. About 5 minutes in, Tim interviews me about 'JIndies' which means 'Japanese Independent Musicians'. About 17 and a half minutes in, is the 2nd spring episode of Frustration Station. Stan and Jim start off with another story about Cherry blossom festival, and end up with a frustrating story about salt. The band, bar, and event listings are about 27 minutes into th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-03-10-2006 Spring is Coming 1! And today's show is dedicated to spring and cherry blossom parties! There is a lot of my favorite type of music today: great Soul and R&B. Tim is back, and about 4 minutes in he interviews me for about 6 minutes about some of the new features on the WHIT website. The Frustration Station segment is about 16 and a half minutes in and in Stan and Jim's first spring episode they talk about the drinking and craziness that goes on during this time of year at hana-mi, here ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-NORO-30th-Part2 Part 2 of WHIT's podcast of Noro's 30th anniversary party which was held two Saturdays ago on February the 11th in Kichijoji. We're picking up where we left of in Part one, The tunes featured in this final part are: 1. Suki, Suki Kichijoji Instrumental by the Soundcheckers 2. Lonesome Hearted Woman Blues by the Plastic Soul Band. To make things interesting I overdubbed this tune with the same tune taken from their Plastic Soul Band CD. 3. The Vocalist in next two tunes, which I didn't ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-NORO-30th-Part1 Today's show is a special tribute to a bar and to a town. This podcast was recorded two Saturdays ago on February the 11th at the 30th anniversary this very special bar. The soul of this bar, and the soul of this town are intertwined, almost as if you couldn't have one without the other. The bar is 'Life House Noro', and that's 'life house', not 'live house which is the popular Japanese term for a pub or bar that mainly features live music. Noro is more than a Live house, it's a place whe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-09-22-2005 eDesho's 14th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast. Today is Thursday the 22nd of September, and I wanted to put this show out today because of the upcoming 3-day weekend. There?s not much talk on this show, just a lot of good music. And since Summer is coming to a close ? I wanted to do one more Reggae show. Luckily, I stopped by The Dickens in Ebisu on Saturday the 10th and was able to record the Reggae band that was playing ? get this newest podcast so you can listen too. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-005 This is the 28th WHIT podcast and the 5th Q2 cast for Friday, February the 10th. On this show I keep keep a promise to Rich Pav over at 'Herro Flom Japan' podcast. Rich played my favorite Japanese group - 'Daiki & Little Wings' on one of his shows. In return I promised to play tunes from a group he likes. The group is 'I's Cube', and I'm gong to play three of their tunes. But since their music is not yet podsafe, I'm going to play three, 45 second samples that I downloaded from their we ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-02-03-2006 The 27th WHIT podcast for Friday, February the 3rd. WHIT is slowing things down with some nice down tempo music. Today's show features music by the Love Spirals and DJ COA. Jim and Stan are at Frustration Station again, eight minutes in, and they got a humorous story called 'The Wallet'. The band, bar, and event listings are about 16 and a half minutes in. Chill out and enjoy the show Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-01-27-2006 Today is Friday, January 27th, 2006, and today's show features some good ole, down home, blues music from a great Blues label, out of the Netherlands. The label is 'Black & Tan', and they are overflowing with unbelievably talented artists. Jim And Stan are back at Frustration Station 8 minutes in, with a story called "The Day Laborers vs. The Old Lady Train Seat Competition". The band, bar, and event listings, are about 19 minutes in. If you like Blues, you're gonna dig this show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-01-20-2006 Today is January 20th, 2006. All of the music on today's show is from Asia. Jim and Stan are at Frustration Station again with an amusing story about a hangar and some gum. Also, after Frustration Station, check out the humorous Rap tune by Alex Brookes about teaching English in Japan. Enjoy the show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-01-13-2006 Today is January 13th, 2006. About 8 and a half minutes in to the show we have a new addition called Frustration Station. It's done by two listeners, Jim and Stan, who had an interesting story and wanted WHIT to use it. Jim and Stan will be making regular contributions to Frustration Station, but this segment is also going to be open for listener input... so If you have a funny, interesting, or strange story about something that happened in Japan, I will try to put it on the show. Just ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-01-03-2006 Happy New Year This is 2006, The year of the Dog WHIT got a special new years's present for you. We're taking you to Mardi Gras in Jyugaoka to hear Daiki & Little Wings recent live performance which took place Monday, December 26th, the day after Christmas. This was the first time that I actually heard Daiki's full band live, and I wasn't really ready for it. They sound really good in recordings, but they are really GREAT live! Enjoy the show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-004 The fourth WHIT Q2-cast. And the last What's Happening In Tokyo podcast of 2005. WHIT takes you to 'Live Bar 440' in Shimokitazawa to hear Jazz group 'Bloodest Saxophone'. I'm not a big fan of Jazz, but these guys just might make me one. They were pure perfection, professionalism, and precision! The tunes in order are: 1. 'It's You' by Greg Tannen, and downloaded from the Podsafe Music Network. 2. 'Dear Friend' by Daiki & Little Wings. 3. Live jazz performance Bloodest Saxophone. 4. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-12-09-2005 WHIT takes you to Cozmo's Cafe in Shibuya to hear three bands. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-003 The third WHIT Q2-cast. Short, speedy, unedited, and with all the warts. Did you miss your chance to get a Thanksgiving Turkey dinner? Well, I'll show you where you can still get your fill of Turkey until the start of the New Year's holiday. Come and take a sound-seeing tour with my wife and me as we walk to the Big Apple Diner in Kichijoji. You'll hear step-by-step directions to the Big Apple Diner. You'll also hear about how you can take home a complete roasted turkey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-11-25-2005 R-RATED! - There is a bit of nasty language this time, so be careful who hears this one. WHIT takes you to 'What The Dickens' in Ebisu again, to hear a great band called 'Eden Rogue'.Also my buddy Mario and I have a humorous conversation about my misgivings over letting people I work with know that I'm doing these 'What's Happening In Tokyo" podcasts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-002 The second WHIT Q2-cast. Short, speedy, unedited, and with all the warts. I take you with me to a piano bar near Shinjuku station called Vagabond. It's been in business for 29 years. And it's a very unique and hospitable little place. Yakitori in an English style piano bar!? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-Q2-001 The first WHIT Q2-cast. Short, speedy, and unedited with all the warts. Q2 is pronounced 'Q Knee', or 'kyu ni', which, in Japanese, means sudden or unexpectedly. Q2-casts are meant to fill in the gaps between our longer, highly edited, and more professionally produced podcasts. Today, my wife, Michie and I take you to a world-famous food stand that recently opened a branch in Kichijoji. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-10-21-2005 My wife Michie and I take you out to the French chanson club, Aoi Heya (Blue Room) in Shibuya, to see the Little Fats and Swinging Hot Shot Party band which plays "down home" instruments like the banjo, wash board, wash tub bass, etc. You might already have seen Little Fats in Inokashira Park in Kichijoji, where they often appear on weekends. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-10-07-2005 eDesho's 15th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast. Tim is Back! And what a show this is! Some listeners emailed WHIT that they wanted to hear more about the things that foreigners do in Japan to make a living. Especially, they wanted to hear about the foreigners that perform Christian style weddings for the Japanese. It just so happens that Tim has been doing this for years, and he has performed more than 6000 weddings. So due to popular request... Tim, as a "Christian pastor", takes you ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-09-06-2005 eDesho's 13th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast. On today's podcast you'll hear a great upbeat track from Matthew Ebel called "Sally Went Down". Also you'll hear two, down tempo tunes produced by DJ Come Of Age, featuring Manoosha, a new sensation from Cameroon, West Africa. Be sure to check her out - she's going to be big! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-08-30-2005 eDesho's 12th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast. On today's podcast you'll hear some outstanding, soulful, down tempo music from the Hidden Souls 2 CD by DJ Come Of Age, interspersed with some very Japanese end-of-summer sounds. And for those of you looking for a quick weekend getaway from the "Big Mikan", Jason Bainbridge tells about a great bar in Shizuoka City. He'll also give you some info about finding jobs in Shizuoka, in case you're thinking about moving to Shizuoka from Tokyo Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-08-16-2005 eDesho's 11th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast. What's Happening In Tokyo visits the Tokyo Comedy Store at Oh God! in Harajuku to take in some standup comedy. And listen to the new "On a Podcast" song by Cruisebox. Also featured are some great blues tunes from GarageBand.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-07-19-2005 eDesho's 9th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast features some great Reggae music. Tim, my wife, and I take you on a visit to a micro brewery that looks like an old Edo style village. You'll also hear about an upcoming fireworks display which I think is the best in the western Tokyo area. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-07-05-2005 eDesho's 8th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast. Listen to Touhourikimaru,the famous "Manga Reader" of Inokashira park in Kichijoji. Todays podcast features songs by "Daiki and Little Wings" from their "Kazauta" CD. "Daiki and Little Wings" is a great, up and coming band, that can often be heard in Inokashira park. Mr. Daiki was nice enough to grant me permission to use creations from his CD. Thank you very much Daiki and Little Wings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-06-28-2005 eDesho's 7th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast. Listen to the great live music from The Basement Bar in Shimokitazawa. One of the bands that appeared at The Basement Bar was Yano Tadashi and Dokuro Gakudan, a great acoustic band with banjos and a gypsy guitar. This latest podcast also features some tunes from Dokuro Gakudan's CD which Mr. Tadashi sent to me. Thank you very much Mr. Tadashi. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-06-14-2005 eDesho's 6th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast. Listen to the great music from PodSafeAudio.com and a special live session by "Mario and the Martians" at "What The Dickens" in Ebisu. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-06-07-2005 eDesho's 5th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast. Listen to the great podsafe music from GarageBand.com and PodSafe Audio.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-05-29-2005 eDesho's 4th "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast is different from the rest. There's no pub/bar/eDesho listings this time - just good ole Blues music, and a soundseeing tour of Inokashira Park in Kichijoji. The theme is " A day In The Park With a Good Friend". Please enjoy it. Again, the great music is from GarageBand.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | WHIT-05-23-2005 eDesho's 3rd "What's Happening in Tokyo" Podcast is coming at you with a Latin beat. 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