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June 24th, 2015 Miyako International Community Radio via Miyako Harbor Radio 82.6 FM [LIVE]



Producer: Hisao Hashimoto
Assistant Producer: Yuri Kimura 
Navigator: Eri Ito
Members: Toby Almy, James Macrae, Ben Pedersen, Yonae Rolle
Interpreter: Togo Sasaki, Ito Shunsuke


Thank you very much everybody who were in the show last night.
That was fun to hear the interesting stories from the radio members.
 
The topic was 100 yen store, and Ben chan mentioned the wrapping papers that he bought to wrap the rice cooker that he purchased for Toby's birthday.  Since Japanese wrapping papers in 100 yen shop is very short, he had to use many of them to wrap just one box.
I don't know how many wrapping papers he had to use, but he sounded like he did some patchworks.
 
Like in the US, they have 1 dollar store, they have 1 pound store in the UK.
According to James from London, they don't have much variety things compare to Japan.
Also 1 pound is 180 yen, so it's little expensive there, he said.
When James was telling about the 1 pound store in UK, some girl students, who James is teaching, were passing in front of the radio station; and they got very excited to see James; they were jumping up and down and waving to him so hard.
Yonae chan and everybody there were curious what he is doing in his class *LOL*
 
And Yonae chan was wearing the pretty scarf from 100 yen store the night.
I think she is a smart shopper who knows what to buy at 100 yen store
She said she also had bought the first aid kit, such as bandages, for Toby as well;
It's because her apartment is a dangerous place, according to Toby.
We could not get to the story of what had happened at her place.
 
Togo san did a great job for the translation as always.
When Toby and James were showing their same coin purses from the 100 yen store, Togo san took out his coin purse that cost about 1,000 yen like *BOSS.*
Hey, if I buy one of that, then I don't have any coins to put in. *LOL*  
It was very fun, but too bad we missed Theresa, the queen of 100 yen shop (according to Yonae chan.)
Maybe next time.
 
Thanks everybody there again and hopefully I see you there next week too!

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