October 14th, 2015 Miyako International Community Radio via Miyako Harbor Radio 82.6 FM [LIVE]

Producer: Hisao Hashimoto
Assistant Producer: Saaya Tazawa
Navigator: Hisako Yamaguchi
Members: Toby Almy, Ben Pedersen
Interpreter: Ito Shunsuke

Thank you very much for the great radio show as always, members and staffs.
I always feel that 20+ minutes showtime goes very quick.
I guess it's because I am having a good time. So, I appreciate for that.

They and I talked many different topics this time, and especially Ben chan's story about visiting onsen was interesting. He said that he visited the deepest onsen, the hot springs, in Japan. I think this is where he went:
http://www.namari-onsen.co.jp/spa/

I should have asked him how he can keep floating in the deepest hot springs of Japan because he did not say he wore the life jacket.

In Japan, people don't wear bathing suits or swimming suit, so I thought it maybe the first time for Ben chan to be naked in public. I asked him if that was the first time to get naked in public, but he did not know what to answer. I guess I asked something I should not have asked him. *LOL*

Besides Ben chan's onsen visiting, they and I talked about what language(s) they can speak.
Toby san can speak 4 or more languages, such as English, French, German, and Japanese. He spoke some phrases in French, and that sounded the perfect French.
I remember Spanish language that I used to study back in the schools in US.
That made me want to study little more of it. Well.

Thank you folks, and I will see you next week!!

Don't Drive and INGRESS

INGRESS is an interesting smartphone game and I have been playing months now. What is INGRESS? Here's a wiki. Ingress (game) via Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingress_(game) Players have to move around their towns for this game, so some players walk, another players use their bikes, and others drive. But you have to be very careful when you play this game and drive your car at the same time. When you get caught by watching smartphone while your are driving, you will get 1 penalty point on your driver's license and also the ticket cost you 6,000 yen. How do I know about it?

[PolitiC@Nippon] Ryukougo Taisho 2016: Japan’s Most Vogue Words of the Year

Ryukougo Taisho is one of the unique events of Japan. In the end of the year, they choose the buzzing words that everyone is using them in common during the year from TV shows, dramas, news, so on. (Sometime, it's not really used in common, but they pick those words anyway.) Last year, they chose some words from from politic, such as Abe Seiji wo Yurasanai (or "We won't tolerate Abe's politics") SEALDs, the "youth (well, there are some young folks but mostly old folks in their 60s and 70s) group" going against to Abe's politics) and so on. Ref: [Ryukougo Taisho 2015: Japan's Most Vogue Words of the Year] http://www.mtv81.com/features/specials/ryukougo-taisho-2015-japans-most-vogue-words-of-the-year/ This year, one of the words they choose is:

At a theater

While I was watching the play at the theater, I suddenly said 　　　 then, I woke up. Yes, I was talking in my sleep. The person who was sitting next me was surprised and looking at me. So, I said her Then, I went back to sleep.

Ito Shunsuke

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