The Japanofiles Podcast

In Episode 3 of The Japanofiles Podcast, Dave talks with Jai Heward about buying a house in Japan. Key Words: housing; ... Read more

This episode of The Japanofiles Podcast features a discussion with Kevin Leahy, translator of the popular Vampire Hunter... Read more

After discussing the Obon Festival, Dave visits the Bon Odori dancing in his neighborhood.  He then introduces Matsumoto... Read more

For this episode of The Japanofiles Podcast, Erin King talks about her lifelong interest in Japan, and about various oth... Read more

This installment of The Japanofiles Podcast explores two aspects of traditional Japanese culture. The first segment pres... Read more

Crime in Japan and the yakuza are the two main topics of discussion on today's Japanofiles Podcast. Journalist Paul Murp... Read more

Tyler Lynch runs a ryokan (a traditional Japanese inn) in the hot-spring resort area known as Togura Kamiyamada Onsen.  ... Read more

What do you do when the company you work for goes belly up?  Today's guest, Thomas Leitke, talks about his experience of... Read more

For Episode 64 of The Japanofiles Podcast, Dave talks with Paul Murphy, a journalist from Ireland who was living in Mats... Read more

Will Springmeyer visits The Japanofiles Podcast to discuss the sister city relationship between Matsumoto and his hometo... Read more

Whitney Conti, Editor-in-Chief of YoMoYaMa Magazine, visits The Japanofiles Podcast to discuss her interest in local med... Read more

This "kiri-otoshi" episode of The Japanofiles Podcast features short discussions with six different guests. Key Words: i... Read more

In Episode 22 of The Japanofiles Podcast, David Varnes talks about how his interest in Japan grew slowly over many years... Read more

Today's guest, David Ruzicka, was recently asked to participate in a series of university lectures that explored cultura... Read more

Mervin Salazar became inspired to learn Japanese after winning a trip to Japan in the 1990s. He then went on to work for... Read more

Mary Aruga first came to Japan, to an all-girls high school in Kagoshima, as part of a one-year Rotary Club exchange pro... Read more

Richard Robinson, the man who brought Halloween to Matsumoto, is Dave's guest for this episode of The Japanofiles Podcas... Read more

For this episode of The Japanofiles Podcast, Dave is joined by Mark Brierley, another long-time resident of Matsumoto.  ... Read more

Jonathon Adams drops by The Japanofiles Podcast to share the story of how he became interested in Japan and why he moved... Read more

Today's Japanofiles Podcast features two women. The first guest is Ann, who lives to the south of Matsumoto in Shiojiri ... Read more