Day trip to Yoro Waterfall, one of the top 100 falls in Japan. Research shows positive effects of Wasabi on memory. Bilingual life and reality book summary: Chapter 4. Word of the Day.

Kaldi half-price coffee. Sharing a lawyer's thoughts on citizen's arrests in Japan. Making healthier rice. Bilingual book review - Chapter 3: The functions of languages. Word of the Day.

Influenza stuff. Hilton apologises about disrespectful video ad. Bilingual book chapter 2 review. Word of the Day

Premium Pekochan no Hoppe cakes: Pekolicious! Overtourism Japan: What can you do? Japanese YouTuber arrested. Bilingual book report: Chapter 1 Why are people bilingual? Word of the Day.

Weather is cooling down, finally! Japan career talk. Careful with MT (machine translation)! Word of the Day

Nintendo announces Zelda movie. The Colonel opens up a KFC with a super-rare seated Colonel. S&B Tabaso sauce collaboration. Bilingual book report. Word of the Day.

Wait. How much?! Got that bilingualism book for a steal! Japanese probiotic giant Yakult opens their first cafe/beauty salon in Utsunomiya. Weather finally starts to cool. Word of the Day.

Welcome back from the long-weekend! Local trip to a temple (with a scary abandoned hotel right by the train station), and photography exhibition (Yasui Nakaji: Photographs). New microphone test (can you hear me?) and Word of the Day.

Thoughts on yesterday's livestream test. Fake Japan posts on social. Follow-up on bilingual personalities. More on invoice seido (system). Word of the Day.

Peanut butter flavoured Gari Gari kun ice blocks. Last day for shinkansen bullet train food carts on Tokaido line. Vegetable and vegan sushi in Kochi. McDonald's New York Come on Baby Burger review. Word of the Day

First outdoor podcast recording!

Elderly driver hits students. Hayfever-fighting rice. Japanese wordplay and number substitution. Word of the Day.

Wedding report. Twitter Vs X. McDonald's Japan NY Come on Baby Burgers. Word of the Day.

Real-life Japanese bloopers (from me and other listeners). Japanese weddings. How to deal with nuisance YouTubers who break the law. Word of the Day

Update on man who fell off the horse at Nagoya Festival. 7 Eleven smoothies: Strawberry and banana. Nuisance YouTubers on shinkansen bullet trains in Japan. Creator shout-out. Word of the Day.

On yet? Toilet seat/washlet heaters. Nagoya Matsuri 2023. Graded readers for children's English learning in Japan. Seven Eleven conbini smoothies. Bilingualism/biculturalism—Change of language, change of personality? Word of the Day.

Nintendo Entertainment System turns 38 years old. Driverless taxis set to hit Tokyo in 2026. Health tips for managing seasonal temperature changes. Osaka travel giveaway reminder. Word of the Day.

Come on Baby New York McDonald's Burgers. Shinkansen bullet train smoking rooms being abolished. Foreign entries for September back to 96% of pre-covid levels. Zengin bank outage: banks compensate affected customers. Shibuya and halloween: Some people live here. Word of the day.

Canned coffee talk. Escaped Osaka chimpanzee captured. Mayor of Nagoya at it again. Japan vows $10 million. Osaka boasts record-setting $16.7 million penthouse. AI copyright issues and laws. Snow in Hokkaido.

Morning walks and Doutor. Unique trains in Japan. Is Japanese one of the most difficult languages? Word of the Day.

Detailed report on my license renewal on Friday. Takeshima day trip. Osaka e-pass giveaway. Robot staff. Word of the Day.

Happy Friday! I'm going to get my driver's license renewed today, so a bit about that process here in Japan, and a funny little story about my experience when I first got to Japan and converted my Australian license. In news, Zengin bank network is restored after affecting 5 million financial transactions over 2 days. As always, we have a word of the day. Have a great one, and have a great weekend!

Zengin (全銀) major bank outage affecting 11 banks across Japan. Some updates and changes to the podcast thanks to your feedback: 1) Added unique hashtag #ohazassuwotd to word of the day. 2) Removed background music while talking. And, as always, word of the day.

Osaka travel. Excessive sitting linked to 1.4 times higher mortality rate. Deep dive into Japan cycling rules. Word of the day.

Local Aichi travel to Nakatsugawa. Cycling rules in Japan. Chemical spill in Sendai on a shinkansen bullet train. Word of the Day.