the Way to Japan
Episodes
11 episodes
Why Drink Japanese Tea?
Put the kettle on & enjoy an enlightening chat with the charming Charlie, a tea shop owner in London with real passion for Japanese culture. I got INSPIRED with so many TEA BREWING TIPS from talking with Charlie, and I t...
The Magical Umami of Koji: Explained! ✨
I'm SO chuffed to finally catch up with my talented friend, Yuki Gomi, a professional chef, teacher and cookery writer. I can still remember the taste of the delicious aubergine dish we made when I attended one of her wonderful Yuki's Kitchen c...
The Way of the Fearless Writer
It was SUCH a joy to speak with my writing mentor & bestselling author, Beth Kempton, who is an award-winning entrepreneur and producer of online courses, a Reiki Master, a yoga teacher, a mama of two young girls, and a self-help author who...
Why Do Japanese Kids Eat Everything?
WELCOME back to the Way to Japan Autumn 2022 interview series! I hugely enjoyed talking to my inspirational friend Anna, who is a Devon-based nutritionist and a mum in a busy Japanese British family day-to-day. I met Anna through a...
Zen Pop & the Art of Masa Iida
WELCOME to the Way to Japan Autumn 2022 interview series! I'm delighted to kick off with my wonderful friend Masa, a London-based 'Zen POP' singer/songwriter & artist from Yokohama, Japan. I first met Masa about 12 years ago, a...
The Real Reason You May Fail to Learn Japanese
My 7-year-old's middle name is Zen.No, really, it is.We gave him the name hoping naively that it might, I don't know... infuse qualities of calm into his nature?He is, ermm, not calm. He is like a tightly ...
How Teaching Yourself Japanese Is Like Conveyor Belt Sushi
Have you ever been to a kaiten-zushi restaurant? I love the weirdly futuristic simplicity of the conveyor belt concept. Tantalising morsels of white, red and orange fish, laid like glistening gems on their thrones of rice glide regally past...
Delete Your Japanese Learning Apps (and What to Do Instead)
When I lived in Japan, it was before the smart phone-era. I had a large map of Tochigi city and the whole surrounding area pinned to the wall in my apartment, and I studied the routes to the many elementary and middle schools I nee...
Love Japan? What’s Your Japan Story?
When I was 15 years old, my father went on a business trip to Japan.My father was a Yorkshireman, and not at all given to gushing enthusiasm, except perhaps for a chip butty. Given his usual world-weary demeanour and workaholic ...
Is It Worth Learning Japanese? 3 Questions to Ask Yourself
You might not be offended by the F WORD, but I am.In the last month, I’ve had two consultation calls with Japanese learners where they just kept dropping the F BOMB – without even thinking about it.Fluency.T...
How to Learn Japanese: 6 Simple Steps to Turn Slow & Painful Study into a Fun & Interesting Lifestyle
*What does OMOSHIROI mean?I got some REALLY RUBBISH ADVICE from my mentor – a very experienced teacher – when I first arrived in Japan. Or so I thought…So, it was a sunny September morning and I was in the staff room prep...