the Way to Japan
WELCOME to the Way to Japan Podcast. ♡ I'm your host, Vanessa Villalobos, and I am on a MISSION to explore the art of Japanese living - to be found right here in the UK. I'll be talking with Japan-inspired creatives, entrepreneurs & business people about WHAT they do, WHY they do it, and what WE CAN LEARN from their unique 'way to Japan'. I LOVE uncovering those small, significant details & really practical tips to get us closer to Japan in our daily lives... So if you, like me, are one of those people with a Japan-shaped hole in your heart, tune in and capture your own little piece of Japan joy today! ♡ Click the link to sign up for my newsletter: https://thewaytojapan.com/newsletter/ I'm busy finding all the juiciest, joy-sparking, Japan-inspired, UK-based recommendations (so you don't have to!). Yoroshiku onegaishimasu, Vanessa ♡
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...
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30:26
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...
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Episode 4
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32:47
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...
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Episode 3
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47:40
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...
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Episode 2
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22:07
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...
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Episode 1
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26:04
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 ...
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Episode 6
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23:48
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...
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Episode 5
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22:05
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...
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Episode 4
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20:09
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 ...
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Episode 3
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21:25
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...
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Episode 2
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25:21
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...
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Episode 1
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