The first episode of our podcast about games is here. On this show we discuss video games that left an unforgettable impression on us. Chan joined me to discuss Fahrenheit a "movie like" game "for adults" from the mind of David Cage. On each episode we get into our experience with the game and then dissect the details with full on spoilers in the second part. Spoilers: 21:00 Podcast website: bit.ly/38OqAWw Promo video: https://youtu.be/qMPz9RsqFRM

Mind Duck Japan

MDG 1 - Fahrenheit Indigo Prophecy

All you need to know about clinical trials in Japan. Yaz (Yaz_JP on Youtube) joined me to discuss out time we spent locked up in a hospital together. You might not believe it but we really enjoyed. It was like having a nice relaxing holiday with a roommate who's a vampire and constantly wants to suck your blood. Have you ever though about joining a clinical trial? Do you wonder how different it is in Japan versus other countries or how overly polite and safe Japanese doctors are? This episode is for you. Episode notes: 00:00 Intro - Who is Yaz? 15:13 Language quack - What do Japanese nurses say? 17:36 Our experience with the clinical trial 30:22 Filip's hobby - passing out 42:33 Commercial quack - Warm Heart Communication 43:11 Pros and Cons of a clinical trial 56:54 The quack of the day - Can you wear your weakness like a shield? 01:07:18 Outro Check out Yaz_JP on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YazJP #clinical #trial #japan

MDJ 26 - Clinical trial by fire

Do you mind swearing, are you easily offended, do you get irritated by randomness? Don't listen to this episode then. Chan joined me on episode 25 where we test our new equipment, look at listener mail, discuss the future of this podcast and plans to start new episodes about books, games and more. As usual, you can also learn something about the Japanese language, hear about our take on Japanese "rule culture" and ponder about my thought(quack) of the day. Last but not least, we have a laugh about the best swearword songs. Episode notes: 00:00 Intro 04:10 Listener mail and comments 09:35 Language quack - "eeto ne", "machigainai deshou ka" 15:03 Quackity quack - Rules and agreements in Japan 25:20 Commercial quack - Brain yoga 26:04 Shows, characters and quack - Carole & Tuesday 32:44 The quack of the day - The "travel bubble" 41:26 Outro Links and used songs and clips:    Snuff Box S01E03 - Rude Song    Carole & Tuesday - Mermaid Sisters song    Rusty Cage - The Cuss Word Song    George Carlin - 7 Words You Can't Say On TV

MDJ 25 - Quacking Bullquack

We were very lucky and managed to get our Japanese friend Shohei on the  podcast to tell us why he became a jeweler and introduced us to a very  special kind of service in Japan - calling a demon on the phone.  Moreover, Chan and I tested many Japanese dad jokes and tried to make  Shohei laugh at least once. Join us on this fun episode of the Mind Duck  Japan podcast. Disclaimer: The cover photo is me and Chan on Halloween and doesn't have  anything to do with this episode. YES I am a demon but NO, you can't  call me. Episode notes: 00:00 Intro - Who is Shoei and how he became a jeweler 09:30 Language quirk - "Shouganai", Japanese dad jokes 16:36 News and stories - Calling a demon 27:04 Brand name of the week - Gallery NO DESIGN 28:12 Food and Drink - Kusaya 31:34 Thought of the day - Don't you think that doing for others what you want them to do for you is dumb? 39:27 Outro 

24 - Call a demon

Brad and I embarked on another bicycle trip. This time, we took a ferry  to the Chiba peninsula and went all the way around it along the beach.  We finished all the way north in Ibaraki to see the Furukoda falls. You can look forward to hearing about Godzilla's crotch, the Hell Peak  point, whale restaurants, Wave Riding Vehicles and much more. Check out the photos and the video for 1 hour of unedited videos from the trip. Episode notes: 00:00 Intro 04:05 Language quirk - "Dou shiyou ka naaaaa" 06:04 Traveling tips - Kurihama -> Chiba by ferry 07:26 Day 1 and 2 of our trip - South of Chiba, Godzilla's crotch, 15:22 Food and Drink - Whaling and whale meat 23:44  Day 2, 3 and 4 of our trip - Ghost land, Big boy's, cycling in the  rain, Furukoda Falls, Choushi, Ibaraki, Mito, ringing a bell in the  forest (37:48) 40:33 Brand name of the week - Wave riding vehicles 37:17 Japanese characters - Chiba-kun, the mascot of Chiba 41:52 Thought of the day - Are parents the root of racism? 51:45  Outro - How we "tried" to learn English with the TV, Japanese family  tree system and Brad's great news, reflecting on our trips

23 - Chiba Shiba Cycle

Traditional Japanese comedy and story telling: Rakugo and Manzai Welcome back to the podcast! We have reunited with Taka after a long time to discuss his latest Rakugo performance - traditional Japanese comedy. We also talk about Manzai the most popular comedy style in Japan which involves 2 people as opposed to 1 in western style stand up comedy. We also talk about Japenese puns, jokes, Taka's hometown mascot and ponder about Counter attraction. Episode notes: 00:00 Intro – Taka's new apartment and interesting neighbors 09:42 Language quirk - Semi-final cicada 12:32 News and stories - Rakugo, Manzai, Taka's rakugo performance, English rakugo 34:33 Brand name of the week - Counter attraction 37:17 Japanese characters - Marimokkori, a mascot from Hokkaido 41:52 Thought of the day - Do you have to be depressed to be funny? Links: Taka's rakugo performance (we're working on English subtitles) Example of rakugo with English subtitles Canadian rakugo comedian Katsura Sunshine: explaining rakugo, documentary with clips

22 - Comedy: Rakugo and Manzai

On this super chilled out episode we dive deep into a tea infused discussion that took us 3 hours. Not to worry, I cut that in half. :D We discuss our failures with steaming, rolling and preparing fresh tea leaves at home, picking tea leaves at tea farms, ponder about tea thinking puzzles, learn all the names of Japanese teas and sign up on Steepster, the social network where you can log what tea you are drinking. Make some tea and join us on this unforgettable tea ride. Episode notes: 00:00 Intro – Chilling out with tea, podcast episode names 09:44 Language quirk - bancha, hojicha, gyokuro, ryokucha, cha, ocha, koucha, fukamushicha, kukicha, guricha, genmaicha, mugicha, soba cha, kombucha, uji macha AND MORE 27:10 Traveling tips - Shizuoka and tea farms 32:55 News - Butchering fresh tea leaves at home 57:57 Tea lateral thinking puzzle 59:51 Our best and worst tea tips 1:10:51 Brand name of the week - Bread Code 1:12:35 Food - Matcha flavored everything 1:16:12 Though of the week - Everybody has to have their own thing 1:27:05 Outro - Steepster - the best social network for tea lovers Links: Photos from Shizuoka Steepster.com - Dive into the universe of tea

21 - Tea fanatics and Chan

I sit with Brad to discuss cycling in a park in Yokohama while we finally feature actual live ducks on this episode of the Mind Duck Japan podcast. The student has become the master and Brad basically took my role on his most recent bicycle trip. :D We also talk about surfing addiction, exploding dumplings and ponder whether people can be killed with kindness. Episode notes: 00:00 Intro – Ambient duck sounds, Brad's youtube channel and recipes 03:00 Language quirk - Mottainai! 05:14 News - Brad's recent bicycle misadventure 14:14 News - My 170km bicycle trip to Shimoda 22:24 News - My views on surfing addiction 29:20 Food and drinks - Chinese soup dumplings Xiaolongbao 32:47 Brand name of the week - Hyper knife 33:28 Though of the week - Can you kill somebody with kindness? 38:52 Thought 2 - Miscommunication and arguing in Japanese 43:35 Outro - Japanese Music Links: Brad's youtube channel: Brad in Japan Brad's awesome casual clothes change

20 - Cycle-kid becomes Cycle-man

Sara from the Philippines and Paolo from Italy joined Chan and me on a trip to Nagano. Together we embarked on an adventure to taste raw horse meat, see kappa monsters and explore Matsumoto, Kamikouchi and the famous Shirakawa village. As usual, we also discuss a variety of other topics such as Japanese Doctors and dentists, how Japanese people sometimes do anything just to avoid foreigners and ponder about making bad decisions. Send us your comments, questions or feedback to mindduckjapan@gmail.com. Check out some photos from the trip here: https://imgur.com/gallery/TPSuR8O 00:00 Intro – Who is Sarah and Paolo 03:51 Language quirk - Why Japanese people forget to say the last syllable of many words in English 07:04 Travelling tips - our experiences from: Nagano, Matsumoto, Takayama, Shirakawa village, Kamikouchi - the kappa monster 16:01 Food and drinks - Mountain Bandit Bake, raw meat, Hida beef and more 30:50 News - Paolo's doctor's appointments and doctors in Japan 37:19 News - How Japanese people try to avoid foreigners 45:44 Brand name of the week - American Drug 47:47 Video - Ossan's Love - Otona Koukou (Adult High School) - Mosaic Japan 53:56 Thought of the day - Is making a bad decision better than not making a decision? 01:17:09 Outro - Japanese Music Check out Sara's instagram @saracoat

19 - Mountain Bake Bandit

Peter, Martin, Adam and Chan joined me on this bizarre adventure of anime shows. We each chose an one that everyone had to watch and then dove deep into an involved discussion about each show. Join us on our adventure where we watched: Sailor Moon Hellsing Ultimate Black Lagoon Nichijou Girls und Panzer 6 hours of recording were cut down to two hours after months of trying to watch the show, months trying to get 5 people together at the same time and months editing it all together. Episode Note: 00:00 Intro - Who is Peter - What is our relationship with anime - Anti trash duck shirts and cups: https://suzuri.jp/mindduckjapan 22:18 Language quirk - Common anime words and phrases 26:50 SAILOR MOON 45:55 HELLSING ULTIMATE 01:08:13 Brand name of the week - Swallow chain 01:09:47 BLACK LAGOON 01:18:44 NICHIJOU 01:35:02 GIRLS UND PANZER 01:57:07 Thought of the day - Is there a steel bar in every movie? 02:04:47 Japanese music, Outro

18 - Filip's bizzare anime adventure

Finally, Richard, a traveler, businessman and a good friend from Egypt  joined me on the podcast. WE sat down to discuss how to tell people off  in Japanese, what fish ice cream tastes like and also went into detail  on how Richard almost got into a fight with the yakuza and encountered a  ghost. Check out all that and more on episode 16 of the podcast! Episode notes: 00:00 Intro - Who is Richard, Richard's trip to Russia 09:49 Language quirk - Mendokusai 12:14 Traveling tips - Tokyo Sayonara Sales 15:29 News - How Richard almost got into a fight with the yakuza 18:37 News - Richard's ghost story 29:46 Food and Drinks - fish, wasabi and gold ice cream 35:15 Brand name of the week - Premium matcha toilet paper 37:01 Japanese video - Butt biting bug 44:22 Thought of the day - Does living in another country make you care less? 48:28 Thought of the day 2 - How to stop anxiety 56:17 Japanese music

17 - Swearing with an Egyptian

this episode is full in video: https://youtu.be/8ayw0zsOLTM From Kamakura to Niigata, from one coast to the other side of Japan to the sea by bicycle. Brad from ep.12 joined me on this adventure. We planned 400 km in 4 days to get to the other side of Japan by bicycle. We start on a casting couch, spend the night at the love hotel,  continue to soldier on through the night in the forest full of bears to  smell rotten eggs at the Kusatsu onsen to breeze through rice fields to  the sea. Episode notes: 00:00 Day 0 – planning, predictions 17:37 Day 1 – dying in the heat 23:30 Commercial break – Pain pati 24:28 Day 2 – love hotel fun 43:30 Day 2 – before the hill of doom 44:29 Day 2 – a prayer for Brad and hill of doom aftermath 48:36 Commercial break 2 – Meat planning 49:26 Day 3 – from Kusatsu hot springs to the ghost house 59:48 Day 4 – a talk with the owner of the resort 01:04:39 Day 4 – Thought of the day – on top a hill 01:09:56 Day 4 – Made it to the sea! 01:16:11 Day 5 – Epilogue – crazy manga page flipping 01:20:22 Day 5 – Final thought, statistics, numbers, costs Brad's Youtube channel - Brad in Japan Brad's point of view - Day 1 Photos and stuff ——- watch the video, it’s all there

16 – Bicycle madness

Tom a traveler, teacher and Street Fighter yelling enthusiast joined us for this insane episode along with Taka and Chan. Let me tell you, this episode is intense! Not only have we all transformed into waifus but we also talk about the best and worst snorts, we try our best at voice acting for a street fighter game, attempt to clean a juice stain by yelling and debate whether a bear has cut off slices of his feet and pretended they were pancakes. I'm not sure if these episodes are getting better or just more insane but I definitely had a great time recording this one! Send us your comments, questions or feedback to mindduckjapan@gmail.com. Episode notes: 00:00 Intro – Who is Tom, listener statistics, trash-duck T-shirts 09:15 Language quirk - Nibansenji 13:12 Travelling tips - Purikura, waifu makeover 22:29 Food and drinks - Yomeishu 28:07 News - Tom's nightmare hellokitty land story 34:09 News - Taka's recipes - Tempura, miso soup, sukiyaki 43:31 News - Top 5 mucus snorts of Japan 56:12 News - TATSUMAKISENPUUUUUKYAKU!!!! 01:01:40 Brand name of the week - Cleaning yell 01:04:02 Japanese video – Rillakuma 01:10:08 Thought of the day - Are rituals bullshit? 01:19:42 End - Japanese Music Pictures for the episode: https://imgur.com/a/6WXtMVh

15 - Cleaning YELL

Chan and Taka join me on this episode we go back to the roots. We talk about all the mishaps that still happen to me even after more than a year of living in Japan. I can't get on the right train, flush the toilet or even open a door. We also unravel the secrets of succession fish, sing songs with the decapitation hell club and ponder about what a bean that grows a cute dog face has to say. 00:00 Intro – Taka is pro at cooking 07:46 Language quirk - Succession fish and milk sacks 13:51 News - Filip's mishaps 23:53 Music - Decapitation Hell Club 37:27 Brand name of the week - Beauty Reverse 40:11 Japanese video – Mameshibaaaa 50:33 Thought of the day - Responses from listeners 57:42 Thought of the day - Will Japanese people change their lifestyle after the Corona pandemic? 01:17:56 Outro Links: VIDEO: Filip can't open doors nor flush toilets Tokyo comic attack podcast Mameshiba videos Pro at cooking Pure Pwnage

14 - Decapitation Hell Club

Games, games, games! Sercan, a software engineer and game developer from Turkey, has joined me on this episode where we talk about Japan and all things related to games. Adam has also joined us for part of the podcast to tell us about Half Life: Alyx and ghost Chan appeared briefly to record an amazing adversitement. We also discuss, gaming in Japan, game jams, our experience with the Global game jam at the Japanese university of technology, various game jam projects and most importantly the "GAAAAEAEAEEME". Ultra fight da kyana 2, the weirdest and amazingly astonishing Japanese game you have ever seen. Finally, we discussed Sercan's released game Gorytale and it's development. Sercan was so kind to give us 10 steam keys of the game for free. So the first 10 listeners can grab the steam key here. Episode notes: 00:00 Intro – Who is Sercan, drinking in the Czech Republic 07:48 Extra segment - Sercan's work, and future of digital facial animation and modelling 15:08 Extra segment – Half Life: Alyx discussion 29:20 Travelling tips – Global Game Jam in Japan 38:15 News - Gaming in Japan, Game Jam Projects, Gorytale and it's development 57:55 Brand name of the week - COUNTER SNACK 59:45 Japanese video – Solitary Gourmet 01:13:52 Thought of the day - Is making something a natural progression understanding something? 01:17:56 Outro Links: Sercan on twitter @sgt3v Sercan's game Gorytale on Steam FREE Keys for Gorytale A video cut from the global game jam broadcast in Japan My YouTube channel for games - Mind Duck Overview of my games

13 - gAAAAme

Hi, welcome to my podcast about Japan, Japanese culture, language, food, drinks, my weird ideas and experiences. My name is Filip, I am Czech and I like noticing small details, weird things and trying everything even though i am bad at it. I have recently moved to Japan and I talk about everything Japan while I try to be funny and make bad jokes.

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