Bad Communication

Coming up on this week’s show we talk a bit about the YouTube meetup in Shibuya, some giant sushi rolls, the closing of a chain of Tokyo brothels, the start of construction on a Shinkansen tunnel that will connect Hokkaido to the main island, and we’ve got a special guest filling in for Andrew who is on vacation in Hawaii! All that and more on this week’s Bad Communication!

• Weekend in Tokyo
  • We’ll be in Tokyo on the weekend of December 8th and 9th so be sure to get in touch and hang out with us for a bit.
• MSG Giveaway
  • Check the video to find out who won!
• Japan’s Biggest Futomaki Sushi Roll [Japan Probe]
  • http://www.japanprobe.com/2012/11/05/japans-biggest-futomaki-sushi-roll/
• Huge bust of Yoshiwara soapland chain could be crossroads for brothel quarter [Tokyo Reporter]
  • http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2012/11/02/huge-bust-of-yoshiwara-soapland-chain-could-be-crossroads-for-the-brothel-quarter/
• U.S. online firm offers downloads of ‘Cyborg 009,’ Ishinomori titles [Asahi Shimbun]
  • http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201211020024
• How Giant Tunnels Protect Tokyo from Flood Threat [CNN]
  • http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/31/world/asia/japan-flood-tunnel/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
• Japanese Windows 8 Promotion Misleads Many to Think their Monitor will Magically Become a Touchscreen [Rocket News 24]
  • http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/10/29/windows-8-promotion-misleads-many-to-think-their-monitor-will-magically-become-touch-screens/
• Hokkaido Shinkansen Tunnel [NHK News]
  • http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20121023/t10015951791000.html
• Show Notes
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Coming up on this week’s show we’ve got heartwarming Nepalese curry, a seized multimillion dollar violin, fake anime figures, body sushi, and how to tell if your girlfriend is a demon. All that and more on this week’s Bad Communication!

• Heartwarming Story of a Nepali Curry Shop [Rocket News 24]
  • http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/03/14/the-heartwarming-story-of-a-nepali-curry-shop-that-won-over-the-hearts-and-twitter-followers-of-japan/
• Japanaese Musican’s Million-Dollar Guarneri Violin Seized in German [WSJ]
  • http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2012/08/23/japanese-musicians-million-dollar-violin-seized-in-germany/
• Chinese Studen Sold Hundreds of Counterfeit Anime Figures [Japan Probe]
  • http://www.japanprobe.com/2012/08/21/chinese-student-sold-hundreds-of-counterfeit-anime-figures/
• Japanese Embassy in Rome Protests ‘Traditional’ Body Sushi [Asahi]
  • http://www.asahi.com/international/update/0824/TKY201208240132.html
• Top Ten – ‘Oniyome’ Checklist [Yahoo!]
  • http://r25.yahoo.co.jp/fushigi/rxr_detail/?id=20120405-00023345-r25
• Show Notes
  • Blog: http://bc.wanwan.fm
  • Email: bc@wanwan.fm
  • Leave a Voicemail:
    • Skype: BadCommunicationPodcast
  • YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/bcpodcast
    • Send us a video voicemail and we’ll play it on the show!
    • Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel!
    • Bad Communication is a listener-supported podcast. If you’re willing and able, please consider donating!
    • Live Show
      • Monday nights at 8:30pm in Japan
        • http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bad-communication

Shall I compare thee to leftover KFC after Christmas? Join us for this year’s last episode as we talk about the new PSVITA, some sushi abominations, the representative kanji for 2011, rice with pizza as well as our assessment for this year. See you in 2012!

Shall I compare thee to leftover KFC after Christmas? Join us for this year’s last episode as we talk about the new PSVITA, some sushi abominations, the representative kanji for 2011, rice with pizza as well as our assessment for this year. See you in 2012!

We just got back from a weekend long snowboarding trip to Daisen in Tottori Prefecture.  The weather wasn’t great, but we had a good time and were able to film what might barely pass as a show.  Until then, here’s the ‘bite size’ version of episode 30!  A few days behind schedule but well worth the wait!

Juggling a chatroom, a live USTREAM feed, pre-coffee early morning fatigue and winter induced sickness, the boys of Bad Communication power through this new episode at a new time!  We jam a ton of stories into this week’s show talking about Apple saving the Japanese economy, creepy robot baby heads, a robot priest, gummy sushi, the end of a 1,400 year old business, some pics Andrew shot of a very snowy Osaka, Yahoo! selling its share of it’s Japan counterpart, plans for a maglev train from Tokyo to Osaka, a taxi-themed top 10, an upcoming robot marathon and a ski trip Andrew and I are taking this weekend!  Crazy!

On this very special edition of Bad Communication, we have a YouTube philosopher on the show to add some insight to our usual discussion of the week’s events out of Japan. We talk about potential war breaking out on the Korean Peninsula, a very “talented” Hannah Minx, ready and willing naked Japanese women, an all-sushi Christmas cake, the top 5 things ex-pats living in Japan hate, Beaujolais Nouveau, hacking the Kinect and the resignation of the justice minister over a little joke. By our powers combined, this is Bad Communication!

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