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Welcome to the Abroad Japan podcast.

Probably the best way of learning about life in Japan without actually being in Japan.

I'm your host, Chris Broadbe, joined as always by England's top Japan enthusiast. Mr. Pete Dawam. Pete, how the devil are you doing? What's going on? I'm good. All of the patte I consumed over the Christmas period is still coursing through my veins. More patte than man. More patty than man. What kind of patay? Ham, chicken. You're Ardenne. I don't know what's in an Ardenne. Chicken livers? There's a bit of, there's a posh version of it, there's got a bit of pistachio in it. Lovely, absolutely lovely, I've started to make me on dip for... You are the 1% of your paté, aren't you? I made me on dip with really cheap mayonnaise and lemon juice and pepper.

And I was just absolutely seeing that off.

And I wonder why I'm a size.

But I am cutting out the lattes, as discussed.

I'm having filter coffee.

I've switched to filter coffee people.

When I did the original journey across Japan with Ian, good old Ian, we love Ian. We love Ian.

The driver and producer, he had a latte every day times like three. journey across Japan with Ian. Good old Ian. We love Ian. We love Ian. We respect Ian.

The driver and producer, he had a latte every day times like three. Right. And I think he put on my five kilograms. He needs it, man. He's busy. He loved those lattes. Yeah. And I was like, just drink, like me, just drink a black coffee with a drop of milk. because a latte is like, you know, three quarters.

Or even a black coffee with the sugar.

It's probably better for you.

Probably. me, just drink a black coffee with a drop of milk. Because a latte is like, you know, three quarters. Or even a black coffee with the sugar. It's probably better for you than all that milk. And I think he stopped and he immediately lost like four kilograms. Yeah. So don't drink latte. The thing is, though, Ian can see that off. Ian being a man who goes for quite a lot of runs, he probably can ship off a bit of work quite easily.

But I'm very sedentary these days.

And I just, I just, a bit of 11 aside on a Sunday is not going to really,

especially the way we play.

I watched eyes wide shut.

How dare you start the show like that? How dare you? Or rewatched it. Toss that hand grenade in. I haven't seen it. I'm familiar with most of the cues. You haven't seen it? I'm not, I don't know. What is it? Kubrick. Is it Kubrick? It's last film. 1999. Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman. Right. He finished it. It was the longest production of any film whether they made 400 days of this continuous production.

Yeah. From 1999, Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman. Right. He finished it. It was the longest production of any film ever made 400 days,

the longest continuous production. Yeah. Uh, he finished. He had it. Then he died. Yeah. And then the film came out like nine months later. Right. Okay. And there's a conspiracy theory as, you know, was he killed? because there's a section in the film

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