Ladies gentlemen, boys and girls,

boys and girls, welcome to learn Japanese pod, the podcast that wants to help you get better at Japanese, honestly.

And you're listening to the Fun Friday edition of the podcast where we talk to cool people

doing cool things in Japan.

And this week I'm joined by my dear friend Andy how the devil are you so?

I'm doing well how you doing I'm good it's the end of the year I think we have survived touch wood maybe perhaps how are you doing it's you know what I think it is I think this is the gap, so it's the bridge between awful and hopefully

years that are a bit better to come. Yeah, so it's the bridge between awful and hopefully normal.

This was the year that we held our breath

hoping that it wasn't going to be 2022 again. Is it safe to come out of our caves? I kind of feel

like we're just kind of crawling out, You know blinking in the direct sunlight.

Yeah, the smoke is clearing, like, is it safe to venture out?

So anyway, yeah, we wanted to do 2023 a year and review about basically our lives and also Japan and maybe we shall

It's been a tradition for us to meet at the end of the year and make completely inaccurate rash predictions about the coming

year. This year is no exception. Quickly switch back to 2020. That pandemic was only three months. It'll be fine. That's over was only three months it'll be fine that's over

that's over 21's gonna be great famous last word so anyway yeah it's a

it's a true tradition for us to make completely unhinged predictions about the future and that's why you like listening to this podcast. But anyway, Andy, generally how was your year? Any notable highlights? I think the watchword of the year was warm.

If you were in Japan anytime from I don't know maybe June through to September it was

boiling hot it was smoking hot it was smoking hot it was scary hot I've never experienced temperatures like that in Japan. I think we

break some records didn't. Oh yeah yeah it's you know we've got the what is it kudosio?

Oh kudos shit what's that? Oh, kudos shit?

What's that?

So I want to make sure I'm saying I think kudoshio I think the

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