Wow.

Hello and 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 Broad. We're joined as always by England's top Japan enthusiast, Mr. Pete Donelson, Pete. How the devil are you doing? What's going on? Good morning, Christopher. As we huddle towards another festive season, I'm happy to announce that Chris is a little bit tired and he's drinking a lot of coffee this morning slash this afternoon. And I'm also doing that,

so I can't say that I'm not the same. But I'm fairly certainly probably has something to do with the fact that you've had a special project in Okinawa and spent most of last night playing poker, Chris. Poker! Hey! Who do you think you are? I love poker. I haven't played poker in a while. I used to play at university. I used to be in the poker society. I did good. I did not know this. Yeah. I'm a gambling man. It's good fun though poker, in it? You sit around with some friends, you eat, your drink, and then you win money. Absolutely. I don't remember that scene in Casinoa Royale. I don't remember that scene. But I went out with some friends to Okinawa for a little holiday shoot, holiday slash shoot. And it was good, man. I love Okinaw. I haven't been about a year. I went with Connor last year and he made me do some water sports, which I wasn't so happy about.

Wow.

That's a fault.

It was a bit of a fall. And so we went back again and didn't do water sports like that and it was a lot more fun. But Okinawa, this time of year is like fucking a perfect place.

But the traffic, my God, is awful, like sitting in a car.

You get really excited. You land Okinau, there's palm trees and excitement and turquoise blue seas.

And then you hit like traffic and you can't get out of Naha City for like two hours.

And the fun quickly slips away. It's the most congested city in Japan, apparently.

So there's like no mass transport.

They've got like one shoddy monorail to see two million people around the island

and it doesn't really work.

So yeah, traffic is bad.

Other than that, it was great.

Good the Americans have imported some great traffic for the Japanese.

That's the irony.

Yeah, to go with, you know, here's a little taste of Los Angeles, everybody.

So I was at the Golden Joysticks a few days ago.

And I was hanging out with some people.

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