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 Porter.

We're joined as always by England's top Japan enthusiast, Mr. Peteanson himself. Pete, I just hit my hand on my laptop. How are you doing?

What's going on? Oh dear. I'm good, Chris. I'm keeping well. I am enjoying autumn,

drinking my spice lattes and gazing off at the middle distance and thinking about, I don't know,

writing my book.

Yeah, it's good. I worry, every autumn I grab my clothes out of a cupboard that's been

shut for an entire sort of year, pretty much. And I'm very sensitive to dust. I'm very allergic

to sort of dust particles. Welcome to ask. Every time I,

every time I take an autumn jumper out and put it on, I'm worried that my eyes are going to just

look like I've, you know, I've had a few rounds of Lennox Lewis. Like, for some reason,

some, some years, I put on a particular jumper and my eyes just go and I look absolutely terrible

but I think I've escaped the worst of it

but if my eyes start getting very puffy

during this recording

that's why it's because of the dust

the dust mites

why don't you wash your clothes

that's a simple fix

I do wash for clothes but like

if it's cold and I grab a jumper,

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