Wow. Hello everyone and welcome to the Abroad Japan podcast probably Probably the best way of learning about life in Japan,

but actually being in Japan.

I'm your host Chris Broad.

We're joined as always by England's top Japan enthusiast.

Mr. Pete, Donaldson Pete, I don't like you anymore.

How you doing? Whoa, whoa, where's that come from? I take a couple of weeks off and you're on a journey across Japan. Have you rediscovered yourself? You've certainly rediscovered some beautiful hair your hair is

getting you look a little bit like that that Argentinian leader with the big

sidies. That's what I'm going for Now I hate you because moments before we hit record, Pete was like,

oh you sound like you're recording that the audio quality sounds better than normal.

And we're not of course, as you can tell recording in the billion dollar

Braun Japan studio I mean like a shed in a hotel room area in North Japan

Yamagata and yeah so this is what I needed not a big amazing studio I just need like a

crappy room to record in have you kind of made yourself a little sort of

voice over booth with um with like uh blankets and stuff.

Oh, no, there's nothing.

It's just this.

There's nothing.

This is this crappy window.

Help.

I thought it might be a window.

I just...

Is it one of those windows that like, is one of those windows that like is one of those hotels that like

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