Wow!

Hello and welcome to the Bournemouth Podcast, probably the best way of learning about life

in Japan without actually being in Japan. I'm your host, Chris Broad and this week there

is no Pete Denelson, he's gone. I fired him. No, he's not fired. He has just taken

a week off. I've given him a break because I thought it was time to interview someone

new, someone different. We did quite a lot of podcast now on the Bournemouth Podcast

twice a week clean. I figured it'd be nice to actually introduce more people and have some

interviews like we did with Charlotte last month. So Pete's got the week off and this

week I'd like to introduce you to Tokyo Lens, my good friend Norm. He is a YouTuber with

150,000 subscribers. He focuses mainly on traveling in Japan, short form documentaries

and photography. You might have seen him recently on Journey Across Japan. He joined us on

the third episode, well the whole series but he appeared in the third episode as the

disgruntled guy walking into a shop. He was surprised by the presence of Dr. Jelly in

the commercial. He's had a good year, three viral hit videos which we'll discover later

on in this episode. He's got a podcast. He's a master of the shamisen having played with

my arch rivals, the Yoshida brothers. He speaks Japanese at a native level. He's called

Japan Home Favour decade and here he is, Norm, how you doing? I am doing pretty good. Thanks

for having me. I'd big you up there quite a lot. Yeah, 30%

of the time. So those of you that don't know you, what would you believe in?

What do I believe in? Give us a quick intro. I think your intro was pretty clear. Pretty

much everything started around the shamisen side of things. I've been in Japan for a bit

over a decade. Decided to dedicate myself to becoming the apprentice of the Yoshida brothers

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