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

Mr Pete Donaldson himself. Pete, how the devil. Are you doing? What's going on?

Hello Christopher. I am gearing up for what will surely be a really fun Christmas time. There's no need to be afraid because it's Christmas time. I've got home from Japan, and I've done loads of stuff, really.

I've not really sort of been spending a lot of time buying stuff

and thinking about Christmas,

but I have been spending a lot of time on Facebook Marketplace.

I bought 10 cameras on Facebook marketplace.

Oh my God.

What kind of cameras?

An old man was selling... Because me and you and Natsky spent a bit of time of Nicco,

and I bought a cheap sort of pentax analog camera.

A sort of half-frame sort of job.

And I took some pictures of Natzky and you.

And so excited I was at the possibilities of analogue photography.

A man was selling 10 cameras on the internet on Facebook Marketplace.

And I went around his house.

And he was a curious man.

He looked like Santa with a baldy head.

And he had... But he's wearing like full football gear.

Do you know what I mean?

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