Wow!

Hello and welcome to the Borgia Pan Pod Class,

probably the best way of learning about life in Japan

without actually being in Japan. I'm your host Chris Borden,

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

Mr Pete Dawson himself. Pete, how the devil are you doing today?

I'm good. I spent today doing some pre-records for a couple of podcasts

and then popped out for my vaccine, forgetting that I'd actually got the wrong day.

So I'm unvaccinated. I've had half of vaccine.

Half of vaccine. I'm just waiting for my second half.

So yeah, I'm in a situation where I'm very silly boy

and I'm going to go back out again tomorrow to get it properly done.

Well, at least you've got one. I haven't got one,

so you're one nail ahead of me, one nail peak, one nail to you.

Well, the advice in Japan seems to be that you shouldn't talk to any foreigners.

You shouldn't get close to any foreigners. That's the advice for everyone to give you.

There aren't any foreigners around. Don't worry about your lens.

That was ridiculous. I retweeted this bit of news,

I think from the Manichi Shimbun the other day.

I think a local government authority in Ibaraki Prefecture,

just north of Tokyo, there was some sort of notification to agricultural workers saying,

if you meet a foreigner, don't be near them.

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