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Tokyo Tales - The Simon and Martina Podcast

Tokyo Tales - The Simon and Martina Podcast

Simon and Martina

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

5759 Ratings

Overview

We're Simon and Martina. We run a YouTube channel where we travel around Japan and the world. There are some stories we can't film. For those, we'll share our Tokyo Tales.

26 Episodes

Tokyo Tales: Back from Canada

We spent a month in Canada and had a very different experience than what we're used to. So, for this podcast, we'll tell you what we did in Canada, and try to figure out how to do this video shooting thing again :D

Transcribed - Published: 12 January 2020

Tokyo Tales: Staying Playful

We had a good question from a user who wants to know how to stay playful as an adult, especially since everyone around them is getting so serious as they get older. What's our secret? We'll talk about it for this week's podcast!

Transcribed - Published: 24 October 2019

Tokyo Tales: Check in On Yourself

If everything's going well, but you're not feeling alright, is there something wrong with you, or could there be something else at play? Especially if you're in Chronic Pain, how does that affect how you perceive the world?

Transcribed - Published: 15 September 2019

Tokyo Tales: Chasing Sunsets

We followed some gorgeous sunsets, and ended up in a whole new area we've never encountered, and had some dope experiences.

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2019

Tokyo Tales: What Is Workaholism?

We don't know the answer to this question, but we're pretty sure we had an issue with workaholism back in Korea. Are we still workaholics now? That's what we're unsure about.

Transcribed - Published: 7 August 2019

Tokyo Tales: What We Did in Sweden

We'll be talking about our trip to Malmö Sweden, why we were there, and what we did for this week's podcast!

Transcribed - Published: 20 July 2019

Tokyo Tales: Our 12 Year Wedding Anniversary!

We've been married for 12 years. 12 years! To celebrate, we went to Guam, and we've got some stories to tell about people swimming in full clothing, and threatening a man with a knife.

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2019

Tokyo Tales: Behaving Oddly

For this week's podcast we're talking extensively about RuPaul's Drag Race, season 11, and why it's important to Martina. It really is. Spoilers about this episode, so be warned!

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2019

Tokyo Tales: A Rough Update

Things are going to have to change over the next month, it seems. Martina's hand is worse than expected...

Transcribed - Published: 20 May 2019

Tokyo Tales: We're Not Soul Mates

We think the idea of soul mates is giving people the wrong idea of what it takes to make a relationship work. Happily Ever After doesn't really tell people how much work goes into a marriage. So, we'll talk a bit about what we do, what you don't see, and our thoughts on marriage counselling in this week's episode!

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2019

Tokyo Tales: Should Influencers Be More Genuine?

We've been doing this social media thing for a long time now. And as we grow older and see more people get into the field, we're starting to wonder what is a healthy way for us to share a message with you, in ways that won't cause more harm than good.

Transcribed - Published: 15 March 2019

Tokyo Tales: Where Are You From?

Episode 15 gives a convoluted answer to a simple question: where are you from? For us, that's not an easy question to answer, and I don't know what's the right thing to say.

Transcribed - Published: 25 February 2019

Tokyo Tales: Barcelona and The Meaning of Tourist Traps

Episode 14 of the Tokyo Tales podcast has us talking a bit about our time in Barcelona, and then we get into a bit of a heated discussion about tourist traps. WTF is a tourist trap? Help us understand better, because right now, we're not fond of the phrase...

Transcribed - Published: 11 February 2019

Tokyo Tales: Amsterdam

Today we're talking about one of our techniques for traveling with chronic pain, and Martina shares a special story about a lion.

Transcribed - Published: 9 February 2019

Tokyo Tales: Tea Time with Our Grandma Neighbour

Our neighbour surprised us by inviting us over to her house for a tea ceremony. We enthusiastically accepted, and had a very special memory made that day.

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2018

Tokyo Tales: The Korean Kobe Connection

We went down to Kobe to shoot a big video, and went wandering out by ourselves, and found a connection to our past lives that we weren't expecting.

Transcribed - Published: 14 November 2018

Tokyo Tales: House Hunting and the Spirit Realm

We've been thinking about what kind of house we'd want int he future, and we got ushered to the spirit realm by a magical animal.

Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2018

Tokyo Tales: New Neighbourhood

For this week's podcast, we saw puppies, new coffee shops, huge doggies, sunsets, and Martina got herself in an uncomfortable situation, all in one day's worth of adventuring

Transcribed - Published: 2 October 2018

Tokyo Tales: Lost and Found

We're grieving the loss of our dog, Spudgy, but we're trying to not get too lost in grief, so we're pushing through. Here's how.

Transcribed - Published: 24 September 2018

Tokyo Tales: Snap Out of It!

We're back home in Tokyo, and we've learned some things about ourselves, and different ways for us to build our ladders

Transcribed - Published: 17 September 2018

Toronto Tales: Duck Tales

Martina Saved the Life of a Duck, plus, what is Carrot Milk?

Transcribed - Published: 11 August 2018

Tokyo Tales: Rooftop Danceoff

Grandmas help us dance better

Transcribed - Published: 31 July 2018

Tokyo Tales: Tiny Villages

A restaurant we go to made me cry, and made me rethink what it means to be a part of a community here in Tokyo.

Transcribed - Published: 23 July 2018

Tokyo Tales: Dirty Delicious Ramen

Martina, in desperation, makes one of the worst purchases of her life, and then lost it.

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2018

Tokyo Tales: Coffee Jelly

Someone told our neighbour about us, and now we're scared.

Transcribed - Published: 9 July 2018

Izakaya Soul Bothers

We watch the World Cup in Japan and try to not get into trouble

Transcribed - Published: 2 July 2018

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