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Japan Life Stories

Paul Gaumer

Insights and success stories from foreigners who built a life and career in Japan! Discover interviews of expatriates sharing their origin stories, experiences and answering the following question: "How can I start a life in Japan?" Episodes recorded in 2019 and 2020. Archives and transcripts have been moved to japanlifestories.netlify.app/

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Fariza Abidova shares a great story, from moving to Japan from her home country in Uzbekistan to bootstrapping 50 businesses in 3 years, being a panelist alongside Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, and writing for the Nikkei, one of Japan's big... more

Tyas Sosen is a Belgium Tea Ceremony Master from Kyoto. Tyas trained in an impressive number of traditional arts like calligraphy, kendo or flower arrangement before eventually joining a famous lineage of tea masters. During the next hour, we'll disc... more

Alessandro de Bellegarde is an American videographer living in beautiful Kyoto. After a first career as a chef and directing his first movie, he created his own production company with a key mission: to archive Kyoto's cultural landmarks through virt... more

Alex Knight is Australian and has been living in Tokyo for 5 years, currently working as a UX designer at bitcoin.com. While living in Tokyo, Alex rediscovered his passion for photography. He now spends his nights exploring Tokyo's hidden streets, cr... more

Hirisha Mehta came from India 10 years ago to study design in Tokyo. She is now the Head of Design at the Kyoto Journal, an award-winning magazine sharing artistic and cultural insights all across Asia.

Hirisha's background includes experiences des... more

Nathan Hoernig is the founder of Humble Bunny, a design and marketing agency based in Tokyo now collaborating with famous international companies such as Bose or Ralph Lauren. Expatriate in Japan since 2007, Nate explains how failing the JET program ... more

We recently had a chance to exchange with Tao Romera Martinez on his strategies to reach fluency in any language. Based on this conversation, we thought you might enjoy a few more tips to help you radically improve your Japanese level.

Tao Romera Martinez has been living in Japan for 15 years and transitioned from a corporate job at Fujitsu to becoming in 2013 the co-founder of Tadaku, a startup in the travel industry.

After years of growth and successfully selling his company, T... more

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 9 ratings
  • Entertaining and informative

    Paul is a great host. He keeps the conversation moving and ensures that the stories lead to thought starter for listeners. The stories are entertaining and informative. I love how the podcast introduces "Japan" through the life stories of expats. As an expat working in Tokyo myself, I found these stories relatable but also refreshing at times. You learn about why the guests on the show decided to be in Japan, and how they got to where they are, such as becoming a master in tea ceremony! Or if yo... more

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    5
    samthuang
    United States6 years ago
  • Interesting

    Good podcast to know more about the Japanese culture and career opportunities.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Kimeko02
    France6 years ago
  • Instructive

    Podcasts really useful when we are interested in japanese life or to live in Japan. Lots of tips and tricks. Thank you for these great testimonials !

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Angus2301
    France6 years ago
  • Love this podcast!

    Great podcast to discover new insights on Japan and the daily life of its expatriates. Looking forward to the new episodes!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    JasCN92
    France6 years ago

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