Japan 2.0 - Japanese Subculture

After years of talking about it on the pod, the stars finally aligned and Matt joins David at Fuji Rock 2025. This episode is all about David trying to get Matt to join him for the annual music festival, the music, and the moments between the sets that make Fuji Rock so legendary. https://ia601701.us.archive.org/32/items/japan-2.0-reuniting-at-fuji-rock/Japan%202.0%20-%20Reuniting%20at%20Fuji%20Rock%21.m4a Song of the Show –Chinza Dopeness – “Live 64 Bars for Redbull” Japan 2.0 Intro Music – “I Dream Japan” – The Wild Factor Wild Factor Bandcamp – https://thewildfactor.bandcamp.com/ Wild Factor Instagram – @therealwildfactor If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

In this episode, David and Matt explore Kanazawa, the “Little Kyoto” of the Hokuriku region, and one of Japan’s best-kept secrets. Known for its stunning samurai history, pristine Edo-era streets, and contemporary art scene, Kanazawa offers a unique blend of old-world charm and modern vibes. We give our first 24 hour impression of one of David’s favorite cities in Japan. Of course, we discuss record stores, spice curry, and the walking scene! https://ia600608.us.archive.org/18/items/japan-2.0-kanazawa-boogie_202501/Japan%202.0%20-%20Kanazawa%20Boogie.mp3 Song of the Show – Bed- “Mothership” Japan 2.0 Intro Music – “I Dream Japan” – The Wild Factor Wild Factor Bandcamp – https://thewildfactor.bandcamp.com/ Wild Factor Instagram – @therealwildfactor If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

In this episode of Japan 2.O, David and Matt discuss their what they have been up to over the past few months including: Kamikochi, Fuji Rock, Kyushu, and summer as a dog owner. https://ia601900.us.archive.org/6/items/japan-2.0-hisashibori/Japan%202.0%20-%20Hisashibori%20.mp3 Song of the Show – Sights- “Found” Japan 2.0 Intro Music – “I Dream Japan” – The Wild Factor Wild Factor Bandcamp – https://thewildfactor.bandcamp.com/ Wild Factor Instagram – @therealwildfactor If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

In this episode of Japan 2.O, David and Matt discuss their recent snowboarding trip to Hakuba. https://ia601305.us.archive.org/7/items/back-to-hakuba/Back%20to%20Hakuba.mp3 Song of the Show – Guruconnect feat. Daoko – Affordance Japan 2.0 Intro Music – “I Dream Japan” – The Wild Factor Wild Factor Bandcamp – https://thewildfactor.bandcamp.com/ Wild Factor Instagram – @therealwildfactor If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

Japan has to be one of the best places in the world to grow old. Is this due to the infamous aging population? Or is this because you can be 40 years old and still be the youngest person in the club? Listen to our latest episode to find out! https://ia600500.us.archive.org/34/items/getting-old-in-japan/Getting%20Old%20in%20Japan%20.mp3 Song of the show: Schadarrapa – “Forever Young” If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

In this episode of Japan 2.0, David gets redemption on Fuji Rock! This episode features a special guest as well as a Japan 2.0 first, recording from a car. You might want to go back and listen to the Fuji Rock episode I did 6 years ago before listening to this one “The Fuji Rock Experience – Part 1” https://ia802704.us.archive.org/13/items/fuji-rock-2023/Fuji%20Rock%202023.mp3 Song of the show: Gezan – Live from Fuji Rock If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

In this episode of Japan 2.0 the pair discuss Matt’s new puppy and what it is like to get a pet in Japan. https://ia902709.us.archive.org/4/items/getting-a-pet-in-japan/Getting%20A%20Pet%20In%20Japan.mp3 Song of the show: Koinu No Carnival – EHAMIC If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

Listen to our homage to the Neojaponisme podcast entitled “The Tonkatsu Tapes” where we evaluate life in Japan now the boarders are fully open. Get ready to hear what it’s like living in 2023 in Japan as we wax poetic about what’s happening with Japanese culture these days while asking, do recessions bread creativity and so much more. https://ia902706.us.archive.org/19/items/japan-2.0-kushikatsu-tapes/Japan%202.0%20-%20Kushikatsu%20Tapes.mp3 Link to Neojaponisme podcast we reference – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tonkatsu-tapes-marxy-vs-patrick-macias-on/id294893146?i=1000054274052 Song of the show:  If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

In this episode of Japan 2.0, David and Matt are back to talk about a style of food that is unique to Japan, which is…curry?! The pair discuss the different types of curry that you will eat in Japan and explain what “Spice Curry” is and where it originated. I hope you like spicy food! https://ia902602.us.archive.org/4/items/japan-2.0-spice-curry/Japan%202.0%20Spice%20Curry.mp3 Song of the show: La La La – Chameleon Lime Woopie Pie If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

In our last installment of “Travel Tales” we share our final travel experiences during the late 2000s that ultimately lead to us permanently moving to the Kansai region of Japan. https://ia904704.us.archive.org/5/items/japan-travel-tales-round-2-and-3/Japan%20Travel%20Tales%20-%20Round%202%20and%203%20.mp3 Song of the show: Yurufuwa Gang -“Beatles” If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

As the borders are about to open for tourism, we remember back to our first trips to Japan to give you an idea of what you can expect if it’s your first time coming out to Japan. Matt details his time in Tokyo with an old friend while David couch surfed across southern Osaka. https://ia601409.us.archive.org/35/items/remembering-our-first-trip-to-japan/Remembering%20our%20first%20trip%20to%20Japan.mp3 Song of the show: Manon X Dodo -“World’s End” If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

In part 2 of our Summer Champloo, David and Matt continue their talk about the things that they have got up to during their summer vacation. Topics include Fukuoka, regional foods, Club Metro Kyoto, Shibuya-Kei music. https://ia601505.us.archive.org/6/items/summer-champloo-pt.-2/Summer%20Champloo%20Pt.2%20.mp3 Song of the show: East End X Yuri -“Boots” If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

In this episode David and Matt talk about the things that they have got up to during their summer vacation. Topics include store and restaurant operation hours, Minoh Falls (Osaka), Beard Papa, and more! Part 2 coming soon! https://ia601505.us.archive.org/32/items/summer-champloo-pt.-1/Summer%20Champloo%20Pt.1%20%20.mp3 Song of the show: Yelladigos -“It’s All Right feat. Kiki Vivi Lily” If you like what you heard in this episode of Japan 2.0, please subscribe and rate our podcast on your podcast player of choice: Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/70MhfBdYlpmtUKV9xBy40r iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/japan-2.0-japanese-subculture/id1112151338?mt=2 Stitcher  Google Play – bit.ly/2uETFST Mixcloud Find Japan 2.0 at:  Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Japan2point0/ Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/japan2point0/ Twitter – @Japan2point0 Japan 2.0 Blog https://japan2point0.wordpress.com

It’s been about 6 months since our first camping episode went out and since then, David has caught the camping … More japan2point0.wordpress.com

In this bonus episode of Japan 2.0, Matt aka the Uni-Tablist put together his second, all-vinyl groove sounds set. Now in stereo! japan2point0.wordpress.com

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On this episode of Japan 2.0, David and Matt share what they have been up to since the hiatus began before diving into how connivence stores and supermarkets in Japan are becoming automated. We also... japan2point0.wordpress.com

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Found out why we’ve been quiet as of late… Song of the Show – Mousou Pager – “Beyond the Old … More japan2point0.wordpress.com

In this episode of Japan 2.0, we discuss what camping culture is like living in Japan. Then we go on … More japan2point0.wordpress.com