Hibana: The Japan Travel, Life & Culture Guide, The Official Podcast of Hikari Travel Agency (HTA)

The Hibana Podcast returns to talk about Japanese Food and how food relates to culture. This topic of Japanese food and culture is certainly a multi-episode topic, so if you are interested, we will discuss more on our next episode. 

This episode is Part 2 of our “Living in Japan as a Foreigner” topic.

For this episode, HTA discusses the experiences that come with living in Japan as a foreigner for an extended period of time. Being a long-term foreigner in Japan comes with many interesting experiences! This episode aims to discuss some of our honest opinions on the advantages/disadvantages of it. This episode is Part 1 of 2.

Isaac and Abby both bring their personal, Japan Travel Wishlist's (Bucket List's) to the table to share with you!

After kicking it off with an intense game of じゃんけん (Janken, Japanese Rock-Paper-Scissors), we dive deep into the things we really want to do in Japan, but haven't done yet.

Everything from AKB48 through Japanese tea ceremonies and up to Mount Fuji is covered, so be sure to listen to this one.

As we are in the middle of the holiday season in the USA, we thought it would be the perfect time to discuss some Japanese holidays too!

This episode dives into some of the interesting aspects of Japanese holidays and festivals, as well as how Japan celebrates (or doesn't) some Western holidays.

We discuss everything from drifting wooden karts at the Danjiri Matsuri to Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas, so you won't want to miss this engaging episode!

This episode focuses on discussing how much Japanese you actually need to navigate through Japan during your travels, as well as providing an outlined approach for studying Japanese and some of the primary resources to do so.

Join us as we discuss the various ways that we are still able to enjoy Japanese culture during these travel restrictions.

Feeling confined by these travel limitations? Let this episode provide you with some new ideas to experience a taste of another culture!

Travel may be limited throughout the world (right now), but that won't stop us from enjoying our favorite Japanese foods, games, anime, resources and many more!

Also, be sure to stick around for our interview with Brandt Fuse of Sumofish! Brandt is a San Francisco based illustrator that creates engaging and original designs that fuse Japanese and American culture.  Most of his designs go into graphic t-shirts, but if you ever find your-self in the Japantown district of San Francisco it is likely that you will run into his distinct designs in one way or another!