https://www.sanfransokyopodcast.com/episodes daily 1.0 2020-03-16 https://www.sanfransokyopodcast.com/episodes/2020/3/16/episode-12-reverse-culture-shock monthly 0.5 2020-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b1d44dae2ccd11f3d8dba88/1584371057494-E7ZPA9TFKRU24N3W9QVW/IMG_6965.JPG Episodes - Episode 12: Reverse Culture Shock Saying goodbye to our favorite coffee shop in Japan! https://www.sanfransokyopodcast.com/episodes/2020/1/31/bonus-episode-unintentional-background-noise monthly 0.5 2020-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b1d44dae2ccd11f3d8dba88/1580485302322-1DORT1Y36LH4P5X3NO4L/food.jpg Episodes - Bonus Episode! Unintentional Background Noise - Eating and drinking How Dru can’t stop making sounds while recording. https://www.sanfransokyopodcast.com/episodes/2019/12/30/bonus-episode-smack-in-the-face monthly 0.5 2019-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b1d44dae2ccd11f3d8dba88/1577736090918-H2NEW3GJBJQIEZ29EJZE/unnamed%2B%25281%2529.jpg Episodes - Bonus Episode! Smack in the Face - Hama-no-Yu Outdoor Onsen My college roommates and I took a trip to Oshima Island, a short ferry ride from Tokyo. 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Episode 10: Diametrically Opposed You can see a peaceful zen garden and then immediately afterwards a neon-colored suggestive anime store, sometimes even in side-by-side buildings. https://www.sanfransokyopodcast.com/episodes/2019/5/8/episode-9-the-color-plink monthly 0.5 2020-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b1d44dae2ccd11f3d8dba88/1557314770666-2ZKOPBJK6THGR1HQTMSM/675D91B0-4413-4B94-AA0B-E644320081FF.jpg Episodes - Episode 9: The Color Plink https://www.sanfransokyopodcast.com/episodes/2019/4/8/episode-8-one-year-left-to-live monthly 0.5 2019-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b1d44dae2ccd11f3d8dba88/1554777817725-BP9SFXLBK1PFGU7Q8IN8/IMG_5901.JPG Episodes - Episode 8: One Year Left to Live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b1d44dae2ccd11f3d8dba88/1554777819967-32BJHYC8CUF97G1SQFMP/IMG_0511.JPG Episodes - Episode 8: One Year Left to Live https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b1d44dae2ccd11f3d8dba88/1554779855301-7JOBL1RXQGXWBASROSWN/IMG_5879.JPG Episodes - 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Episode 8: One Year Left to Live https://www.sanfransokyopodcast.com/episodes/2019/2/17/episode-7-shower-for-your-butt monthly 0.5 2019-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b1d44dae2ccd11f3d8dba88/1550452879637-F418CD3MM1FKSZ7UYV73/IMG_0690.JPG Episodes - Episode 7: Shower for Your Butt Here we are swimming but we look pretty much the same when taking baths. https://www.sanfransokyopodcast.com/episodes/2019/01/11/episode-6-spork-for-the-ground monthly 0.5 2019-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b1d44dae2ccd11f3d8dba88/1550452532835-T87KNXI9MU64TKDYRP3W/vending_gif.gif Episodes - Episode 6: A Spork for the Ground When convenience fails: The ubiquity of vending machines makes this hibernating vending machine (in the freezing cold of the north of Japan) especially devastating https://www.sanfransokyopodcast.com/episodes/2018/11/18/episode-5-raging-lunatics monthly 0.5 2019-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b1d44dae2ccd11f3d8dba88/1550452364747-VQ8JL9CK6P01LYKZM97E/biking.jpg Episodes - 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