Interracial Relations: Recent Episodes
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An American woman and Japanese mans relationship tips, tricks, and stories about how our relationship came to be. Being in an interracial relationship has taught us both so much and we want to share what we have learned and what our relationship is like with you!
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Todays episode is on summer in Japan!
Japan really emphasizes each season, and they release lots of seasonal goods.
Not only that, Japan is scorching hot in the summer. A wet sticky mess.
To combat this they have invented lots of things to help us along the way.
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Welcome to the 39th episode of the Interracial Relations podcast!
In this episode we talk about how open we are in our relationship.
How things have changed from the beginning of our relationship, bodily functions, and if we think our level of "closeness" is good for our relationship.
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Welcome back to another episode of the Interracial Relations podcast!
We have a laid back episode this week, discussing how our routines have changed since moving to Tokyo and new things that we have been enjoying.
If you want to look up geocaching yourself we highly recommend it!
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This is episode 37 of the Interracial Relations podcast!
On this "Conversations We've Never Had Before" segment we talk about couples therapy and what we consider cheating in our relationship.
While we've talked about cheating privately before this is our first time bringing up the topic of couples therapy.
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Welcome to episode 36 of the Interracial Relations podcast!
This is a new segment called, "Conversations We've Never Had Before."
Instead of sharing things that we've already privately discussed, we decided to start this segment where we bring up topics that we've never talked about with each other.
This episode focuses on death.
When will we buy life insurance, where will we be buried, who would we need to talk to about each others death and the difficulties involved in dying as a foreigner.
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Welcome back to episode 35 of the Interracial Relations podcast!
We decided to talk about something very important to many people here in Japan, flower viewing!
We talk about what Hanami is, how families celebrate, our personal experience and how things have been since Covid-19 has become a part of all of our lives.
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We are back!
We took a two week break...again...but we are back!
Just got settled into our new apartment in Tokyo and we are ready to talk with everyone again!
This first episode back is on our moving journey and how we feel about our new life!
We hope you enjoy it and if you have any comments, questions or suggestions let us know at:
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Welcome to episode 33 of the Interracial Relations podcast!
In this episode we talk with each other about where we see ourselves in five years!
From where we will be living, our careers and children.
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Welcome to episode 32!
We discuss our experience apartment hunting in Japan and include some tips for you!
From locations, websites to use, how the process goes, things to be careful of and more!
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Welcome to episode 31 of the Interracial Relations podcast!
In this episode we introduce another unique holiday in Japan!
Doll's Festival, or Hinamatsuri in Japanese, is celebrated every year on March 3rd and has some unique festivities!
You can find this episode on our YouTube channel: Interracial Relations!
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Welcome to episode 30 of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
This weeks episode is on how we celebrate Valentine's Day as an International couple here in Japan!
First we explain how Valentine's Day is celebrated here in Japan, White Day on March 14th and lastly how we have decided to celebrate the holiday together in our relationship.
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Due to some technical difficulties with the last episode, the missing episode 29, we were only able to upload it on Youtube. Our Youtube channel: Interracial Relations
It was an episode on the Japanese holiday Setsubun! If you are interested please check it out!
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Welcome to episode 28 of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
In this episode we discuss the unique life of Japanese children and how they are educated in comparison to their western counterparts.
From their busy schedule, after school activities, and cram schools, to unique topics that they are taught in school.
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Welcome to episode 27 of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
We are back with another great quiz from the book "Quizzes for Couples."
Answering questions about each other we will find out just how much we know each other.
What do we find hard to talk about?
What do we love about our partner?
When should we not talk to each other?
Do we have any secrets?and more!
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Welcome to episode 26!
We are moving to Tokyo in April of this year!
This episode covers what we are looking forward to and what we think will be bad about the move to the biggest city in Japan.
We are officially posting to Youtube!
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Welcome back to the Interracial Relations Podcast!
This is episode 25 and we have officially started 2022!
We decided to start off 2022 by sharing our goals for the year with each other and ourselves!
We split up our goals into:
Career Goals
Relationship Goals
Financial Goals
Spirituality Goals
Personal Development Goals
Health and Fitness Goals
Experiential Goals
Materialistic Goals
Character Goals
and Process Goals
Plus a few BIG goals that we have set for ourselves.
What are your goals for 2022?
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Welcome back! This is episode 24, the last episode of this year!
In our last episode of season one, we talk about how New Years is celebrated here in Japan!
Starting from December 28th New Years celebrations extend several days into the new year.
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Welcome back!
In this episode we talk about how Christmas is typically celebrated here in Japan and how we have decided to celebrate the holiday as an international couple.
What do we do as a family? What traditions have we made?
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In this episode we dive into a section of the famous book on marriage, "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work" by John Gotten and Nan Silver.
The first thing in any healthy marriage is deepening your friendship and knowledge about your partner. So we decided to use some of the questions from this book to ask each other how much we really know.
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Welcome to episode 21 of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
In this episode we talk about our experience job hunting here in Japan, from an American and native Japanese perspective.
From how we landed our current jobs to how we are looking for jobs currently.
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Welcome to out 20th episode of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
In this episode we talk about convenient things about living in Japan.
Coming from an American perspective and a Japanese perspective.
From product design, convenience stores, public transportation and more!
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For our 19th episode we decided to have a chill check in!
We are both very goal oriented and decided to talk about what we want to accomplish through the rest of this year going into 2022!
Moving, getting new jobs, certifications and more!
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Welcome back to the Interracial Relations Podcast!
This is episode #2 of the "Quizzes for Couples" episode we did last week!
In this episode we go through the remaining questions and learn more about eachother!
If you would like to get this book yourself please check out, "Quizzes for Couples" by Ashley and Marcus Kusi.
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Welcome back to the Interracial Relations Podcast!
In this episode we are strengthening our marriage by taking a quiz!
We recently bought, "Quizzes for Couples" by Ashley and Marcus Kusi, and decided to do the first quiz from the book on todays show!
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Welcome back to the 16th episode of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
We just got married!
In this episode we talk about the most memorable moments from our wedding a few weeks ago. Ranging from the delicious cake to the most romantic moments.
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Welcome to episode 15 of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
In this episode we discuss our upcoming wedding!
We are only four days away so what are we most excited about?
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Welcome to episode 14!
On this episode I am alone and talking about how to get birth control here in Japan!
If you are an expat and looking to get birth control from the comfort of your own home, this is the episode for you!
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Welcome to another episode of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
This is a "bonus" casual episode where we talk about our life here in Japan making vegetables!
It may be our hobby but Wataru's family has been doing it for generations!
We talk about what fruits and vegetables we are currently making, where we live, family history and the advantages and disadvantages of growing vegetables here in Japan.
This episode is quite different from our normal content but we wanted a very laid back conversation this week. We also thought it might be interesting for some people to hear about a part of Japan that many people don't usually have the chance to see!
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Welcome to episode 12!
This weeks episode is about, "Who pays in the relationship?"
Have things changed since we first started dating?
How Japanese culture and American culture are similar/different.
Will things change once we get married?
Will things change when we have a child?
We hope you like it!
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Welcome to Episode 11 of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
In this episode we discuss wedding planning in Japan and how it is different from wedding planning in the United States.
We are just a month away from our own wedding, so we have lots to share!
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Welcome to episode 10 of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
In this episode we give some of our tips, as an interracial couple, for those who may be starting an international relationship themselves.
From language learning, family, religion, and future living arrangements, we talk about it all in hopes of helping you in your own relationship.
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Welcome to the Interracial Relations Podcast!
Episode 9!
This is a special short segment where we woke up and decided to have a casual conversation about where we want to travel for our honeymoon!
Hope you enjoy!
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Welcome to episode 8!
In this episode of the Interracial Relations Podcast we talk about how we fight as an interracial couple.
What language do we fight in?
What have we learned about each other?
Has fighting brought us closer or farther apart?
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Welcome to our seventh episode of the Interracial Relations Podcast!
In this episode we discuss an article, "6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting an Interracial Relationship."
Do we agree with these questions? How have we faced these questions/challenges in our own lives?
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Welcome to episode 6!
In this episode we take a quiz and play a game to question our compatibility!
It wasn't exactly what we thought it would be but we enjoyed it non the less.
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Welcome to the Interracial Relations Podcast!
In this episode we will be talking about our pet peeves!
Ranging from keeping the toilet seat up to playing with caterpillars.
We hope you enjoy this episode!
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Welcome to episode #4!
In the last episode we talked about our personality differences.
In this episode we discuss our personality similarities!
Ranging from how we spend money, our hobbies, food preferences and more!
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Welcome to episode 3!
In this episode we discuss our personality differences.
Ranging from how we communicate, our likes and dislikes, time management and more!
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Cultural differences and expectations that we both had going into our relationship along with our early discussions on our boundaries, or things we are/are not, comfortable with our partner doing/saying.
This is our second episode!
We discussed how we met in our first episode and decided to follow that up with how we went into and navigated the beginning of our interracial relationship.
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Welcome to our first episode!
In this episode we have a casual conversation of the beginnings of our relationship!
How did we meet?
What do we remember about our life in the beginning our our relationship?
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