Anything Goes Hokkaidō Video Podcast
When it comes to Hokkaidō, Anything Goes! In season one, Delaina, a long-term American ex-pat, and Shinya, a dual Australian & Japanese national bring the fun with interviews, music, Japanese language tips, and more! Stay tuned for season two, coming soon!
Episodes

Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Anything Goes Hokkaido S1E18 - ALT JET English Teaching & Cameraman in Japan
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
In this episode, we are joined by professional photographer, cameraman, and video editor, Matthew Jones (Instagram: @matthewrobjones)! Matthew is also a former ALT (assistant language teacher) with the JET program and shares a lot of valuable insight on what it was like for him teaching in a rural Hokkaido location. He also has insider experience on what it's like to work for a Japanese video production company that works hand in hand with the local government. Don't miss this special show!
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Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
In this midsummer update, Delaina & Shinya cover local happenings from ridiculously expensive drive-in firework festivals to camping at Lake Shikotsu. We feature some photos and video from local tour guide Amanda Harlow and her visit to the brand new National Ainu Museum, Upopoy in Shiraoi. a local coffee shop called Kizuna Coffee and so much more. Also, for whatever reason, Delaina's voice sounds like an anime character!

Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Anything Goes Hokkaido S1E16 - Who is Demsky?
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Enjoy the ambient vibes of Demsky's music while we talk about our favorite restaurants in Sapporo, scary mascots, and some of the upsides and pitfalls of attempting to adopt Japanese culture as a foreigner. https://www.whoisdemsky.com/
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Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Anything Goes Hokkaido S1E15 - The Jedi Juggler
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
In this episode, we welcome special guest Jeremy Eaton, the Jedi Juggler, to our show. Jeremy got his international start right here in Hokkaido at the now-defunct (not his fault!!) Canada World. An entertainer to the core, you definitely want to catch this podcast for the laughs. https://www.jedijuggler.com
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Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Anything Goes Hokkaido S1E14 - Got Faded Japan
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
In this episode, we cover Shinya's recent adventures in Tokyo including his new body ink and experiences with fast food not available in Hokkaido. Then we get an insider look at the renowned/infamous Got Faded Japan podcast with Johnny Meyer. We also highlight some local Tokyo based musicians from Delaina's canceled tour. Sax player Gustavo Anacleto will be performing this week with Lisa Ono on a special online broadcast via Blue Note Tokyo. You can also enjoy some tunes in the background by Peter Montgomery and a former Got Faded guest, Kyle Eastwood. Yeah, Clint's son. This is a wild episode! Anything Goes Hokkaido links: Instagram, Facebook & Twitter: @anythinggoeshokkaido Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anythinggoesh... iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Links for Got Faded Japan: Instagram: @gotfadedjapan Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gotfadedjapan Got Faded Japan podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6k6P... iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast... The Spilt Ink Art: Www.thespiltink.com Instagram: @thespiltink Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheSpiltInk
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Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Anything Goes Hokkaido S1E13- Hokkaido Nature Tours
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
In this episode, we interview Ido Gabay, owner of Hokkaido Nature Tours, and learn all about how the face of tourism has changed with influences of the pending Olympics, COVID 19, and how it can bounce back in these unprecedented times. Ido and HNT were recently featured heavily in a twelve-page spread in National Geographic! HNT is now offering deals on custom made tours for residents of Japan! Check it out at www.hokkaidonaturetours.com! We also have a local musical artist spotlight with guitar tapping, "visualling acoustic" performer, Seiichiro Ebisuya!

Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Anything Goes Hokkaido S1E12- Tattoos, Mental Health, and LGBTQ in Japan
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
In this episode, Eve Petersen from WAYA Guest House in Sapporo joins Shinya for a special interview that delves into the low down on tattoos, mental health, and LGBTQ in Japan. https://www.waya-gh.com/

Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Anything Goes Hokkaido S1E11- Fabulous Fabrics for Your Face
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
In this episode we hear from Geraldine Danger, the founder and one-woman operator of the Fabulous Fabrics for Your Face business, supplying custom made masks in fabulous fabrics from Kuchan, Hokkaido, Japan. Geraldine is also an avid cycler and shares with us about her travels from northern Japan to as far as the COVID virus would allow her to go before restrictions became too severe. You'll be amazed to hear what her original travel plans were! This is a fun episode so be sure to stay through the end! Please subscribe to our channel while you're here!

Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Anything Goes Hokkaido S1E10- How Well Do You Know Hokkaido?
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
In this episode, we take a quiz on how well we know Hokkaidō and explore lake Shikotsu.

Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
What do a Jewish Klezmer player from Tokyo, an AI consultant, a teacher from Canada and a temporary organic Hokkaido farm worker with a broken arm all have in common? Absolutely nothing except they all describe one man- Matt Bigelow, the erstwhile host of the Japan WUT podcast.
Matt takes us on a wonderful and quirky tour of life in Tokyo, his adventures in Hokkaido, and some really great tips on how to get people to agree to be on a podcast.
From music, to travel, to Initial D manga/anime- this crosscast has it all!
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Delaina- the "voice of Sapporo"
Hi! I'm Delaina, an American ex-pat long-term resident of Sapporo, living for more than two decades in Hokkaido, Japan. If you've been in the area since then, you may have heard my voice announcing "the next stop is Sapporo station" on JR trains and other sundry places. Back in the spring of 2020, when I first realized how completely the Covid-19 pandemic was going to obliterate my work in travel reporting and live music performance, I started toying around with the idea of starting a podcast. Knowing my own "fly by the seat of my pants" character well, it only seemed appropriate to choose a theme that would not only be fun, spontaneous, but also sustainable- hence the "Anything Goes" in the title. "Hokkaido" naturally came in because I've lived here longer than anywhere else in the world, and well, it rhymes! Now, as season two begins, there will be some big and little changes- one of the biggest changes being the name. Drumroll, please...Anything Goes_Japan! You see when the Foreign Corespondents Club Japan asked me to give a presentation on Hokkaido based on the podcast, along with the creator of Fukuoka Now! I suddenly envisioned a myriad of crossover podcasts with titles like "Anything Goes Fukuoka, Japan" and "Anything Goes Osaka, Japan". The blank in "Anything Goes_Japan" isn't just an Instagram quirk. It's an intentional nod towards expanding the podcast to regions beyond Hokkaido, but never fear, it will continue to be Hokkaido heavy with Sapporo as the home base. *** A little disclaimer here, we (or rather me) at the Anything Goes_Japan Video & Audio Podcast welcome our guests to express their own opinions, but we do not necessarily share or support those opinions. This is a very non-judgy sort of place, so please be respectful and above all kind in your comments and interactions here. More than anything, we hope that the Anything Goes_Japan podcast will be a platform to showcase not only the already well-known food, nature, culture, and beauty of Japan, but also the amazing variety of people who live here and make up our communities.