Ishikawa: Summit to Sea

About Ishikawa: Summit to Sea

Ishikawa-based chat with an English man. This is not a podcast about Japan, it is a podcast made and released by a tired man living in Ishikawa, Japan. Some people think it is funny, other people don't understand the jokes, which are you? It is released whenever I please. Join me, as I slowly deteriorate in front of/beside your ears.

Publisher

Joe Fowler

Category

comedy · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Jan 2024

Latest episode

19 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

15 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Apr 2025

   What? A New Episode?!

   Season 2.1 No blurb. Listen to find out.

2. 

   9 Nov 2024

   Fridge freezer advice please.

   Hello. Not much has happened in the world has it? Well, despite the utter boringness of everything everywhere I've managed to excrete another podcast. If you haven't got anything better to do, and frankly, why would you, you should listen to this. It's not good, it's not even okay, but it IS. So... dive in. Remember, I love you x

3. 

   11 Oct 2024

   Wise Guys

   This might be delayed due to factors. Anyway, hear me whitter about myself incessently, unable to spell witter or incessantly, and my insincerity. Enjoy.

4. 

   21 Sept 2024

   Houses, babies, and podcasters.

   EPISODE.Here we go! Over an hour and a half of PURE PODCASTING old. You can see a transcript below I think, so just read that if you want to know more about the content. Suffice to say, I discuss (with myself) house purchasing woes, Yuki's development, a collection of podcasters, beer, jazz, why I stay in Japan, and of course there's a really really shit poem. Plus classroom-based violence and an album that got me through my 30s.I love you.Joe x

5. 

   6 Sept 2024

   Anniversary Podcast

   3:40am. That's my excuse. Just a short one, so relax, tune in, and let the drivel wash over you. I talk about anniversary stuff, Yuki a lot, and karaoke frustrations. Get in touch and let me know your feelings. @ISummittoseaTELL: https://telljp.com/Cody Chestnutt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzjDAlcAwIo

6. 

   23 Aug 2024

   I'm back, baby!

   But for how long...?I don't know what episode number this, and neither do I care. It's been a while. I've forgotten more than I spoke about, but speak I did. Ignore the bizarre intro, I wrote that while sleep deprived. Anyway, here it is in all it's glory...epiosde, this one!

7. 

   29 Jun 2024

   Ups and Downs

   Episode who knows? Trigger Warning:  There is some miscarriage chat in this episode. I am again too tired to reasonably expect to record a decent podcast, but I went ahead anyway. When you have a 1 year-old who wakes up ayt 4am every day, you're gonna be tired. I talk a lot about a lot of dofferent things and I cough A LOT, also I'm not entirely convinced I didn't fall asleep at one point. Excited yet? Listen, and be completely nonplussed! Link to Just Japan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jmQQkSl_q0&t=903s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jmQQkSl_q0&t=903s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jmQQkSl_q0&t=903s) Fat Albert Rotunda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2IBiD44xEs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2IBiD44xEs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2IBiD44xEs)

8. 

   14 Jun 2024

   Big Wasp

   Episode...an episode. This week/time Joe is, you guessed it, tired. But he's also ill with suspected illness. So much so that he has most probably surpassed any previous levels of aural lethargy and plunged new depths of podcasting. That's for you to decide. So do. Look, I'm no less tired writing this than I was recording it...maybe just give it a listen eh? Eddie Stobbard is a haulage company based in Carslisle, England.

9. 

   31 May 2024

   I am just a man

   Episode 5 of the NEW DAWN This...week? Month? Joe talks extensively about nothing much and everything. He berates Twitter trolls, besorrys a couple of people (you included), bethanks a couple more, and generally goes on a bit too long about inconsequential things. He reads a long poem and says other words in sequences often referred to as 'sentences'. Here's a link to the music he recommended: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYSs9onMIn8&list=PLa0yxNUTJDVurpim5uJ-i46-qla9Hu2HL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYSs9onMIn8&list=PLa0yxNUTJDVurpim5uJ-i46-qla9Hu2HL)

10. 

    3 May 2024

    Feer Bueled

    Hello. This is the fourth epsiode of the New Era. I talk about beer, about houses, about music, about lightbulb theft, about babies, and about beer again. It's quite beery. Sorry. It's good though, hopefully.

11. 

    19 Apr 2024

    Delerium

    Episode 3 of the New Dawn. I'm tired. Too tired. It's a theme. It's a...way. The Way of the Tired. Join me, in a tiredness and beer induced delerious stumble through some badly thought through answers to listeners' questions, a frankly lacklustre IYA, a rushed reminiscence, and a carefully written but badly executed poem. Thankfully I saved you a long rant about the psychology og Twitter...

12. 

    22 Mar 2024

    Too Tired to Think of a Decent Title

    It's the second episode. There's stuff in it. I'm tired. Goodnight.

13. 

    16 Mar 2024

    A New Dawn...

    Ep.1 Well, here it is, Episode ONE of the new-look I:StoS. Joe is going solo, and because of that I reckon I can stop referring to myself in the third person. In this episode, you can hear about things that were current last week because I had to wait a week before I could release it. There's a poem, and an IYA, but not as you know it. There's no quiz...but there might be a new feature (I can't remember). If you have any thoughts or comments please contact me at @kumayama100 or @Isummittosea on TWITTER or you can email me at ishikawasummittosea@gmail.com

14. 

    26 Feb 2024

    The Final Episode?

    Well, the day has finally come. Actually it came several days ago, but I've only just got around to editing it. Yes, Casey is leaving these four aural walls and aural roof in order to persue his true love, chickens. Also, he will continue recording some podcast or other (I can't remember the name of it), and will slip into his new role as overlord at the place where he and I work together like Shrek slips into Cinderella's glass slipper. I wish him luck in that, as I must do according to the new contracts he drew up for all his underlings, of which I am now one. He also stipulates that we should never mention his eyebrows and lack thereof, and that socks must never be worn regardless of your footwear. He's very strict on that. This run-of-the-mill episode features guest appearances from Brian 'Muddy' Waters, Bobby 'Bobby' Judo, and Smith 'Tanaka' And. We obviously talk about beer, there's about 3 minutes'-worth of cringey sincerity, 4 piss breaks, a lacklustre quiz (we wouldn't have it any other way), some terrible IYAs, multiple crass jokes, over 2 and a half hours of frankly boring content that could have been wrapped up in 30 minutes, as I said, we wouldn't have it any other way, and not one, not two, but FOUR poems. I (Joe) will be back soon with something. It will be I:StoS. In the meantime, find me on the J-Pops! I love you x

15. 

    21 Jan 2024

    Almost the Last Episode Ever

    Episode 121 The boys are back, but there is no quiz and no areas are explored. It's an old fashioned catch-up with a bombshell announcement. And balloons.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

692

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.5 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

12

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

77