- 339
- Episodes
- 18
- Transcribed
- 73
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About Unpacking Japan
Unpacking Japan explores Japanese arts, culture, and business through the lives of foreigners who have made this amazing country their home. While we’ve all seen vlogs and movies showing Japan from a pop culture perspective, Unpacking Japan tells the stories that get left by the wayside—the immigrants, the entrepreneurs, and the artists. Tune in every week for an authentic, inspiring conversation with someone who’s carved out their own, unique place in this beautiful country. Host: Tobias Bieker Production: A. Magdych Editing: L. Nicholas, J. Sketchley Social: J. Sketchley Design: M. Koga
- Publisher
- Produced by ZenStudio
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 Mar 2023
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
18 of 339 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
American ice skater who became a Japanese Olympic medalist
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American ice skater who became a Japanese Olympic medalist
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And in Team Japan at that time, there were two other Iceland couples that had one partner who was not born in Japan. So one of them, he was born in Lyon, in France. And one of them is half Japanese, and he was born in the United States. So... They both spoke English as well. So I remember coming to those competitions in the beginning. I actually felt pretty, they really took me in and as well as of course, all of the Japanese skater made me feel welcome. My Japanese was not very good that first year. So I had a lot to learn, but I felt accommodated very quickly. Like they really, I never felt like they were rejecting me or that there was some kind of like wall blocking me from feeling like I was on Team Japan which of course at the time I was competing at Japanese nationals but I wasn't on Team Japan quite yet but that would happen quite rapidly and yeah from there it just kind of snowballed and started to progress and so in 2018 we moved to Canada and to pursue a new coach. […]
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- YouTube views
- 2,781,445
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.6 / 5
- 50 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 80 / 100
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- Quality
- 90
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 81
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