Luca is back and he brings a Western vibe to today's episode! The guys catch up and talk about how Western culture has made its way into Japan and how the country adopted it and adapted it for Japanese society, oftentimes ending up with funny results. Stick around until the end for a special taste test of...a $20 Mango!🥭  

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Timestamps below:

0:00 Teaser

0:15 Intro

0:42 Start

3:09 Topic Intro - Western Culture in Japan

6:40 History behind Western Culture Adoption

8:10 Fruit in Japan - most expensive fruit in the world

13:58 US Culture in Japan - Baseball

17:54 Language - Adopted Foreign Words

22:24 Foreign Food Adoption

27:15 Japanglish!

30:33 $20 Mango Taste Test

33:25 Foreign Haiku by Winona Baker

35:44 Outro

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