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Episode 250: A Japan-isode, featuring Mr. Dustin Travis White
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- Dec 25, 2025
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- 7030
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Summary
Hey! It's a little end of year treat: Mr. Dustin Travis White joins Amanda to talk about the two weeks they spent together in Japan, traveling from Nagoya to Fukuoka to Beppu to Tokyo. They touch on all kinds of things in this episode: How and why one can hear more Christmas music in one month in Japan than they have heard in their entire adult life What is Kentucky Christmas? Physical media and "extinct" media are still more relevant than ever in Japan: magazines, books, cassettes, cds, and more Secondhand shopping in Japan Finding vegetarian and gluten free food in Japan How to be thrifty while 6000 miles away from home How not to flood a hotel room in Fukuoka Weird dudes at the public foot bath Tourist traps are a global experience Yes, you CAN do laundry while you're traveling And so much more! Here's a guide to the places mentioned in this conversation: Nagoya Hotel Resol Nagoya Stiff Slack (incredible record store and venue) Aichi Art Triennale Matsuzakaya Art Museum (museum in a department store) Lee Jeans (Japan) Fukuoka Hello Kitty Shinkansen Motorpool Records The Lively Fukuoka (hotel) With The Style Fukuoka (fancy hotel) Sonu Sonu (vegan restaurant with great burgers and taco rice) Evah Macrobiotic Vegan Deli (multiple locations in Fukuoka, including Hakata Station) BOOKOFF Beppu Amanek Yula-Re Beppu (hotel that Amanda has stayed in multiple times) Taco Nargo (Dustin's favorite meal) Showa museum in Yufuin (you can take a city bus from Beppu Station to get there and the ride is epic) Beppu Jigoku ("Hells of Beppu") Tokyo Hotel Graphy Nezu (Amanda and Dustin always stay here in Tokyo) Extinct Media Museum Parco (Shibuya) Masaka Vegan Izakaya 2foods (Amanda's favorite meal...vegan!) Loft BEAMS T's tantan (vegan ramen and curry, locations around Tokyo) Punk Doi…