wazzzup Shiba!

question: i believe i've asked this before on the gaki forum but really didn't get a straight answer. but why do many Japanese shows use subtitles? is it just to add more character to the show? or is the language hard to understand even for japanese people?

and as always, thanks all the stuff you provided til now. laterz fooooo!

first off, Call of the Wild this week goes to Mrs. Shibata. the Japanese version of a fly doesn't even come close.

btw, thanks for the lesson this week. i learn something new every time.

Question: ever since i was a little kid, i've always wanted to know why Japanese magazines or Manga are read starting from the last page. is there a specific reason for this and are all books and reading material in Japan read this way?

Thank you for answering my question about 'itai - pain' (i used my real name now) (jeroen is a male name in case you were wondering :p )

the call of the wild goes to the bzzzt, you definitly need the 'z' to make it sound like a fly.

Great podcast! I'm gonna look for some more questions. Bye!

from CowgoesMeow

Hi, I have two questions.
1:what does shibatabread mean? shibata and bread?
2:I heard japanese are sort of racist toward other asian people(like better). Is that still true? I guess this will be a third question. How come some restaurant have signs that "japanese only"?

Thank you so much for taking the time to do these podcasts!

hi Shibata

Ive been following your podcast since day one and here is my thought about it. I have only one request please give the Q&A more space cause a lot of us have questions and your are like our Gateway to thoose answers :P So please less call from the Wild and more Q&A ( the call of the wild has been to long on some podcast ) But i do love the rest of the segments so once again Less call of the wild more focus on the Q&A

shibatabread u should make a youtube account and make your own show, get partnership and earn money from the videos u make. doe u'll have to make a seperate account for your subbed videos :)

you should post a picture of you and your wife or make it your avatar so we can see you :).

Your reference to dolls reminded me of the anime called Ghost Hunt. lol

Yeh I live in Kyoto at the moment but my mates use osaka-ben so I hear 'ita' instead of 'itai' but when i lived in Tokyo I would hear 'ite' alot... another example is late, kansai 'oso' but the real word is 'osoi' and again in Tokyo 'osee'. I hope that helps at all! （笑）

Thank you for your awesome podcast!

Grettings Mr.Shibata!

I have been watching and listening to your blog for a while now, and I really enjoy listening to it while I'm at work, so thank you very much.

I would also like to add this picture for when you mentioned on the previous podcast about watermelon Kitkat in Japan.

Heres the picture: http://i35.tinypic.com/2q8u79d.jpg

Thought it was neat.

Please keep up the good work!!!

Best regards,

Alex Hagad

the podcast is not there anymore mr shibata... could you please re upload it?

Thank you for pointing that out to me, KinkeidoNow.
I just reuploaded it. Let me know if it's still not working for you.

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thanks Shibata... it's working now

thanks Shibata... it's working now

Grettings Mr.Shibata!

I have been watching and listening to your blog for a while now, and I really enjoy listening to it while I'm at work, so thank you very much.

I would also like to add this picture for when you mentioned on the previous podcast about watermelon Kitkat in Japan.

Heres the picture: http://i35.tinypic.com/2q8u79d.jpg

Thought it was neat.

Please keep up the good work!!!

Best regards,

Alex Hagad

shibatabread u should make a youtube account and make your own show, get partnership and earn money from the videos u make. doe u'll have to make a seperate account for your subbed videos :)

hi Shibata

Ive been following your podcast since day one and here is my thought about it. I have only one request please give the Q&A more space cause a lot of us have questions and your are like our Gateway to thoose answers :P So please less call from the Wild and more Q&A ( the call of the wild has been to long on some podcast ) But i do love the rest of the segments so once again Less call of the wild more focus on the Q&A