Ep 61: Hugging Urns and Mooning Amtrak
Posted by Douglas DeLong at 8/3/2006 10:04 PM and is filed under uncategorized 
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Doug's new podcast is here! It's called Cream of the Crop and it's a fun musical competition, a la American Idol. Check it out...and don't forget to vote for your favorite artist!
We open with our shortest joke ever!
Amy gets some free bagels from the Bonjour Bakery in Hokkaido. Many thanks to Yvan Chartrand, the owner and an avid Planet Japan listener!
Another listener, Esdras Campos, alerted us to his Spanish blog about his trip to Japan.
When is it a good idea to strike out in a baseball game? When it's getting ready to rain!
Amy gives some advice to Japanese women who want to avoid Mama's Boys.
A California company has come up with a unique way to remember your deceased loved ones. Huggable urns let you carry your loved one's ashes around in a teddy bear.
The annual mooning of Amtrak trains recently took place in California. Party time!
On the school front...Japanese parents are getting fed up with some of the antics of their kids' teachers. Also, some parents are sending their kids to cram schools for extra gym classes.
In this week's Cow Tale, it's Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A.
This week's Audio Mneumonics kanji is the kanji for "west." It's pronounced "nishi" or "sei" or "sai" and looks like this: 西
We end the show with a song called "New World Order" from Matthew Tyas. It's courtesy of Garageband.com.
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