It’s all about Japan in Episode 36 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast. It’s rare that Amanda chats about a single destination but she's made an exception for Japan, because a bunch of my guests have talked about it and she's just come back from a fabulous week exploring one of her favourite countries in the world.

Photographer Martin Bailey moved to Japan 25 years ago to work in a lace factory and has now lived there most of his adult life. He has lots of wisdom to important about all things Japanese and yet they end up talking about toilets!

Aggie Lim joins Amanda next to speak about issues of nudity. For a very modest society, Japan is very forward when it comes to bathing with strangers and we Aussies have a hard time adjusting to the onsen way of life.

Finally, Joe Baur reminds Amanda of some of the challenges of getting by in Japan without fluent Japanese and we also chat about the amazing transport system.

Links:
Martin Bailey
Martin’s photography tours and workshops
God in the Toilet on Wikipedia
God in the Toilet song on YouTube
Aggie Lim at Drawn to Explore
Joe Baur’s website
Joe’s Without A Path podcast
5 reasons I’m excited to return to Japan
Onsens and nudity in Japan
Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers
Tweet me @amandakendle
Hashtag #thoughtfultravelpod
Follow me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NotABallerina

It&rsquo;s all about Japan in Episode 36 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast. It&rsquo;s rare that Amanda chats about a single destination but she's made an exception for Japan, because a bunch of my guests have talked about it and she's just come back from a fabulous week exploring one of her favourite countries in the world.
Photographer Martin Bailey moved to Japan 25 years ago to work in a lace factory and has now lived there most of his adult life. He has lots of wisdom to important about all things Japanese and yet they end up talking about toilets!
Aggie Lim joins Amanda next to speak about issues of nudity. For a very modest society, Japan is very forward when it comes to bathing with strangers and we Aussies have a hard time adjusting to the onsen way of life.
Finally, Joe Baur reminds Amanda of some of the challenges of getting by in Japan without fluent Japanese and we also chat about the amazing transport system.
Links:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.martinbaileyphotography.com">Martin Bailey</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.martinbaileyphotography.com/workshops">Martin&rsquo;s photography tours and workshops</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_no_Kamisama">God in the Toilet on Wikipedia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2VoEN1iooE&amp;list=PLJ6KZ4GYtEw9Raj_Wz6iQ-Q_hsO7s_okm">God in the Toilet song on YouTube</a></li>
<li><a href="http://aggielim.com.au/">Aggie Lim at Drawn to Explore</a></li>
<li><a href="http://joebaur.com">Joe Baur&rsquo;s website</a></li>
<li><a href="http://withoutapath.com">Joe&rsquo;s Without A Path podcast</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.notaballerina.com/2016/11/5-reasons-excited-japan.html">5 reasons I&rsquo;m excited to return to Japan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.notaballerina.com/2012/09/onsens-and-nudity-in-japan.html">Onsens and nudity in Japan</a></li>
<li>Join our Facebook group&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thoughtfultravellers</a></li>
<li>Tweet me @amandakendle</li>
<li>Hashtag #thoughtfultravelpod</li>
<li>Follow me on Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NotABallerina">https://www.facebook.com/NotABallerina</a></li>
</ul>

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle is a show for travel lovers. Each episode is packed with travel stories from fellow travel addicts on topics like using foreign languages, meeting the locals, getting lost and what we learn from our travels.

Tales from travel-lovers about why we travel and what we learn from it.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle - established 2016 - is a weekly show which helps travellers think about how our travels can be good for us and good for the world. We talk about how to make ethical decisions on our trips, sustainable and regenerative tourism, bringing back what we learn from the people and cultures we meet to improve our lives back home, and share the most memorable stories from travelling: fun, scary, educational and more. Most episodes include extracts from conversations with three different guests, centred on a particular topic, but you'll also hear occasional deep dive interviews, recordings from the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, and Amanda's own experiences from travelling past and present.

The Thoughtful Travel Podcast with Amanda Kendle - established 2016 - is a weekly show which helps travellers think about how our travels can be good for us and good for the world. We talk about how to make ethical decisions on our trips, sustainable and regenerative tourism, bringing back what we learn from the people and cultures we meet to improve our lives back home, and share the most memorable stories from travelling: fun, scary, educational and more. Most episodes include extracts from conversations with three different guests, centred on a particular topic, but you'll also hear occasional deep dive interviews, recordings from the Thoughtful Travellers Book Club, and Amanda's own experiences from travelling past and present.

This episode of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast is all about Japan. Amanda has recently returned from a trip to Japan and is joined by guests who have travelled or live(d) in Japan.