Pure TokyoScope Podcast 141: The Overtourism in Japan Episode!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture direct from Japan!
PREVIEW EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) wrestle with Rock Lords and the problem of Overtourism in Japan. Also, the closing of a historic KFC in Tokyo, and the return of otaku dining hot spot Anna Miller’s!
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SHOW NOTES
Roddy McDowall as Nuggit
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords trailer 1986
Rock Lords Toy Commercial
Omotesando Kentucky Fried Chicken to Close, Ending 54 Years of History
The Colonel Comes to Japan (PBS KFC documentary, 1981)
Anna Miller’s Restaurant to Reopen in December After 3-Year Hiatus
Hell is Other People - The real reason the Japanese government is so obsessed with tourism
30% of tourists to Japan experienced overtourism problems in 2024
Monsters and memes: Labubu dolls ride China soft-power wave
New Show Sponsor: Wendy's
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