Pure TokyoScope PODCAST 90: Shogun, ALF, and Okinawa at Ootoya!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan!
In this episode of 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) try out their new wireless mics live from an Ootoya restaurant in Tokyo. Conversation topics include the series finale of Shogun, the upcoming Blu-ray of Message From Space, Patrick's upcoming trip to Okinawa, family restaurants in Japan, And, last but not least, Cameo.com!
SHOW NOTES!
Outside an Ootoya Restaurant
ALF in Japanese (live stream)
The A-Team in Japanese
The A&W “Root Bear” in Okinawa, Japan
Shogun Series Finale Trailer
Trailer for the new Blu-ray of Message From Space, out in July 2024 from Eureka Video (Patrick is contributing a video appreciation)
Qonto robot toy exported to America by Bandai
Pimpbot from Ice Pirates (1984)
Wine Menu at Saizeriya chain restaurants (100 yen per glass, 200 yen decanters)
Women’s Pro-Wrestling Event Poster, 1984
Okinawan Habushu
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War (1976) on Tubi
The Ramen War in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Flavor Flav on Cameo.com
What is the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast? Well… Author and fellow Substack writer Matt Alt and I have been recording together for over a year now.
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