{"id":16646,"date":"2024-02-25T15:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T20:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=16646"},"modified":"2024-02-25T15:02:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T20:02:16","slug":"episode-578-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-578-japan","title":{"rendered":"Episode 578 &#8211; Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_578_-_Japan.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual Memories Show 578:<br \/>\nJapan<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3999\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16646-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_578_-_Japan.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_578_-_Japan.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_578_-_Japan.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_578_-_Japan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?powerpress_pinw=16646-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_578_-_Japan.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_578_-_Japan.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Interviews\/The-Virtual-Memories-Show-p1091071\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>No conversation this week, except for our host, <strong>Gil Roth<\/strong>, in conversation with some virtual memories of his own! On the occasion of going to the movies for the first time since 2018, to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectdays-movie.jp\/en\/wenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wim Wenders<\/a>\u2019 amazing new film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectdays-movie.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PERFECT DAYS<\/a>, he reflects on a cusp-of-pandemic trip to Japan. This one\u2019s got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nakamura-haring.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keith Haring<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectdays-movie.jp\/en\/yakusho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Koji Yakusho<\/a>, a misplaced fortune, <a href=\"https:\/\/tokyotoilet.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tokyo Toilet<\/a>, an empty parking lot, Country &amp; Western, a special 5K run, a big bag of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kit_Kats_in_Japan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kit-Kats<\/a>, and more, so give it a listen. <a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_578_-_Japan.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Give it a listen!<\/a> And go watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.perfectdays-movie.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PERFECT DAYS<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y796LNJEdig?si=nIgWX-WZYCfONj4W\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 660px; overflow: hidden; border-radius: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/episode-578-japan\/id531173075?i=1000646789529\" height=\"175\" frameborder=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/3ONU6iYWyNJzoseiPg56J6?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/virtualmemories\/Episode_578_-_Japan.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-archive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ways to follow <em>The Virtual Memories Show<\/em>! <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-virtual-memories-show\/id531173075\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4itPQhel9GzH3WK2iXr4Zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/vmspod.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BlueSky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vmspod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXoLbP-9GbhHJZpCQP5TR5A\/videos?view_as=subscriber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemoriespodcast.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tumblr<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/virtualmemories.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good ol&#8217; RSS<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gil Roth created the <em><strong>Virtual Memories Show<\/strong><\/em> in 2012 and has hosted more than 600 episodes (including <a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-covid-19-sessions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">~60 daily ones during COVID lockdown<\/a>). In 2014, he launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/pharma-bio.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PBOA<\/a>, a nonprofit trade association for bio\/pharmaceutical contract development &amp; manufacturing organizations (CDMOs), previously serving as Founding Editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/contractpharma.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Contract Pharma<\/em><\/a> magazine from 1999 until then. He took up <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHsmVuCcRL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drawing and painting<\/a> in 2021 at age 50. He has produced two issues to date of a &#8216;zine called <a href=\"https:\/\/haikuforbusinesstravelers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Haiku for Business Travelers<\/em><\/a>. Since 2022, he has mailed out a postcard every mail-day. <a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What else would you like to know<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988-scaled.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16648\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-578-japan\/img_7988\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988-scaled.jpeg?fit=1920%2C2560\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1582297452&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0009861932938856&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_7988\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988-scaled.jpeg?fit=465%2C620\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988.jpeg?resize=465%2C620\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988-scaled.jpeg?resize=465%2C620 465w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988-scaled.jpeg?resize=330%2C440 330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988-scaled.jpeg?resize=1152%2C1536 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C2048 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988-scaled.jpeg?w=1920 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7988-scaled.jpeg?w=1050 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Fella<em>\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/may4th\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hal Mayforth<\/a>, used with permission from\u00a0the artist. The conversation was recorded remotely via <a href=\"https:\/\/zencastr.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zencastr<\/a>. I used a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3cGZ1Em\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone<\/a> feeding into a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Q9Br0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zoom PodTrak P4<\/a>. All processing and editing done in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3RwlQsW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adobe Audition CC<\/a>. Photos by me, except for the one of me; that&#8217;s by <a href=\"https:\/\/amyrothphoto.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amy Roth Photo<\/a>. It&#8217;s on my <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/vmspod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Memories Show 578: Japan No conversation this week, except for our host, Gil Roth, in conversation with some virtual memories of his own! On the occasion of going to the movies for the first time since 2018, to see Wim Wenders\u2019 amazing new film PERFECT DAYS, he reflects on a cusp-of-pandemic trip to Japan. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-578-japan\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 578 &#8211; Japan&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,22,27,5981,4,1083,40,12,1183,18,20,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture","category-art","category-big-business","category-covid-check-in","category-literature","category-movies","category-music","category-pharmaceuticals","category-podcasts","category-politics-implicit","category-religion","category-travel","post_format-post-format-audio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/wp-content\/uploads\/japan2024comp.jpg?fit=2000%2C800","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-4ku","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15568,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-507-w-david-marx","url_meta":{"origin":16646,"position":0},"title":"Episode 507 &#8211; W David Marx","author":"Gil","date":"October 4, 2022","format":"audio","excerpt":"Virtual Memories Show 507: W. 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