In this episode, we talk to Vincent Lebert about his background and what brought him to Japan. More details can be found for some of what was covered in the links below.

Hamburg – https://www.hamburg-travel.com/ 

Berlin – https://www.berlin.de/en/ 

Japan Pop Culture – https://web-japan.org/trends/11_culture/ 

Gap Year – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gap_year 

Japanology Plus (NHK World – Japan) – https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/japanologyplus/ 

University of Trier – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Trier

Okayama University – https://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/index_e.html 

Fukuoka – (japan-guide.com) https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2161.html 

Kyudo – (International Kyudo Federation) https://www.ikyf.org/ 

Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) – https://www.jasso.go.jp/en/ 

Kobe University – https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/index.html 

Mezenkei (Japan Reference) – https://jref.com/articles/mizenkei.110/

Kobun (Classical Japanese) – https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/kobun-old-kana/ 

Summer School in Early Modern Paleography at the University of Cambridge – https://wakancambridge.com/ 

What is Content and Language Integrated Learning (Pearson English Blog) – https://www.english.com/blog/content-and-language-integrated-learning/ 

Sakoku (Wikipedia) – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakoku 

Medieval Japanese Literature – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Japanese_literature 

Kanjo no Maki (かんぢょうのまき 灌頂巻)

J. R. R. Tolkien – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien

Lord of the Rings (IMDB) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/