【箸休めEp】*all English 渡辺直美へ届け！Big Respect n Love to #NaomiTakesAmerica

直美さまに感化されAll Englishエピソードに挑戦しました。

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箸休めなのにマイクで撮ってるという豪華ラインナップ箸休めじゃなくなるか

ティンティンティンパンからやる?

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そうか、普通にやる?

電子入れてるさ

Where is Minami?

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せーの

What's up, amazing people. This is IYASASA RADIO by Akane and Minami.

In this radio, we are going to talk about random topics in Okinawan, Japanese and English.

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ふすよちゅうがなびら

イヤササレディオのアカネとミナミやいびん

うぬレディオで英語とウチナーグチさんに

いっぺんうむさるはなしつづけやんりちうむとうびん

What's up

What's up

So this is箸休めEp and we want to talk about

Naomi Watanabe just starting their podcast.

Yeah

Congratulations to Naomi

Yeah

We are waiting for you as a guest

As a guest

And I think this time we will try to do it 100% English

Yes

Besides our introduction in Okinawan

Yes

Yeah

So did you listen to her podcast?

Little bit

A little bit?

But I knew she was trying really hard

To speak English

To speak

Even it's slow she's trying to speak English 100% on a radio so

But I could understand everything she said

I mean everything she wanted to try to say

Uh-huh

I think that's very good and good inspiration

Aspiration for anyone who want to study English

Uh-huh

And how can our be her guest?

Um what do you think?

If there is anyone who is friend with or who knows Naomi

In person

Then I want you guys to let us know how

To reach her

Yeah

Like me and her was talking about how can we reach to Beyonce and Naomi

Yeah

And what we talk about like we were making video

Yeah making video to message them to impress them through the video

I don't know

Or write a letter

Write a letter

Like what else can we think about

So basic

To let them know our like truly pure love

Love?

03:00

So I told her about it like when you wanna get close to somebody you like

You should know their like favorite things

And I'm trying to stop speaking Japanese

Uh-huh

And like when you want like for example I like you and then I want you to be my boyfriend

And then I need to know about you first

Like what you like, what you do usually

And private

Uh-huh

And also like I need to like reach to other friends around you and let them know I like you so much

So I wanna be your girlfriend

Then I will ask them if you have a girlfriend or not

Then make sure if I can be that girl

Uh-huh

And you know I can reach to you

And you start thinking about me and then you start liking me

Then we can be together

That's my strategy to make boyfriend

So I can shift to Beyonce version and Nami version

That's what I thought

So first we need to find some kind of connection

Uh-huh

And to get to know what they like

Uh-huh

I think they both like

Yeah but you told me Naomi like what?

No I told you about Beyonce like Mos Burger

Mos Burger

When she comes to Japan

Uh-huh

I don't know it's why or what

In some interview she said like she always go to Mos Burger when she visits Japan

Because it's kind of unique fast food

Uh-huh

But I can't send Mos Burger to the States

Yeah

So make

Maybe we should connect to Mos Burger CEO

CEO

And then we can tie up and approach to Beyonce I don't know

Does anyone know Mos Burger CEO?

Yeah

Maybe

Then we can give her free ticket an entire of her life

To get Mos Burger

Even though she's a rich person

But I think that's a good deal

Or we can copy their recipe 100%

And then we can be like a caring chef to the States

And we can make Mos Burger anytime you want

Well I can recommend Jeff

06:01

To Naomi

And then Naomi

I think Naomi like Okinawa because she's from Taiwan

That's what you say maybe

She was born in Taiwan or she has a DNA of Taiwanese

Both I think

Either way

I think that's very good

Not connection

Good

Common point

Yeah

I don't know English

So yeah

But when she started the podcast

I looked through some article

If you know there's any media says about the she that started podcast etc

And one of the article said podcast is kind of out

Old fashion

Old fashion

It's not popular anymore or it's not

It haven't get popular yet

Or if it's not popular in Japan

Fuck them

I think Spotify is more famous in Japan

I mean the world

More famous in the States

In the States

Oh I see

I think that's why Shiku sponsored Spotify or some company

And I think there are much more listeners in the United States or overseas who speaks English more

Yeah

You know why she started doing podcast?

Why?

The reason why she started

Like suddenly

She can't start YouTube or anything like that

But she started doing podcast

Why is that?

She does have YouTube

Oh okay

Already

From I think couple years ago she started

I think after the pandemic

Like her YouTube is mostly live

For like 2 hours or 3 hours

She is talking alone

With the

I've seen her Instagram live

Yeah I think it's similar

She just keep talking keep talking and reading the comments and talking to everyone

So yeah I think podcast was just one of her promotion way to I think people in the United States

Ah okay

And she took disadvantage as an advantage that she cannot really speak English well

Good idea

Good idea

Yeah so we got

She followed us

She followed us?

I mean she followed our style because we started podcast first

09:04

But she took advantage that all English version

So yeah

That impressed me so much

I think that's good for everyone

To brush up English skills

I love her voice though

It's kind of low and sexy

You know what I mean?

Low and sexy

It's maybe lower tone voice makes her sexy

I don't know

We also like speak with low tone

You?

You

Me?

Yeah you wanna be calm down

When you listen to podcast that's why we start

We don't try to like

Hello everyone tone

You know what I mean?

So you can listen to our radio when you go to sleep

How about when you teach English?

Teach in English to kids?

It's very fun

How do you make it change how you speak?

It's totally changed

When it comes to kids they don't have concentration

Like an hour

So I speak in English but I'm more concentrate on

Like how to keep them

How do you say?

Excited?

Excited

Focused?

Focused and also

They are easy to

Tired of studying

So it has to be unique and fun

That's what I'm trying to do all the time

You don't speak in a low or sexier voice?

No

When I'm angry I do that

When you're angry?

Maybe I can

When I'm in a class

My voice is like

Hey everyone listen to me

And good job

And like that

I also have the calculum in every class

We are using the YouTube videos with dance and singing

And then when they are tired of it

We try to put a quiz after that

Then dance again and quiz

And then we move on to the sitting and writing on the table

And they can draw the pictures

We have color quiz

You wanna red or orange or pink

And then they say can I have red please

And I say here you are

Then they say thank you

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That's what we do in a class

But kids learn English very fast

And they are not shy

So they really like to imitate how I speak

So when I do pronunciation practice

I say like

And they do the same thing

But when it comes to adults

They are very shy

So they are slow to learn pronunciation and accent

Because they have Japanese accent already

So kids are very fast learner

And also

They are like a sponge

Yeah

I don't know I forgot how to say

Apple

No no no

Very whatever

I got it

You are teaching English to kids

So if you have kids

You should make them start learning English in an early age

Maybe 3 or 4

But it's never too late

Yeah

If

If you want to learn

Yeah

But you shouldn't be shy

I am shy

You are not shy

I was shy

So what if very very shy kids come to you

To learn English

Have you ever met or

If they are 6 or 7

I mean 7 or 8

They tend to be shy

So I tell them

Mistake is very normal thing

And then

I told them like

I used to be like that

And then

I don't know

How could you overcome your shyness?

Shyness?

When I date with American

So it's like when you become adult

Yeah

I used to be shy as well when I was a kid

But I was good at writing and reading

And English class in a school

So I was more confident

I became confident

Then that makes me to motivate to learn more

Then when it comes to speaking and listening

I got better when I talk with native speakers

15:02

Because I can't speak Japanese in front of them

They don't understand

I need to speak English even though I can't

You know what I mean?

Like in this situation

Okay

So how old were you

Like

What do you think?

How old were you when you

Like get your English version of yourself?

Finally

Finally

Like first we start like acting right?

But from at some point we start thinking like

Oh this is me

Speaking English version

So when I speak English

It's simple to explain my feeling

And people speak English is very friendly and casual

That makes me act like that

So people affect me to be like that personality

But it's very close to my real personality too

Because in Japanese culture

Difference is not good

I mean

Everyone should act the same way

Yeah yeah

And then if you are unique

People see like you are weird

Or you are different from others

But that's not the culture in other countries

You know what I mean?

So I can be like me anytime

I can express my feeling like whatever I like

Okay so you are saying that you feel more of yourselfness

When you speak English than speak in Japanese

Yeah

English and Okinawan language and Japanese

So like

So like how

What was your like turning point

When you start thinking or feeling like you are speaking English

Not like you know translating by them in the brain

But you were like be you

Maybe when I start working on bass

Like because I use English every single day

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Like when I was in college

I was working on bass as a waitress

And I was in a school for like

I don't know 5 to 6 hours in a day

And after that I went to work directly from school

And I stayed there for like 5 to 6 hours

Or more than that

And also when I went home

I had to communicate in English with my ex-boyfriends

So like literally I used English for a long time in a day

That's how I learned

Writing, listening and speaking

Then it took me like a year to understand and then communicate easily

Then I went to the States, America

I moved to the college in the States

Then I had to learn more like fashion language

As a professional study

So that makes me

That made me more grow up in this version

Of you

Of me, maybe

I'm not still a native speaker but

Now I'm

And then I went back to Okinawa

And I went to Tokyo

And while I was in Tokyo

I didn't have time to speak English

Because I was not in that environment

But after that I came back to Okinawa

And I live in Okinawa now

And I sometimes use English with my family

My husband dad

And I do radio

And also I like to watch English TV

Then I try to spend more time using English

That's how I brush up my skill

And also

Communicate with many people

Right?

Right

Doing this podcast really helps me to

Not all the time like improving but

Just keep up with my conversation skills or vocabulary

21:02

I think we got better

Did we?

I think we should listen to our first and second episodes

Introduction, right?

Like we sound like a bit of hesitate or like a bit of shy

Because we never try to speak English between us

Like ever

And we just start

Ok, let's do it

Just let's do it

Like start recording

I think we are

We weren't shy to other people

I think we were shy to each other

To meet a new version of

Oh yeah

Because we have different personality when we speak English

Right

And we just, you know, it was the first time to

Having a conversation in different language

So, yeah

I think it's kind of same

Yeah

But we don't speak English besides podcast

We text in English sometimes

Sometimes if it's convenient

Yeah

Well, I wish our English skills got improved

A little bit

Yeah

And I'm hoping that our sound quality of podcast will reach

To the same level as Naomi Watanabe

Hopefully

But now four people are watching

Naomi is doing podcast with phone call

I think so, yeah

Like a Zoom meeting or what

Zoom?

No, I think people sending request

Like people apply that they wanna

Doing together

Yeah

I think there is like a Japanese people

Like two Japanese people

Oh, okay

But they speak English or they lived in a States

Or they get married with American guy

Kind of like that

But we can apply, no?

We want to

American, Japanese, Okinawan

In Okinawa

American, Japanese, Okinawan in Okinawa

Like we're mix of everything, right?

Yeah

We're Okinawan, but we are Japanese and American

But Okinawan

Yeah

So, right?

That's unique

And we are close to Taiwan

24:04

Because we live in Okinawa, right?

It's like an hour flight from here

So, we have a lot of connection

But she doesn't know yet

Yeah

And she says she

I think if we meet her in person

That's the most difficult thing

I mean in private time

Maybe we can be really good friends

I feel it

But we need to go to New York then

Then you go to New York then

Go to New York and

I saw her in New York

When I was in New York

Yeah?

Yeah, at the cafe

She was trying to have an English conversation class at cafe

Oh

Month to month thing

So, didn't you try to?

No

I didn't want to disturb her

So, I just saw her

But I didn't do anything

Because at the time I was not really a fan of her

But I think that's a good point

If we are like a fan of her

Then I don't want to talk to her

I mean when she is having a private time

Oh, okay

And she is a Japanese celebrity

It's like I don't want to disturb her

I don't know

But in the States, it's exceptional

But when we go to the States

Maybe she really don't see many Japanese

So, it's more like you meet Okinawan people in Tokyo

And you get like some connection

And you know have in common thing

Then you can be friends very fast

Yeah

But she is famous in America already

So, I don't know about that

Is she that famous in the States?

I don't know

Because I don't live in the States

And I'm not American

Her picture is in Times Square, right?

But that doesn't mean like everyone knows her

But her appearance is very

Unique

Yeah, so

Icon

It's very catchy, an icon

So, maybe many people know her

Because America, I mean in New York

Japan is a good brand

So

I don't know

Okay, so first step

We're gonna figure out how to reach out to Naomi

And also I have been to Jay-Z's bar in New York

That's something in common with Beyoncé

I don't know

Okay, so first step is like

We need to go to New York

27:01

Yeah

But this year I wanna go to

Hawaii

Australia

I wanna go to Justin Bieber's concert

Now New York came out

I don't know how to manage it

Maybe, you know at least one country is enough for

2022

We need to get vaccinated

You don't have to tell that we're not vaccinated yet

But we need a certification, right?

Yeah, I think we need to go to a specific clinic

That they issue the

Like vaccinated proof document

For traveling overseas

Yeah

Okay

What else?

I don't know

Do you have anything like you wanna advertise your events or

Sunrise photobook

Since I'm doing a manager at the Sunrise Shack in American Village in Chatan, Mihama

So if you see or listen to our radio

And you can tell me about it and I can give you a discount

You are a discount

For the very

But as long as you listen to our radio

Okay, what is a Sunrise Shack?

Sunrise Shack is from

What can we get from the shop?

You can get coconut

Blood coffee

And smoothie

Acai bowls

And we have some

Plate

Foods

And we also have a clothing like this

Hoodie

And we also have a surf brand

From Hawaii

It's called Urban Island Society

And

We have everything

With good vibes only

Will you be at the store every day?

How can I see you?

You can

Message me

Before you go there

Or you can tell

The staff

You know me

Or you listen to the ESS radio

And I

Give you a discount

Give you a discount again

I go there like

2 or 3 times a week

Okay, not specific date

Every Wednesday I'll be there

Every Wednesday she'll be there

About 2 to 4

Because I have a meeting at 3pm

Okay

I'm trying to go there like

As much as I can

But I have work and I have a wedding planner

So

Yeah

But between

Like before the event

I have so many things to do at the store

So

30:01

I go there a lot

Sunrise track is very cool

And she's been too busy

And she doesn't care about me

I do care about her

But I need to care about a lot of things

But busy busy

So she's busy

Busy is not good

Yeah

I think you just started a new job

That's why

Makes you feel like you're

Like busy busy

But once you get used to it

You'll be like

Yeah

You know

Done done done

And I also want to have ESS event

Yeah

One year anniversary

Well coming to when?

May 3rd is our

Anniversary

One year anniversary

So we want to have event

Or campaign

Or I don't know

Something

Do something

Yeah

I want to produce something

T-shirts or

I want to put on T-shirts

What we were talking about?

Yai Bin

Yai Bin

T-shirts

And

Choa?

Choa

She's into Choa now

Choa balance

And harmony

Yeah harmony

But Yai Bin

Yai Bin is

Y-A-I-B-E-A

And Yai Bin

Because we use a lot the words

So

T-shirts

For the summer

Yeah T-shirts

New stickers

Because we

Made a mistake

To make a

Very first

Our stickers

Make it all skeleton

It's not

Appearance is not really

But people like our stickers

Yeah I think the logo design is really cute

And

Before I introduce

Or explain anything

About the logo

Some people said like

It looks like a snack

Yeah

And that's what exactly

We are meant to

You know

We're trying to

Express

We wanted to make it like a

Jelly bean

Looks

So

It's very successful

Yeah

Thank you Maeda

Toshi-kun

So

That's all

Yeah I don't have anything to advertise

Besides Iyasasu Radio

She

She was doing great job

At the event as a DJ

Oh thank you

So I want her start doing

Like often

I wanna promote her

Me too

As a DJ too

She's a good promoter

Cause

Most of DJs are men

But

Like a women DJ

33:00

Looks very cool

I think

And

You have fans already

Really?

Who?

Name it

I wanna meet them

I will tell you later

Okay

Thank you

Oh yeah

Yeah we will definitely have some event

For

Iyasasu Radio

And we gonna produce some

Product

Maybe for

I don't know

For beginning

Maybe for us

If it's cute or what

And I can see like people's reaction

And

We just

I don't know

And

In the near future

I wanna do some

Q&A stuff

I don't know

Just tell me how

Can we

Become

A bigger issue on the island

Like Tamagotchi

Popular

Yeah popular

Because we are cool

Yeah I

But recently

Like

Many people tell me like

Our radio is cool

Since they start listening to it

Our topic is very unique

And

We

Go deeper

You know what I mean?

I know what you mean

Go deeper

So people

It's very addictive I think

Since you started listening to it

So

I just want people to try

First

Try first and

We all appreciate

Like all the people

Giving us a comment

Or the message

Like their opinion

It helps us

And inspire us

To look for

A new topic

All the time

Yeah people tell me

Like

They want us to

Talk about

Blah blah blah

And

You know

People send me

A lot of articles

And topics

They want

Us to talk

That's very

Cool

And we really

Appreciate it

Thank you

Thank you

So that's all for today

Yeah

We will do

Insta live

YouTube

More often

And

You can see our face too

Okay

That's all for today

Bye bye

I can do it

You talk longer than I thought