<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822693168178979353</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:53:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>The Nippon Initiative Podcast</title><description>The Nippon Initiative Podcast features interesting short stories about Japan and Japanese people.</description><link>http://nipponinitiativepodcast.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Randy)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822693168178979353.post-2526856398335960847</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-09-20T22:53:03.021-07:00</atom:updated><title>Height in Japan: The Long and Short of It</title><description>Episode 3 of The Nippon Initiative Podcast discussing human height in Japan, including a humorous look at the challenges of living as a tall person with &quot;old&quot; standards for door-frame heights and more.  Recorded September 15, 2012 from Karuizawa, Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information on The Nippon Initiative, visit www.nipponinitiative.org or go to our Facebook Page: NipponNow. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hamiltonhills.org/filerequest/2187.mp3&quot;&gt;http://www.hamiltonhills.org/filerequest/2187.mp3&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://nipponinitiativepodcast.blogspot.com/2012/09/height-in-japan-long-and-short-of-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Randy)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822693168178979353.post-5463154165310098189</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-08-16T17:58:25.945-07:00</atom:updated><title>Obon: Asking the Dead for Blessing and Help</title><description>&lt;div id=&quot;cast_description&quot;&gt;Episode 2 of The Nippon Initiative Podcast describing  Obon, the annual Japanese festival for honoring recently departed ancestors.  Recorded August 16, 2012 from Karuizawa, Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information on The Nippon Initiative, visit www.nipponinitiative.org or go to our Facebook Page: NipponNow. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hamiltonhills.org/filerequest/2157.mp3&quot;&gt;http://www.hamiltonhills.org/filerequest/2157.mp3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nipponinitiativepodcast.blogspot.com/2012/08/obon-asking-dead-for-blessing-and-help.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Randy)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4822693168178979353.post-7565170484749246540</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-08-16T17:58:37.839-07:00</atom:updated><title>A Visit to the Tokyo Sky Tree</title><description>&lt;div id=&quot;cast_description&quot;&gt;The inaugural episode of The Nippon Initiative Podcast describing  the 2012 Nippon Initiative&#39;s mission team&#39;s visit to the Tokyo Sky Tree.  Recorded August 7, 2012 from Karuizawa, Japan.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hamiltonhills.org/filerequest/2135.mp3&quot;&gt;http://www.hamiltonhills.org/filerequest/2135.mp3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://nipponinitiativepodcast.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-visit-to-tokyo-sky-tree.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Randy)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>