Misa Yuka Podcast🌼🎙️

IDEAL Christmas date ideas! (brutally honest opinions)

3.8K views · 1d ago · 29:52

Welcome back to another episode of the Misa Yuka Podcast! We're two sisters born in Japan and raised in the States, chatting about the random things we relate to each week. This week we're talking about our ideal Christmas date, and why Christmas in Japan is SO different from Christmas in America! (and just tossing around some IDEAL Christmas date ideas!!)

Topics: Show & Tell: Songs We're Obsessed With · Monthly Music Phases: RADWIMPS, tuki., Yuika · Taylor Swift Speak Now Favorites · Japanese Throwback Songs & Karaoke Finds · Why the First 5 Seconds of a Song Matter · High BPM vs Calm Music

How to let go of what no longer serves you✨

7.9K views · 3d ago · 26:06

Welcome back to another episode of the Misa Yuka Podcast! We're two sisters born in Japan and raised in the States, chatting about the random things we relate to each week. This week we're talking about the art of letting go: jobs, exes, homes, and even that pile of clothes you just can't throw away.

Topics: Show & Tell: Korean Carrot Namul for Glowy Skin · Easy Carrot Salad Recipe (Rice Vinegar, Sesame, Mala Jiang) · Today's Topic: The Art of Letting Go · Mel Robbins' Tree & Fall Leaves Analogy · Why We Fear Change & Try to Control Things · Quitting a Job You Don't Like

What is a dream?...Really

10K views · 1w ago · 19:55

Welcome back to another episode of the Misa Yuka Podcast! We're two sisters born in Japan and raised in the States, chatting about the random things we relate to each week. This week we're talking about dreams vs goals, and what a "dream" even is in the first place!

Topics: Show & Tell: Kraft Mac and Cheese from the US · Today's Topic: What Is a Dream? · "What's Your Dream?" in Japan vs the US · Why We Don't Share Our Dreams · Our Sister Dreaming Sessions · Specific Dreams vs How You Want to Live

3 Types of People You’ll Meet Who Change Your Life ✨

11K views · 2w ago · 27:01

Welcome back to another episode of the Misa Yuka Podcast! We're two sisters born in Japan and raised in the States, chatting about the random things we relate to each week. This week we're talking about the 3 types of people you meet in life: the mirror, the door, and the window. Which ones have shown up in YOUR life?

Topics: Show & Tell: Hot Cheetos from the US · US grocery prices are wild ($90 at Safeway!) · Today's topic: 3 types of people you meet in life · Mirror people & social media inspiration · Why ENFPs always find each other (MBTI talk) · Akogare or love? (Mrs. GREEN APPLE)

We had a serious fight (and how we overcame it?)

16K views · 3w ago · 26:44

Welcome back to another episode of the Misa Yuka Podcast! We're two sisters born in Japan and raised in the States, chatting about the random things we relate to each week. This week we're talking about how to make up after a fight, because yes... we just had one. A full-on, serious sister Cold War.

Topics: Show & Tell: Vegan Tofu Tantanmen Noodles · Today's Topic: Our Sister Fight (a Real Cold War) · A Friendship Advice Request From a High Schooler · Misa's College Roommate Fight & Googling How to Make Up · Step 0: Opening Up & "First to Say Sorry Wins" · Why Relationship Problems Are So Stressful

The American Autumn we can't get in Japan | corn mazes, pumpkin patches, Thanksgiving

12K views · 4w ago · 25:58

Welcome back to another episode of the Misa Yuka Podcast! We're two sisters born in Japan and raised in the States, chatting about the random things we relate to each week. This week we're talking about autumn in America vs Japan: pumpkin patches, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and why fall makes us so nostalgic

Topics: Show & Tell: BTS Bulgogi Ramen from 7-Eleven · Today's Topic: Autumn · Summer vs Autumn & End-of-Summer Feels · The Smell of Autumn Air · Pumpkin Patches & Jack-o'-Lanterns · Getting Lost in a Corn Maze

Honest thoughts about AGE in Japan vs the US.,...and about turning 30 👑😳!!?

15K views · 1mo ago · 29:19

Welcome back to another episode of the Misa Yuka Podcast! We're two sisters born in Japan and raised in the States, chatting about the random things we relate to each week. This week we're talking about turning 30 and wondering if Japan cares too much about age? Our honest sister talk on age in Japan vs the US

Topics: Show & Tell: My Black Vinegar Drink · Today's Topic: Age · Guessing Age at Work in Japan · "Younger Is Better" Culture · Going to College at 50 in the US · Job Changes & "You're Still Young"

We left Corporate Japan to “pursue our passions” ….and realized this.

14K views · 1mo ago · 33:51

Welcome back to another episode of the Misa Yuka Podcast! We're two sisters born in Japan and raised in the States, chatting about the random things we relate to each week. This week we're talking about what content creation (発信) has taught us after about 3 years of doing it!

Topics: Show & Tell: DJI Mic 3 · DJI Mic 2 vs Mic 3 (size & weight) · No more audio cracking (adaptive gain control) · 32-bit float internal recording · Up to 4 mics & timecode · 2-level noise cancelling

Everything we're doing to be better than yesterday — K-pop workouts, makeup & gut health✨

12K views · 1mo ago · 25:45

Welcome back to another episode of the Misa Yuka Podcast! We're two sisters born in Japan and raised in the States, chatting about the random things we relate to each week. This week we're sharing the little things we've been working on lately — mentally and physically. From 2-minute at-home workouts and "box shoulder" posture training, to hip mobility, Korean makeup, and gut health with apple cider vinegar. lol!!

Topics: Show & Tell: Baskin Robbins (サーティワン) ice cream · Today's topic: what we've been working on · Misa's 2-minute daily workout · Training "box shoulders" & fixing posture · Finding the right makeup (Korean makeup & shading) · Hip mobility & getting our flexibility back

Is everyone "rushing" to get married??

14K views · 1mo ago · 28:46

So... are we actually supposed to be rushing to get married?? Honestly? We don't have the answer either lol. Since moving to Japan, Misa's been to 10+ weddings, everyone's settling down, and there's someone new getting engaged on our feed basically every day — so yeah, last year we felt that pressure too.

Topics: Show & Tell: The Kindle · Is everyone rushing to get married? · So many weddings in Japan (and the money...) · The "one-template" Japanese wedding · The pressure to marry by 30 · Marriage feels so permanent

The funny things we do when we start "falling in love"

11K views · 1mo ago · 35:19

This week we get way too honest about everything we secretly do the moment we start catching feelings — running our crushes through 動物占い, Chinese astrology AND ChatGPT before we even really know them. lol What do you guys think about the dating culture— gradual or 告白? Let us know in the comments!!

Topics: Today's topic: what we actually do when we catch feelings · ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Claude — which AI gives the best love advice? · Step 1: what's your birthday? (we need the YEAR) · Chinese astrology + Western astrology, multiplied together · 動物占い: the 5 hidden sides of your crush · Screenshotting his texts into AI to decode what he really meant

Kevin's honest stories of growing up in America as an Asian

91K views · 1mo ago · 31:29

Part 2 with Kevin from Kevin's English Room is here! Misa, Yuka & Kevin get real about growing up Asian in America and moving to Japan as adults — the culture shock, the scars nobody talks about, and the unexpected gifts of a bilingual, bicultural life.

Topics: Show & Tell: Japanese chocolate 🍫 / ショー&テル:日本のチョコ · Kevin's path: Georgia → Japan / Kevinの歩み:ジョージア→日本 · Fitting in & the language barrier / 馴染むこと・言葉の壁 · Being the only Asian kid / クラスで唯一のアジア人だった頃 · The memories that still sting / 今でも忘れられない傷 · Empathy & finding your 軸 / 共感力と「自分の軸」

The Becoming of Kevin from "Kevin's English Room"

159K views · 1mo ago · 1:00:32

Kevin (Kevin's English Room) runs one of Japan's biggest channels — and says he never wanted to be a YouTuber. Still doesn't. So we asked him how he actually built the life he has: chemical-company corporate → Starbucks → a cafe with his friends → COVID wiping it out → all of this. He quit corporate in six months. It took us four years.

Topics: Welcome Kevin (+ the dream journal that came true) · Show & tell: nachos & missing Mexican food · Why US & Japanese comedy don't translate · "More Japanese or more American?" — finding yourself here · The Mexican spot we can't find again · Today's topic: how to design your life

Signs that you have now become more "Japanese" #relatable

15K views · 2mo ago · 32:03

This week, we talk about some signs that make us realize we have become more Japanese over the years! What do you guys think? Let us know in the comments!! Two sisters, born in Japan, raised in the States, still figuring it out.