Japan Event Radar

society, culture, places, travel, arts, performing · EN

Japan Event Radar is a short English-language podcast for international travelers and Japan-curious listeners who like to plan a trip around what is actually happening on the ground. Each 6 to 8 minute episode previews four festivals, exhibitions, or seasonal events across Japan that are worth planning around in the coming days.The show airs twice a week — Tuesday for the coming weekend and Friday looking ahead to the next week. Source material is drawn from JNTO destination pages, prefectural and municipal tourism boards, and the official sites of major museums and transport operators. Each episode reminds listeners to confirm details on the official site before they travel, since festival dates and exhibition windows can shift.This podcast uses AI-generated narration as a material part of the audio. All scripts are original and created for this show, then produced through a local text-to-speech workflow with editorial review and audio finishing.