Genoa's very unique journey to Japan

About this episode

Genoa shares his unique journey from growing up in a cult to studying in Japan and going viral on social media.

Meet Genoa, a content creator with a very unique life that brought him to Japan. He sits down to talk to us about growing up in a cult, before leaving and eventually coming to Okinawa as an exchange student in high school, and his current life preparing for studying at language school and going viral sharing his experiences in Japan. A big thank you to our colleagues from ZenMarket for sponsoring this episode. Interesting in buying anything from Japan? Find out more here: https://go.zenmarket.jp/unpackingjapan -- 0:00 Intro 1:07 Growing up in a cult 5:07 Reactions to cult story 9:55 Interest in Japan study abroad 13:02 Arriving in Okinawa 17:26 Life in Okinawa 21:14 Japanese high school 25:43 Comparisons to American school 33:42 Going viral 41:28 Thoughts on social media career 48:02 Genoa's view on "Japan" content 51:21 Consulting Japanese on his comedy 53:09 Working with brands 56:04 Language school in Japan -- Follow Genoa: https://www.instagram.com/genoaorion/ https://www.tiktok.com/@genoaorion @genoaorion Follow us: https://unpacking.jp/ https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japan https://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapan https://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapan…

People in this episode

Guest: Genoa

Topics covered

• cult upbringing
• study abroad
• life in Japan
• social media
• cultural comparisons

Keywords

• cult
• Japan
• Okinawa
• study abroad
• social media
• content creator
• language school

Sponsors

ZenMarket

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Japan, Okinawa, American

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