DJ Misty Spins Japan on Channel F Podcast

A lot of people ask me what it was like moving to Japan; overcoming culture shock & differences, as well as how I met my husband and fitting in here since it’s such a homogeneous society. I talk about all of that along with my experiences DJ’ing here and what prompted me to help organize a massive Black Lives Matter march in Osaka. Give it a listen if you want to hear all about my life so far in Japan!

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"Back in 2016 DJ Misty Fujii decided to take a trip to Japan to check out the music scene and see if she could line up some dj’ing gigs. One night out with some friends she met a man that so captured her heart, she was certain that this was the man she was going to marry. Fast forward to a few years later and Misty picked up all her belongings, cat and dog to move from her home in Toronto Canada and start a new life with her new husband in Osaka Japan. On this episode Misty will talk about how she acclimatized to Japanese life and the myriad of social customs that she learned how to navigate. Being a child born out of an interracial marriage, Misty will relate her experiences of being a person of colour immersed in a society where by and large people of colour were a rarity."

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