Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast

Hello, my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 51 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) This year is the 10-year anniversary since I first came to Canada as a college exchange student. Today's story is about a subtle, but precious memory around nature I shared with a dear friend of mine that autumn. Now, make yourself a cup of tea, and let's spend the...

Hello, my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 50 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) In today's episode, I share a memory that took place in autumn several years ago when I used to live and study in England. One weekend, I made my first trip to London to visit a family friend. The journey was unexpectedly filled with mishaps. Amidst the misery, one perso...

Hello, my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 49 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Do you experience a mixture of excitement and embarrassment as you try to share your work with other people? Well, I certainly do. In today's episode, I share a memory from my primary school days when my homework creation that I wanted to keep hidden ended up receiving a...

Hello, my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 48 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Do you have any food item that you feel you're strongly attached to? Where do you think that attachment comes from? In this episode, I'm sharing with you my obsession with chocolate biscuits and tracing back the root of this obsession in my childhood snack time. Now...

Hello, my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 47 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Autumn is a season of harvest and farewells. About two weeks before the recording of this episode, my maternal grandmother passed away at the age of 96. In this episode, I'm revisiting one cherished autumn memory I had with her - we made a Halloween pumpkin together. Liv...

Hello, my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 46 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Today's story is about a small culture shock I experienced when I first came to Canada 10 years ago. The word "culture shock" tends to indicate something big and fundamental, but often it can be very subtle and even silly. The "culture shock" I share...

Hello, my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 45 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Sometimes, a strangest situation makes a moment unforgettable. Today's story is about the memory of a thunderstorm I watched with my mother when I was about four or five. It was just one of the many thunderstorms of the summer, but this particular one was permanently eng...

Hello, my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 44 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) When you were younger, what was your idea of luxury? In today's episode, I'm sharing a memory from when I was seven years old and stayed at a Western style business hotel for the first time in my life. When you are little, such a strange thing can be perceived as lu...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 43 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Have you had an experience when you saw somebody, you thought they were somebody you knew and spoke to them, only to realize that they were total strangers? I certainly have had many - especially when I was younger and a lot more care-free. It's such an embarrassing feeli...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 42 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Can you recall the time when you were little, playing with your friends, and adults told you to go home because it was getting late? Usually, when an adult says that, it's final, nonnegotiable. At least, that's what I had known from my own experience with my mother....

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 41 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) As we walk through our days, doesn't it often happen that we suddenly think of someone in a most random way? This week, one person that has been on my mind was my father, and I recalled several very funny memories. They were so absurd that I burst into laughter upon remem...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 40 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Do you have little ones around you who are eager to help adults? In today's episode, I'm sharing a memory of my toddler brother trying to help my mother to carry a 1 L milk package from the nearby corner store to home. This is a story of a little child who wants to h...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 39 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Do you have a special spot in your house, or wherever you've ever lived before, which is so unique that you wouldn't find something like that anywhere else? In this episode, I'm sharing a memory about an interesting library in my parents' house and its orig...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 38 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) In this episode, I'll be sharing a memory from the summer when I was eight and one act of my school teacher left a deep impression in my heart. By the way, August is when my hometown hosts its famous Tanabata festival, and today's story took place around that festive...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 37 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Can you recall a moment from your childhood when you experienced a very subtle emotion? Maybe you saw your friend having something and you also wanted it, you wished to receive something but you didn't, or you acted in a certain way hoping that somebody would treat you in...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 36 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) There are many reasons why we may not share our stories with others. Sometimes, it's because the story feels too delicate and private. Sometimes, it's because we feel the story can provoke a strong emotion for us or for the other person. Other times, we don't sh...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 35 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) As the summer reaches its peak here in Ottawa, I recall memories from different summers in my life. The one I'll be sharing with you in this episode is from the summer when I was four and lived with my grandmother. During my stay, one big summer festival took place in the...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 34 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) What is your way of cherishing a memory with somebody very close to you? And how is it when that person is no longer physically with you? In this episode, I'll be sharing with you my story around the loss of my little brother that happened many years ago, how I've re...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 33 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Do you have a happy obsession that's deeply rooted in you? For me, that obsession is food. I've always loved eating ever since I was born, and to this day, while I'm eating, I can easily be my happy self. In this episode, I share a memory of my secret snack time...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 32 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) This June 22nd, my maternal grandmother celebrated her 96th birthday. Having spent a lot of intimate time with her throughout my childhood, she has always been a person very close to my heart. In this episode, I'm sharing with you the memory of her 77th birthday party tha...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 31 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Sometimes, a story that we hear from somebody else can stay in our memory and we remember it as if it were our own. What I share with you in this episode is a story I heard from my physics teacher when I was a high school student in Japan. It was one funny episode that he and...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 30 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Are you somebody who likes walking on a big street bustling with people and events or a quiet backstreet with less people and attractions? If this were a metaphor of your social life, which do you see yourself walking on? As far as I remember, I've always been somebody wh...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 29 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Are you somebody who cares deeply about looking nice before going out by making a conscious choice of clothing, styling your hair and putting on some make-up? Or are you somebody who are satisfied as long as you look decent and rather prefer to leave home right away? I'm...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 28 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) When was your latest moment of competitive spirit? Today, I will be sharing with you a story of some moments of subtle competition that took place when I was little. I wonder what memory of silly competition in your daily life comes to your mind as you listen to this story. No...

Hello my dear friend, I'm so glad you're here! Welcome to Episode 27 of Maiko's Story Photograph Podcast :) Think back on a childhood. It can be yours or someone else's. Do you remember how a little child can be comforted by a subtle thing, like animal plush? In today's story, I share with you an interesting incident that I witnessed about my friend's little brother w...