Old-time Japanese radio exercise show MP3

By at 10:53 am Friday, Aug 27

Joi Ito has written about Radio Taiso, an old-timey Japanese radio exercise show that was banned after WWII for being too martial. He's posted an MP3 of one of the shows, which is great -- an insanely cheerful Japanese announcer counting repetitions overtop of Mr Rogers-style tinkling piano music. 4MB MP3 Link

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