Jasper Degens
This week, the podcast team sits down with teamLab’s Jasper Degens, one of the geniuses behind the Borderless Mori Digital Art Museum. As one of teamLab’s first and only gaijin, Jasper tells us about landing his dream job with zero Japanese and a lot of ingenuity (and persistent e-mailing), plus arriving in Vietnam without a job or plan and teaming up with an engineer/DJ.
Suggested Activity
Geisha Guide at Tomioka Hachiman Antiques Market
Hunt for Japanese curiosities on a tour of Tokyo’s Tomioka Hachiman antique market with Sayuki, a geisha guide, and find unique gifts and mementos to take home.
And here in Japan it’s festival season! So in our Tokyo Stories Greg hops the mic to tell us what it’s like to actually join a festival – from buying a festive loincloth to shaking a 400 kg portable shrine.
Produced/edited/mixed by Taryn Siegel
Music by Ryan Carter
Links
Jasper’s friend Quan’s FB page
Questions for Jasper? E-mail him! jasper@team-lab.com
