What Is 食欲の秋? 3 Japanese Ways to Enjoy Autumn (〇〇の秋) | Easy Japanese Podcast

📘 FREE STUDY GUIDE Furigana, vocabulary, useful expressions & mini quiz: https://ko-fi.com/s/1d3f458e5b When you hear "autumn," what comes to mind? In Japan, you often hear 食欲の秋, スポーツの秋, and 読書の秋 — eating, sports, reading… autumn is the season for everything! In this episode, Maho talks about the Japanese expression「〇〇の秋」 and what autumn means to her. 今日は、日本人がよく使う「〇〇の秋」について、やさしい日本語で話します。 In this episode, Maho talks about: ✅ What is「〇〇の秋」? — 食欲の秋・スポーツの秋・読書の秋 (and 芸術の秋・行楽の秋) ✅ Why autumn in Japan is a good season — the summer heat eases, and there is lots of delicious food ✅ 食欲の秋 — Maho's favorite autumn fruits: ぶどう, 梨, 柿 ✅ いもたき — a local autumn dish from Maho's hometown, Ehime (愛媛), cooked in a big pot and eaten together outdoors ✅ How food brings back memories of the people, the place, and the past ✅ スポーツの秋 — squats and planks, a little every day ✅ Why a short time every day is better — for exercise and for studying Japanese ✅ 読書の秋 — or "the autumn I want to read"? Making time to read, even 10 minutes ✅ Quiz + Maho's Note 📝 Japanese subtitles with furigana are on screen, so you can read along while you listen. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Intro: What comes to mind in autumn? 1:01 What is「〇〇の秋」? 2:06 食欲の秋 — Autumn fruits 2:39 いもたき — Ehime's autumn dish 3:28 Childhood memories of いもたき 4:07 Food brings back memories 4:35 スポーツの秋 — Squats and planks 5:12 A little every day 5:45 Just like studying Japanese 6:17 読書の秋 — The autumn I want to read 7:19 Quiz 8:01 Maho's Note 9:16 Your turn & Ending 💬 みなさんは今年は何の秋ですか？ぜひコメントで教えてください。 What is your autumn this year — food, sports, reading, or something else? Tell me in the comments! 🌸 Japanese Flow — Real Japan × Easy Japanese Real Japanese, Japanese culture, and the Japanese way of thinking — things textbooks don't fully explain — in easy Japanese. I'm Maho, an online Japanese teacher from Ehime, now living in Osaka. ▶ Previous episode: 結構です    • What Does 結構です Really Mean? YES or NO? | E...   ☕ Support Japanese Flow on Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/japaneseflow #LearnJapanese #JapanesePodcast #JapaneseCulture