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Ep 47: The Kissing Zone w/ Rina Shimomura

Season 1, Ep. 47

Japanese improviser Rina Shimomura joins Mark and Ryan to tell them about growing up in Toyama, Japan, discovering improv, and her favourite words. She builds us a “kissing zone” for the youth of town to kiss without shame. We also get a tall mall, an “extra school” and we find out more about our City Hall. 


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