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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
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| Oct 11 | #92 | #93 | #63 |
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About the show
Sleepy Japan History is a calm, long-form English-language podcast that walks listeners through Japanese history one figure, event, or era at a time. Each episode lasts 45 to 55 minutes and is designed for slow listening — for the hour before sleep, for a long evening walk, or for any moment when you want to drift through the past without urgency.
Episodes cover the people who shaped Japan: shoguns and emperors, monks and merchants, artists and inventors, as well as the events and turning points that defined each era — from the Heian court to the founding of Kamakura, from the Edo townscape to the Meiji modernization. The narration keeps a measured pace and stays close to the historical record. Where a detail is legendary or disputed, the script says so plainly.
This podcast uses AI-generated narration as a material part of the audio. All scripts are original and created for this show, then produced through a local text-to-speech workflow with editorial review and audio finishing.