Show guide
カフェラジオ (Café Radio) is a relaxed “adult chat” between three friends around 60, about Japanese culture, school-day memories, and the Showa era. Here's how to study it in Wakatta.
About the show
Three close friends around 60 (アラカン) hold relaxed, wandering conversations about Japanese culture, seasonal traditions, books, travel, and Showa-era life — real native talk they explicitly welcome intermediate-to-advanced learners to listen in on. It runs around N1, so it's advanced immersion.
How to use it in Wakatta
In Wakatta the show is ready to play, and every episode is a tappable transcript with furigana. Tap any word for its reading and meaning, save the ones worth keeping, and review them later with the exact sentence and audio — so you actually understand what you hear instead of listening past it. (Don’t see a show you love? Search for any podcast in the app.)
What a transcript looks like
今日はお茶を淹れます。
淹れます iremasu · to brew (tea)
Every episode becomes a transcript like this — tap any word for its reading and meaning.
Recent episodes
- Ep.32 🇯🇵アラカン、それぞれの週末。東京ひとり旅、昼飲み,そして断捨離！ Our Weekend Stories: Solo Time, Day Drinking, and Decluttering! · 2026-07-08
- Ep.31 🇯🇵父の日、どんなプレゼントをした？What Did You Give for Father’s Day?- Did You Know Japan? 地震大国の暮らし Life in an Earthquake-Prone Country · 2026-07-01
- Ep.30 🇯🇵 半年後...新年の抱負、どうなった？ Six Months Later: How Are Our New Year’s Resolutions Going? · 2026-06-24
- Ep.29 🇯🇵もーさん、おかえり！お休み中に何があった！？ Mō-san Is Back! What Happened During His Time Away? · 2026-06-17
- Ep.28 🇯🇵5月病！？梅雨のモヤモヤ、どう乗り越える？ May Blues and Rainy Days: How Do We Get Through Them? · 2026-06-10
- Ep.27🇯🇵 ふくちゃんの女子会🍽️アラカン女子会は話が止まらない！？Fuku-chan’s Girls’ Lunch! Arakan Ladies Can’t Stop Talking!? · 2026-06-03
Tap an episode to open it in Wakatta and read along with the transcript.
Common questions
What level is カフェラジオ?
It's advanced — around N1 — real native conversation, though the hosts explicitly welcome intermediate-to-advanced learners. In Wakatta it comes with a synced transcript and furigana, so you can read along and tap anything you miss — which makes native talk far more approachable.
Read along in Wakatta
Wakatta turns real Japanese podcasts into tappable transcripts — tap any word for its reading and meaning, and review what you save with the original audio.
