Chris Broad is a British filmmaker and founder of the Abroad in Japan Youtube channel, one of the largest foreign Youtube channels in Japan with over 2.5 million subscribers and 400 million views. Over 10 years and 200 videos, Chris has visited all of Japan's 47 prefectures, focussing Abroad in Japan on travel, culture, food and covered contemporary issues through documentaries on the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. His experiences have made him a sought after voice on life inside Japan, featured on the BBC, Tedx, NHK and the Japan Times.
From wide-eyed exchange teacher to seasoned youtuber, Chris
Broad explores Japan in all its quirky glory, surviving
earthquakes, North Korean missile alerts, cat cafe allergies and
Love Hotel evictions. Endlessly fascinating! -- Will
Ferguson, author of Hokkaido Highway Blues
Fascinating, fact-packed and very funny. Broad's wry humour,
in-depth knowledge and adept storytelling make him an engaging
guide to the bewildering Japanese experience. Accurately captures
the excitement and dream-like disorientation of a foreigner
discovering Japan. An excellent and enjoyable read for the
Japan-curious. I loved it and learned a lot. -- Sam Baldwin,
author of For Fukui's Sake: Two years in rural Japan
Chris Broad's wry, self-deprecating memoir carves a unique path
across Japan bringing him into contact with far too many cats,
heartening renewal in Tohoku, and even pizza with Ken Watanabe.
This is a thoroughly contemporary book, a memoir of life in Japan
that couldn't have been written at any other point in history. --
Iain Maloney, author of The Only Gaijin in the Village
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