Abroad in Japan
Chris Broad'Carves a unique path across Japan bringing him into contact with far too many cats, heartening renewal in Tohoku, & even pizza with Ken Watanabe.' — Iain Maloney, author of The Only Gaijin in the Village
'Fascinating, fact-packed & very funny .. An excellent & enjoyable read for the Japan-curious. I loved it & learned a lot.' — Sam Baldwin, author of For Fukui's Sake: Two years in rural Japan
When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language & zero teaching experience, was he about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history?
Abroad in Japan charts a decade of living in a foreign land & the chaos & culture clash that came with it. Packed with hilarious & fascinating stories, this book seeks out to unravel one the world's most complex cultures. Spanning ten years & all 47 prefectures, Chris takes us from the lush rice fields of the countryside to the frenetic neon-lit streets of Tokyo.
With blockbuster moments such as a terrifying North Korean missile incident, a mortifying experience at a love hotel & a week spent with Japan's biggest movie star, Abroad in Japan is an extraordinary & informative journey through the Land of the Rising Sun.
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Chris Broad is a British filmmaker & founder of the Abroad in Japan Youtube channel, one of the largest foreign Youtube channels in Japan with over 2.5 million subscribers.
Over 10 years & 200 videos, Chris has visited all of Japan's 47 prefectures, focussing Abroad in Japan on travel, culture, food & covered contemporary issues through documentaries on the Fukushima nuclear disaster & the Tohoku earthquake & tsunami. His experiences have been featured on the BBC, Tedx, NHK & the Japan Times .