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In 2022, Broad appeared in an interview with the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, and received an honorary membership for a duration of one year. [6] On 11 December 2022, Broad participated in a chessboxing match with PJ Brittain at the Mogul Chessboxing Championship, held at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, United States. [36] [37] The Winning Words". nippon.com. 1 December 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2020 . Retrieved 3 December 2020. Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown

I found the book far too easy to put down to rate it higher than 3/5. That being said, should he write another I will undoubtedly buy and read that too. The best part of the book is the first 60%, detailing his time teaching English in rural Japan and reaching the highs and lows of that experience. He had a ton of insightful societal revelations, talking about the various cultural pressures Japanese students face and how socializing in Japan is vastly different from the West. Utterly fantastic, funny, and memorable! I just moved to Japan 5 months ago (March 2023) and I truly resonate with a lot of the feelings Chris had. My favorite quote, and one I tell myself every time I encounter something that gives me anxiety was "if I walk away, will I live to regret this?". Broad spoke at a TEDx conference at Tohoku University where he presented about the power of YouTube and encouraged the audience to share their experiences with the world through the platform. [33]Journey Across Japan". Tokyo Creative. 2018. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020 . Retrieved 3 December 2020.

Broad studied English and business at the University of Kent from 2009 to 2012. While attending the university, he developed interests in film making and Japanese culture. After graduating, Broad worked a number of jobs, including a porter role at Leeds Castle and an office job at an energy company. [6] After learning of and applying to the JET Programme, Broad moved to the city of Sakata in Yamagata Prefecture in 2012 while creating videos about his life and experiences in Japan. [7] He left the programme after three years and moved to Sendai [8] to advance his career as a full time YouTuber. The book cover Chris's stay in Japan from arriving as a rookie English Teacher in a rural part of Japan to accidentally becoming viral and eventually becoming a famous Youtuber. Along the journey he meets some good friends (Natsuki) and has some sorry heartbreaks (like the Love hotel chapter which is tragically comic and a standout). He doesn't shy away from his struggles assimilating into the famously insular Japanese culture as a Gaijin (foreigner). He portrays and confronts his vulnerabilities, his fear and his anxieties very well with his typically sarcastic, punny and witty British humour that had me laughing out loud in several places. This rarely happens (unless it is Michael Palin and his adventures - this book compares favorably to him). Also because it is a memoir and a slice of life in Japan, I also could see that it can be a good contemporary companion book to Pico Iyers The lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto, which I absolutely loved. Broad's interest in filmmaking began at the age of eight when his grandfather had him record his aunt's wedding in Vancouver since his grandfather could not travel from England to attend the wedding. [4] Broad briefly appeared on the TV series Robot Wars in the UK, where his father and team were regular contestants, with their robot Killertron. [5]

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a b Fujita, Hana (23 November 2020). "British YouTuber Chris Broad spotlights resilient locals in Japan in wake of 2011 tsunami". Mainichi Shimbun. Sendai. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020 . Retrieved 3 December 2020. In this stunning sequel to Howl's Moving Castle,Diana Wynne Jones has again created a large-scale, fast-paced fantasy in which people and things are never quite what they seem.

Another person I find interesting to hear about was Chris' friend Ryotaro. Never heard how Chris med him aswell. What interesting way to meet a friend as well. But I couldn't anything else but laugh because how they almost has been acted like brothers. Kind of wholesome if you ask me. I also appriciated Chris talking about the disater of 2011 and shared storiea from people that was affected. It was so sad, but inspiring the strenght how the local people... This book contains stories from his 10 years in Japan first as a teacher in rural Japan and then as a Youtuber exploring more areas of Japan. While some of the stories were ones fans had heard at least part of over the years, some of them were new, or more fully detailed. Broadcasting the Unknown Japan to the World". Kizuna. Cabinet of Japan. 15 April 2021. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021 . Retrieved 17 April 2021.Atsuko Matsumoto (13 July 2019). "Videos 'like a party' look for the real Japan". The Japan News. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019 . Retrieved 13 September 2019. I really enjoyed this small peek into his life in Japan. The book was so well-written, the story so well-told, that I never wanted the story to end. In writing style, he's passionate yet not overconfident. He 'speaks' well because he's more considerate of his role - a narrator and witness. While he's no expert, he downplays what becomes apparent - his willingness to learn and embrace his new setting.

Tessa Randello (9 June 2018). "Japan's YouTubers go long with crowdfunded content". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020 . Retrieved 22 February 2020. I Drove to Japan's Most Extreme North | Hokkaido Road Trip, archived from the original on 27 July 2021 , retrieved 27 July 2021A young man, fresh out of an English university follows a whim and takes a chance: to relocate for more than a year in a country that he has little knowledge of, no language, in a new job - no experience!