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Abroad in Japan

The hilarious, Sunday Times bestselling memoir of life, travel, and adventure in the Land of the Rising Sun

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Abroad in Japan

Von: Chris Broad
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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 and zero teaching experience, was he was 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 and the chaos and culture clash that comes with it. Packed with hilarious and fascinating stories, this book seeks out to unravel one the world's most mysterious and impenetrable cultures.

Spanning 10 years and 47 prefectures, Chris takes us from the chilling summit of Mount Fuji to the chaotic neon-lit streets of Tokyo. With blockbuster moments such as a terrifying North Korean missile incident, a Japanese national TV experience gone horribly wrong and a week spent with Japan's biggest movie star, Ken Watanabe, Abroad in Japan is an extraordinary and informative journey through the Land of the Rising Sun.

©2023 Chris Broad (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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A chortleworthy look at the land of karaoke, cat fanatics and chocolate-coated fries.
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)
This book seeks to unravel a culture that can often seem distant to visitors, charting his life over ten years and countless quirky anecdotes.
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Chris let's you in on his personal journey and his good-natured, sarcastic, but also vulnerable narration is a real joy to listen to. I smiled many times throughout the book and even laughed out loud a few times in the middle of the street. The stories from Kesennuma brought tears to my eyes. Definitely worth a listen.

Laughs and tears, a true journey

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It was a great book to listen to - light yet insightful, funny and genuine. A very interesting insight for the viewers of the YouTube channel. But also for others - a humorous book about experiences of a person moving to Japan.

Highly enjoyable

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Lange kein Audiobook mehr angehört, welches so unterhaltsam und lustig war.
Kann ich auf jeden Fall empfehlen der einen tieferen Einblick in die Japanische Kultur haben möchte aus der Perspektive eines Engländers.

Chris Broad wie man ihn kennt

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I have been a viewer of the Abroad in Japan chanel for almost a decade now, as well as a long time on and off listener of the Abroad in Japan podcast. So most of the stories I already knew or could at least faintly recall. Nonetheless, to have it all wrapped up in this form is undoubtedly an incredible experience for new viewers and veterans alike.
i have nothing but the utmost respect for Chris and what he built for himself in this foreign country, starting from absolute zero. Facing numerous setbacks that would have had me pack my bags multiple times. And most of all his courage facing it all with his gritty houmur and so very british personality, bringing us all a piece of japan in each and every one of his videos, podcast episodes or any other media.

An abstract of an incredible journey

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Chris Broad erzählt seine Japanerfahrungen auf eine sehr interessante, humorvolle Weise. Zunächst hatte mich seine Erzählstimme etwas irritiert. Ich habe dann nach einiger Zeit entdeckt, dass ich bereits viele seiner Japan YouTube Videos angesehen habe und das er selbst das Hörbuch liest. Als großer Fan der japanischen Kultur ist es eine spannende, unterhaltsame Reise in die vielen unterschiedlichen Facetten der japanischen Lebensrealität. Sein Englisch ist außerdem gut verständlich für nicht native Speakers. Eine tolles Hörbuch, ich kann auch seine YouTube Videos empfehlen.

Ein sehr unterhaltsame Reise in Japans Kultur

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