In this episode we talk about the following topics and more:

- Cycling 2000km across Japan and creating a 27 part series

- Eating and drinking in Japan: the highs and lows

- Being a foreigner in the countryside

- How he become ‘Japanified’

- Why he ended up in Japan

- Travelling the country

- Money, crime and discrimination

- Starting out on youtube

- How the channel grew

- Advice to starting youtube in 2020: tech, strategy and promotion

- Clever marketing vs clickbait

- Monetisation and making a living on Youtube

My Guest today is Chris Broad. Having grown up in the UK, Chris graduated from the University of Kent and moved to Japan to teach English on the JET programme, in 2012. Chris started his youtube channel, Abroad In Japan, the same year and focused on talking about his experiences being a foreigner living in the Japanese countryside and sharing stories about the culture. Today his channel has 1.58 million subscribers and over 190,000,000 views.

After a video about a robot restaurant in Tokyo went Viral the channel rapidly grew. After 3 years of teaching English Chris left and focussed on making a living off of his Youtube channel. As the channel gained more and more subscribers, he transitioned into more travel themed videos showcasing Japan and more recently branching into documentary making on topics such as his eccentric best-friend Natsuki, Japan’s biggest Rockstar - Hyde and the Tohoku Tsunami. He recently finished a 2000km bike ride across the length of the country, where he made daily videos, creating a 27-part series.

Find Chris on:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHL9bfHTxCMi-7vfxQ-AYtg

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1dbguTBIriCwhJXlxTITFe

Website: http://abroadinjapan.com