How Does Living in Japan Change You? 

NOTIFICATION SQUAD: The video starts at 07:52. Am I right though? Is it just me or do 9/10 TV shows and films in Japan kick off with someone walking across Shibuya crossing?! Sorry about the wait for this video folks - I've been working hard on Journey Across Japan: Escape to Fuji! For more details on the upcoming series you can check it out here (www.abroadinjapan.com/escape-to-fuji). It's going to be a lot of fun and it kicks off in the last week of October! The only question remains, should we bring back Dr Jelly? Hmm...

Natuski Potter and the Chambers of Cigarettes

Futons = Sleep. Seeing Natsuki as Professor Snape = No Sleep.

"... When he first landed in Japan" makes me think of Chris actually flying in himself by flopping his arms and plopping down in the middle of a runway😂

I forgot my very expensive camera in Tokyo on a table outside a café, I thought it was in my backpack , came back 3 hours later, and the camera was on the table with two people sitting at the table. AMAZING

Personally I think that Chris has aged pretty well and looks better than 8 years ago.

What better way to start my morning than with a sarcastic brit in Japan.

I wonder what the passing pedestrians must have thought about an attractive, yet sarcastic and grumpy Englishman yelling out "JAPAN! BLAH BLAH BLAH."

“What does Japan smell like” the question I didn’t know I needed answering.

Stopping my Japanese study time for this. This is the same, isn't it?

I feel like Chris exists only to bring sarcastic balance to Japan Not a necessarily bad thing Enjoy the gent off Chris!

It's been a while since I've watched any of your videos. Alas, your style hasn't changed! You go sarcastic but surprisingly honest and sincere. Maybe that's not a compliment to a British guy but I insist. Your accent still gives me hard time understanding what you say at times because I'm more accustomed to American accent. Yet your content and intent is too interesting not to see. I'm back, will become a loyal viewer again. Thanks!

"Rabbit Island is the safest." Me: Not if the rabbits are zombies. *Remembering what happened in Re: Zero*

I don't get why people complain about Chris' weight. How many of those would be capable of doing a 2000km bike tour?

I'm one of the 50% who don't like football. Good on you!

I know this is a super late comment, but I've been binging your content recently. The last point you made about how Japan has made you more appreciative of things really resonated with me. I was born and raised in America, but ever since I was really young I've always had such a high regard for my possessions, especially my electronics. Maybe it was because I was shown Totoro and saw the original Toy Story in theaters around when I was a toddler, but I have also felt a sense of "life" in the things that I own, leading me to treat them with a lot more respect than I can imagine the average person would. It's just always been pretty normal to me to treat objects with a sort of reverence, so it's heartening to hear that there's more of a culture of that over in Japan. I've always wanted to go to Japan, but your channel and others like yours have been a big inspiration to really make a serious push to go. Keep it up and I hope you're still enjoying life over there. Thanks for doing what you do

Living here in japan for 13 years now I’m really adopting their lifestyle.

Nothing to see here, just a foreign guy yelling BLA BLA BLA in his camera on Shibuya crossing. Great start of the video!

I can't believe there was someone who could roleplay Snape scarier than Snape himself, Truly terrifying stuff Natsuki

By the way, I think you’re handsome, Chris 😳 So forget about those fat shaming comments, you definitely look healthier than before ☺️

Absolutely agree with safety/security part. I remember cycling to Shinjuku's main street and not locking my bike for half an hour. Always there at the end. Meanwhile in Europe it gets stolen even locked up during lockdown...

On the more trust in society: My friend was out late clubbing and ended up having to catch one of the morning trains, but once she got to our train station the buses weren't going to be running for a couple of hours and she couldn't be bothered walking 20 minutes so she just SLEPT. She just had a nap at the train station. And felt perfectly safe doing it.

Obviously Gent Off is what happens when you drink too much Gent Off. The gentleman in you takes a leave of absence.

“Creme brûlée now that’s where the action is” never agreed with someone more

3:54 as a brazillian who doesn't like football i find this relatable, but here it is way more than 50%

Natsuki as Snape... that’s going to stay with me for a while

From experience, you are 100% spot on about the camera angles 🤣

No idea why people would care for his weight or whatever. He’s super cute and is beautiful in the in and outside - I personally wouldn’t want him to look like a damn thin chopstick. You are great and so are your videos and content. Much love for Chris

Viewer: "What Western thing would you bring to Japan?" Chris: "Work-life balance" Me: *Laughs in American*

Last time I was this early Chris still liked bikes.

Chris: "I don't want to hurt table san." Also Chris: *made a video dedicated to a video game about flipping tables* Which one is it Chris?!

I totally love living in japan we have just got to 16 years of living here and I would not change a thing. Except never seeing my husband who works long hrs. Ohh and their weird obsession with baseball what is it about that?? Love the Q&A,’s

"Land of the rising FUN" 😂😂😂😂

Don't worry Chris, Man United fans would like to pretend football didn't exist either right now.

I could make a video called "How watching you making videos about Japan has changed me". Because it really has, these videos are gold, funny, well produced with a perfect dose of sarcasm. I have a new-found love for all things japanese thanks to you.

Chris, ur comment on the bbq chickens helped me pinpoint exactly what makes u special.. i can PERFECTLY see the humor in the things u highlight, but i can never manage to put it into words, somehow ure able to communicate the irony/stupidty of things and give us enough freedom to laugh at whatever we deem worthy enough of it. (90°bow)

Being a New Yorker I actually got culture shock the first time I lived in the US outside of NYC. Tokyo feels a lot more familiar to me than Ohio. When people from other countries visit NYC or Tokyo they see a really different version of life in the US or Japan.

"I'm Slap, I'll get to Mr Horry Potter" - Professor Natsuki Slap

I'm literally going to start telling my toddler, 'don't hit Mr. Table', since he's recently starting hitting everything he can. We'll see how it goes.

Partner and I reckon Chris looks more like British Robert Downey Jr these days. You're looking amazing, Chris, don't change!

James May in Japan is what got me to this Channel. Life changing

"Tokyo Japan! Blah blah blah, 36 million people blah blah blah, like a different planet blah blah blah..." 😂😂😂

As a native Japanese I have to point out that when you put a sheet on your futon, you tuck it under on all four sides, otherwise the sheet comes loose from the sides as you move about while you sleep and you are essentially sleeping on a bare futon, which then completely takes away the whole purpose of putting the sheet on in the first place, which is to keep your futon clean and free of germ that comes off of your body. Keep up the great work nonetheless, Chris - from a big fan of yours.

Seems like you grew up. Everything you explain is so well mannered and mature. How in the world have you managed not to collapse under the stress of every day working life and the much crowded areas of Japan. Only the language barrier would get me six feet under after a few months.

man i really love how you did this video. it was easy to watch all the fun stuff at the beginning. I almost forgot what I was watching for the title.

I love how you turn everything into a positive note with your sarcasm and brush stuff off with a laid-back attitude, but these nasty comments about weight are just infuriating. It's just not healthy to be constantly offensive to people who are producing good content and making us a little happier and more informed about Japan.

Chris: "Land of the rising sun, more like land of the rising fun" Chris: *immediately regrets the words that comes out of his mouth*

Good to have you back Chris. Great video. Missed your videos. Keep them coming!

You’re so hilarious and I’m so glad this channel is still authentic and not over-produced, thank you!! I hope I can visit Japan some day

Don't know why people keep saying Chris is fat or whatever, he's a very attractive man. Also, who cares, it's the content we're here for!

when I was a kid, I treated objects like living things. Anything I played a lot with, I treated them like they were my best friend. But my family and the people around me found that weird and broke my stuff or they'd get stolen. I lost a part of myself since then, but hearing you tell me that parents tell their children to treat their objects like living things really brought it all back. I watch Japanese vtubers and they also add kun and san at the end of objects. It's really endearing and funny. Great video btw, watched until the very end, as always!

I really enjoyed the May series as well.

Really enjoyed this one, as well as the car episode I saw yesterday. Have been living, and driving around in Japan for about 15 years now and started taking many of the special things here for granted. Chris has a fresh and sometimes funny view on many of those very recognizable things.

Chris, you've just made the best opening of the channel

It's because of you that I've been teaching english to Japanese students for almost a year now

I really enjoyed the editing in this video!

That shirt is genius! Also enjoyed hearing and learning with your answer to how you’ve changed living there

Natsuki impression of Snape is by far the best thing of 2020 so far!

But Chris... every conversation on football starts the same "Did you see that ludicrous display last night?"

Hi Chris. I just love how the latter part of this video was so sincere and that makes me apparently pretty happy. Just pretty feelgood stuff.

Great videos, Chris. I lived in Japan for 10 years and returned to the UK in 2015. I think we have both had a similar experience while living there, particularly in how it has changed us. Really enjoying your channel. Thanks!

If anyone has seen the movie 'Lost in Translation', there's a scene where there's a guy at a party wearing a Pizza of Death Records t-shirt. I always wanted to buy that shirt!

"What does Japan smell like?" is a silly question, but one of the most memorable things from my trip there was walking past an alley and getting hit by the incredible smell from some tiny noodle shop. And this happened multiple times. It was mainly the cognitive dissonance, coming from a country where alleys do not smell like that, that really cemented it in my mind.

I love this format of your videos the most, even though I enjoy basically all of them, it's just that the jokes here are more packed together into a compact punch, which always makes me laugh out loud, your comedy is simply the Gem among gems!

Chris is a Legend thanks so much for your content always a good laugh and interesting to watch also thank you for suggesting James May: Our Man In Japan im loving it please never stop making content I truly cannot wait for my opportunity to visit Japan

Chris you definitely look wayyy better now than you did 8 years ago. I'm a straight man but you are honestly a good looking chap

Chris gets asked if Natsuki can do a Harry Potter impression. - Proceeds to imitate Snape.

Thank you for your videos. My husband just got orders for Fussa Japan with the AF and I have been nervous about the move. Your channel has made me more than excited to go!

Just wanted to say that I really love your video's and your humour. This channel quickly is becoming one of my favorite channels. 😁👍 Great job mate

I love how you couldn’t even say “land of the rising fun” with a straight face

Highlight of the video is NATSUKI: "I'M SNEP!"

Omg that snape!! This might be one of your best videos without even trying

Brilliant channel, I have learn't so much about Japan through you. We are planning a trip in 2021, so this channel is helping us a lot in understanding the complexities of Japan. Thank you!

I'll be honest...Land of the Rising "fun" made me click "like." Cheers, I'll be headed over soon! Stoked!

The Natsuke Snape impersonation absolutely slayed me.

Just found the channel, and props on the effort you put onto it! It may have been mentioned before, but what generally to locals think about or/know about their history- specifically around the Muromachi/Edo era (1336 through 1868).

I just want to say that your voice is soooo relaxing and soothing. I watch a few similar channels but after a stressfull day I just watch it, but your weird british voice lowers the stress level so much!

"Land of the Rising Sun more like land of the rising fun." Dude you just made another t-shirt.

I really enjoy Chris' personality. He's hilarious.

Went to japan for the first time last year, miss it so much, loved it there, more than any other country I’ve been to. The people are super respectful and you always feel very safe and welcomed as a foreigner.

I have to say you continuously make one of the most high-quality videos here I've seen on YT. You connect different parts of the video together so Seamless, are funny and entertaining at the same time also educational. How come you can put out all of this for free? This is Crazy. It's like a whole studio is behind this

Who knew Snape could be so seductive

The idea of every object having a life force has some truth to it. Every man made object was made with some sort of hard work, sacrifice, and passion. Same thing when it comes to other objects found in nature every thing was made from a certain process it didn’t just pope into existence. So I guess Japanese ancient culture realized that and people in Japan subconsciously carry this thought. Still it is a really good lesson to teach to kids. Makes you more attentive and caring towards your surrounding environment.

More of this Chris, really loved this.

looking great. Great video, thank you!

It really drives me crazy how people can't stop being toxic and keep commenting someone's body image. Chris seems to be an amazingly funny, talented, smart and handsome guy sharing his experience and humour. An ideal friend/boyfriend material. %)) love your channel, greetings from Poland

“What will you do today Special Life” Thats deep

This is always good and reliable comedy gold. Thank you

Hey, you sound well tuned for a happy life in Japan. Enjoy Chris and stay safe.

I’ll never understand why people feel the need to point out your weight. It’s so stupid 🤦🏻‍♂️

Psychiatrist: Menacing Ryotaro can't hurt you, menacing Ryotaro doesn't exist. Menacing Ryotaro: 4:35

Really love the content, you are one of the best youtubers period. Recommend you should travel the world and do videos of other countries as well

The ways it changes you is actually pretty much spot on to my expectations. That sort of helps confirm my idea of how japan would effect a person. Which is cool, as that is mostly positive.

One of my favourite Japanese band names: Bump of Chicken.

In the music section a band called "bollocks" was just above them which is definitely more punk but still not the best name

Another great one - as enjoyable as always. Excellent!

Just found this channel and it’s amazing

Natsuki’s impression of Snape came across as a very intoxicated Jack Sparrow... loved it!

"I am Snape. I will get you, Holy Potter" I must say, this is my favourite line from the movies

Spot on about the futon. I think its the stability of floor that helps sleeping. Kind of connection to the ground