From YouTube sensation Chris Broad the hilarious and insightful memoir of a Brit trying assimilate into life in Japan as he unravels the wonders and eccentricities of one of the world s most mysterious cultures. 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 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 came with it. Packed with hilarious and fascinating stories this book seeks out to unravel one the world s most complex cultures. Spanning ten years and all forty-seven 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 and a week spent with Japan s biggest movie star Abroad in Japan is an extraordinary and informative journey through the Land of the Rising Sun.