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Where Should I Travel Alone in Japan? ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ALSO: Patreon Q&A with Natsuki ๐Ÿป

You know, for a while this week I thought my career was over after a post by megatech YouTuber Marque Brownlee revealed a company had started selling AI chatbots of YouTubers and Abroad in Japan was on the list.

After all, in the absence of my real self, I need never talk to anyone ever again.   

And yet, any plans for retirement I might've had for retirement were quickly extinguished when one viewer asked the Abroad in Japan chatbot a simple question:

It looks like I might be around a little while longer yet ๐Ÿ˜‚

- Unless the whole response was a actually an ingenious sarcastic comment, in which case itโ€™s ahead of the curve and weโ€™re truly stuffed indeed.

In the world of Youtube, January is known as the month where everyone seems to go into hibernation after a busy end to the year and plan whatโ€™s ahead. But given we released four videos in January, instead February has been my reset month - a time to reflect and recover after a crazy two months.

(I also need to bloody hurry up and get fit as the biggest physical challenge Iโ€™ve undertaken with Connor lurks overhead, just over a month away. More on that later).

In the meantime though weโ€™ve got a few videos out before the month is over - one of which includes Natsuki, who Iโ€™m trying to re-pay for his traumatic camping experience.

Heโ€™ll be swinging by Tokyo this weekend and along the way Iโ€™m keen to hold a fun little Patreon Q&A answering questions sent in by you guys!

So fire away - with hashtag #ASKABROAD please send us YOUR questions about ANYTHING below and Iโ€™ll put the questions to the man himself in person.

Iโ€™m also excited to say I'm currently planning a solo Japan travel series, where itโ€™s just you, me and a camera, with the hope of discovering and exploring places in Japan weโ€™ve never visited.   

In contrast to Journey Across Japan and the big team, I wanted to dial things back and make a solo cinematic vlog (similar to the Day in My Life episode last year).

As Iโ€™ve mentioned before my favourite part of producing a Youtube video is holding a camera in my hand and filming the world around me, trying to get the perfect shot and Iโ€™m keen to get back to it this year (while of course, continuing to work with amazing cameramen like Paul on bigger projects).  

Let me know where youโ€™d like me to go and explore around Japan, as Iโ€™ll be filming next week and your ideas may well determine where I head to for our first episode!

Finally guys, if you missed the Patreon Behind the Scenes feature episodes for Journey Across Japan, be sure to go and watch them over here!
๐ŸฟWatch:https://www.patreon.com/posts/journey-across-97967564/

Have yourself a great weekend and send me your questions and suggestions below!
Chris

Where Should I Travel Alone in Japan? ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ALSO: Patreon Q&A with Natsuki ๐Ÿป

Comments

That's a good decision. Good ol Abroad ๐Ÿ’•

Putsies Mokies

#ASKABROAD natsuki, can you give a japanese rock/punk band you love and influencial to your life? I love japanese bands like flowertravellin band, church of misery, g.i.s.m., shonen knife.

Trip Ni Selo

Not sure if would be stepping on toes to say so, but I'd certainly reach out to Norm from Tokyo Lens and pick his brain on places to check out. well, that and he could take you boating or flying :D

Erik Williams

As for your solo travels Chris, Iโ€™d love to see more of Yokohama. They held the Pokรฉmon World Championships there in August last year (first time ever in Japan), but sadly I missed it by a week so didnโ€™t get to see much of the city save for a quick day trip ๐Ÿ˜ž

Chelsea Anderson

#ASKABROAD - Hi Chris! Youโ€™ve touched on this before, but when you take your camera into a restaurant, do you just get verbal permission to record at the time, or do you reach out ahead of time? How about at random shops (e.g. Don Quijote)? Do you let them know itโ€™s for a YouTube video?

David Braaten

I'd love to see more videos in Shizuoka, I think the prefecture has been criminally kept out of the spotlights for too long

#ASKABROAD Natsuki, have you ever been recognised in public (aside from while accompanying Chris)? If so, what were the interactions like?

ConnorPatreon

Iโ€™m currently solo traveling for 20 days based on your 14 Days in Japan video; Iโ€™m having a great time due to the strong tourism support in the areas covered by this itinerary. Iโ€™d love to see a solo travel video to less frequented areas in both northern and southern Japan especially Fukuoka. Tips on navigating public transportation and finding hotels/food solo with limited Japanese would be helpful! Thanks! For #AskAbroad: Does Natsuki see an uptick in fan haircuts at his shop? How does he feel about us visiting him for a trim?

Soluna

q for natsuki san do you prefer cutting hair or playing guitar ?

pyrogian


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