ABROAD IN JAPAN HITS 2 MILLION SUBS! | 25+ Patreon Exclusive Videos (MEGAPOST)
Added 2021-01-19 05:00:19 +0000 UTC
Well guys, somehow we did it!
The Abroad in Japan channel has hit the incredible milestone of 2 Million subscribers. A huge thank you to all of you for making this achievement possible and for believing in everything we create.
To celebrate this - rare - piece of good news, I’ve curated over 25 of the best, exclusive videos, tutorials, and behind the scenes episodes from the Abroad in Japan Patreon, into an easy to navigate guide.
Whether you’re looking for self help episodes on how to learn Japanese and move to Japan, start and build a Youtube channel, or want to watch how an Abroad in Japan video is made from start to finish, with behind the scenes outtakes and bloopers, have a look below and see what you’ve missed!
Like the videos on Abroad in Japan, many of these videos were produced to be timeless, so even though some episodes were filmed as far back as a couple of years, the lessons they teach and the stories they tell are still absolutely relevant and useful today.
Dive in and see what you can find below!
And on behalf of myself, Natsuki, Ryotaro and Pete, once again a huge thank you for supporting and believing in Abroad in Japan.
Chris
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25+ PATREON EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS
CONTENTS
1. “How I Made It” Series 🎥
2. Journey Across Japan: Escape to Fuji (Making Of) 🗻
3. Tokyo Creative Learn Series ⛩️
4. Travels with Natsuki & Ryotaro 🧳
5. Stories on Learning Japanese & Travelling Japan 🇯🇵
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1. “HOW I MADE IT” Series 🎥
Producing a documentary can be challenging; in this series I reveal how I make a Youtube video from start to finish, the pitfalls of filming Natsuki: The Movie, and how or why I choose to shoot the videos the way I do. Essential viewing if you plan to go into Youtube or filmmaking and fun for anyone wondering how Abroad in Japan videos get made.
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How I Produce a YouTube Video: From Start to Finish
Making a decent video isn’t as simple as switching on the camera and hitting record. From idea creation and scripting, through to filming and editing, with insider tips and behind the scenes footage - including hilarious outtakes of Ryotaro - in this episode, I talk through the filmmaking process and how to produce quality over quantity, to give yourself the edge on YouTube.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/VRSN9AUnM0A
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8 Lessons I Learned Making Natsuki: The Movie
A brutal, honest look at the nightmarish production of Natsuki: The Movie. As my first hour long documentary that took 6 months of filming (on and off) and many months to edit, no other video or project I’ve undertaken has come close to this, in terms of teaching me what no to do as a filmmaker.
With behind the scenes footage, deleted scenes and outtakes of Natsuki losing mind (along with myself), discover how it was made.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/5xxCsQyjxnM
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How I Made the Driving in Japan Video | Behind the Scenes
Unsurprisingly, not everything goes according to plan when filming an Abroad in Japan video. In fact it's a bloody miracle if everything goes right.
From dodgy equipment and bad weather, to painful decisions to remove entire scenes from the video, I reveal the the ups-and-downs, mishaps and lessons learned in the "Driving in Japan" episode on Abroad in Japan.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/Kg0k14Jp12I
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How I Made the Japanese TV Video | Feat. Abroad in Japan Meme Review
Since realising this video many of you guys have been asking me how I pulled off the blue screen scene in the recent "Why I Don't Watch Japanese TV" video.
I reveal all (and to be fair it's a lot simpler than you'd think).
► Watch: https://youtu.be/Ow-xr_wgzVk
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How We Make a Podcast | From Start to Finish
Pete and Chris film the process of recording a podcast episode from start to finish at Absolute Radio in London and give Pete a quick fire Q&A with questions sent in by listeners.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/sHRdu5MiY5w
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Natsuki: The Movie | Director & Actor's Reaction & Commentary
Chris and Natsuki sit down to watch the full 50 min documentary and react to the mayhem that unfolds on screen, with behind the scenes insights and thoughts on what it got right, and where it went wrong.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/iQwHf22L5TE
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Someone Stole My Video in a Really Creepy Way
A truly awkward and disturbing situation.
I face a difficult decision on how to act when someone steals my video by re-enacting it scene by scene, joke-by-joke and thinking they can get away with it. The internet is a strange place.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/dGZE3cQmKPw
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26 Traits Japanese Girls Want in a Guy: Outtakes & Bloopers
When my good friend Chiaki and I sat down to work our way through a list of characteristics Japanese girls allegedly want in a guy, it was both eye-opening and disappointing (given my dreadful performance). Some of the best scenes didn’t make the final cut, and as always some of the most fun happened in the outtakes and bloopers!
► Watch: https://youtu.be/g9USxWjRTRk
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2. JOURNEY ACROSS JAPAN: ESCAPE TO FUJI (Making Of)
Four Patreon Exclusive Episodes featuring behind the scenes bloopers, outtakes and deleted scenes from Journey Across Japan: Escape to Fuji.
Day 1 | Uncensored Love Hotel
👻 https://youtu.be/932OBaMLLBA
Day 2 | Why Joey Didn’t Eat Hornet Larvae
🍲Watch: https://youtu.be/bCf9KDEpEgA
Day 3 | Bringing Back Dr Jelly
♨️Watch: https://youtu.be/ve_s6YIqG1Y
Day 4 | Why I Felt Disappointed
🏨Watch: https://youtu.be/R2hnT0dqNjs
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3. TOKYO CREATIVE LEARN SERIES ⛩️
Drawing from my experiences in moving to Japan and building a Youtube channel, last year I produced a series of educational learning videos for Tokyo Creative.
These slickly produced videos were featured on their site, but they were kind enough to allow me to feature them on the Abroad in Japan Patreon.
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Understanding the Japanese Mindset | 3 Key Concepts Explained
The Japanese way of thinking is often impenetrable and difficult to understand from a western perspective. In this video, through my awkward experiences and encounters in everyday life, I reveal some key expressions and concepts, that’ll quickly unravel the mysteries of Japan; including why people like to suddenly go silent amidst a conversation and why everything in Japan works UNLESS you start to go off script.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/3ZOhxjhOBSU
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6 Amateur Vlogger Mistakes | Creating a Youtube Channel
Essential viewing for those of you considering setting up a Youtube channel as a hobby or career, or just interesting to hear about the production process of creating a video. Here’s 6 common mistakes new Youtube creators make.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/-swMWoQviYU
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How I Make Youtube Thumbnails
Arguably the biggest factor in whether a video on Youtube is successful or not is the thumbnail (second only to the title). That small image summarising your video is the difference between 1,000 views and 100,000. So is there a formula for success? Well yes, and in this video we discover what it is. Essential viewing for budding Youtube creators.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/_G4Q2hvGWyA
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How to Find Your Motivation in the Long Term
It's something of a reflective story about how at the the age of 18 I was shy, aimless, unmotivated and fairly pessimistic about my future. Yet somehow in a three year period I randomly moved to Japan, started a Youtube channel and reinvented myself after finding a sense of motivation. In this video I discuss how motivation is a lot easier to find if we think long term. I hope my own experience will be of use to those of you feeling slightly lost or aimless in life at the moment.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/AP_9AXDsOO0
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4. TRAVELS WITH NATSUKI & RYOTARO 🧳
In this series, I filmed Patreon episodes throughout the years hanging out with Natsuki (and god forbid, Ryotaro). Join us on our secret travels when we’re not filming Abroad in Japan videos!
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Staying at a Traditional Japanese Inn with Natsuki
To celebrate my birthday, Natsuki takes us to a traditional Japanese inn, where the rooms come with their very own private baths. But in typical Natsuki fashion, things go wrong very quickly when he unleashes a toy drone inside the room.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/UA0H9Tb2MKQ
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Road Trip Across Japan to Natsuki
We drive across the mountains of snowy Yamagata to meet Natsuki for dinner, answering your questions, stalking cats and drinking various beverages.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/ajINbujMtT8
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Lunch with Ryotaro!
Chris and Ryotaro test out the new drone - trying not to crash it into the sea - before indulging in a bowl of Sendai’s delicious local ramen.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/In96wZQLDYk
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How Would Natsuki Kill Me? | Q&A with Natsuki
We interrogate Natsuki with all of your bizarre questions as he teaches us his invaluable insights and life advice. Including, rather worryingly, how he’d kill me if the situation arose.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/buedVfJVzrs
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Natsuki Star Wars
We re-enact an infamous Star Wars scene from the prequel trilogy. Only true Star Wars fans will appreciate this one!
► Watch: https://youtu.be/6sezuSyvJC8
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5. STORIES ON LEARNING JAPANESE & TRAVELLING JAPAN 🇯🇵
In this frank and open series, I reveal my struggles to learn Japanese over 2 intense years, and tips and tricks for living and travelling the country. There’s also an exclusive Patreon Podcast I recorded with Norm from Tokyo Lens, discussing our experiences in Japan.
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How I Learned Japanese: 2 Years in Detail
Thrust into my job as English teacher with no Japanese knowledge, for my first two years in Japan I studied harder than ever before. As someone who wasn’t great academically and had always failed at learning languages, I had little self confidence or optimism that I’d be able to converse in Japanese at all. However, after uncovering some invaluable study techniques from friends and quickly seeing results after 6 months, I learned to push myself in a way I never thought was possible. In this video I chronicle those experiences and share tips and tricks for fellow learners of Japanese who find themselves struggling through those tough early years.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/BWhVHkyhnww
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Where Should You Stay in Japan? | Kyoto Hotel Room Tour
Where's the best place to stay in Tokyo & Kyoto? Is Airbnb Japan safe to use these days? And am I a good tour guide? We cover the different types of accommodation in Japan and which ones I personally recommend, as well as giving a room tour of a Kyoto hotel!
► Watch: https://youtu.be/lv8DxTWUJwg
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INSIDE a Japanese Log Cabin with Pete & Sharla
Half way through the original Journey Across Japan series, we find ourselves in a log cabin on a mountain in Kobe. Pete Donaldson and Sharla give us a tour of this bizarre location.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/CilNWwHRASE
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The Reason It’s Hard to Make Friends in Japan | Patreon Q&A
Making friends in Japan can often be more difficult than you’d think. But why is that? And how can you get around it? Also, is it ok to refuse alcohol on social situations? And am I different on camera to how I am in real life? Is it all a charade?! In this Patreon Q&A episode, we uncover the answers to all of these questions and more.
► Watch: https://youtu.be/xcvlrto_zgA
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At Home in Japan Show | Feat. Abroad in Japan
For 50 minutes Norm from Tokyo Lens and I chat and share our stories and experiences from our travels across the country, answering questions such as:
- What are the two best restaurant chains in Japan that nobody knows?
- Which equipment do we both use to film videos?
- Where would I choose to live in Japan if I decided to move?
► Watch: https://youtu.be/0_2VWP2sdJk
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I’ll be updating this HUGE megapost of exclusive Abroad in Japan Patreon videos later this year!
Comments
Fun Funny Inspirational Can I even ask for more? Years old or published yesterday doesn't matter, it's relevant. Chris is an amazing person. Genuine while flawed and relentlessly striving to better himself.
WT
2021-03-01 06:15:01 +0000 UTCLove your channel. Recently joined patreon and enjoying the the behind the scenes. Congratulations on this milestone.
2021-02-01 20:28:40 +0000 UTCI cannot wait to binge these one afternoon!
2021-01-25 14:49:26 +0000 UTCCongratulations. Joined the patreon right now. Keep up the good work. ;)
Kevin Bischoff
2021-01-23 13:58:20 +0000 UTCHi Chris, Congratulations on hitting the 2 million subscribers on YouTube. I can't wait till Natsuki: The Movie 2 comes out for us to watch.
2021-01-22 13:38:26 +0000 UTCI can't think of any youtuber I've watched more over the years, well done! Can't wait for Sailing Around Japan
Conner
2021-01-22 00:23:57 +0000 UTCCongratulations and thank you for all of your efforts!👏🏼 Your films are a huge window to a world I wouldn’t have understood on my own. This amazing list of videos are a great wealth of knowledge! Keep telling your stories your way...we wouldn’t have it any other way😉. Cheers!🍻
Jolie
2021-01-22 00:08:17 +0000 UTC信じられない、本当に、努力のもとで、大成功になりました、おめでとうございます。🔥🔥🔥⛩。Congratulations on a well-earned milestone. 😎👏 The videos and podcasts have become a sounding board for the current state of life in Japan. 🔌📡 More than any other place in YouTube, AIJ deliver’s consistent, professional, and entertaining content 🏆 You have set the standard in YouTube. 👊🏆🎭 I especially enjoy the monthly conversations from your bookshelf-corner, which provides an eclectic unscripted view into Japan, continue the hard work, perseverance, and motivation over the long-term. 👍🥇😀
Ryori
2021-01-20 01:50:49 +0000 UTCHuge congrats Chris! Can't wait for all the years to come, and I hope you keep getting the boys drunk off $12 sake
Parker Brown
2021-01-20 00:16:46 +0000 UTCCongratulations buddy!
2021-01-19 23:41:53 +0000 UTCIt won't stop there, I'm sure! Congrats <3
Maso Mori
2021-01-19 19:15:03 +0000 UTCThank you so much, Chris! Congratulations :D
Andrew Roque
2021-01-19 18:04:04 +0000 UTCSo fucking proud of you, Chris!!! 💜🎊😊🎉 And absolutely a thousand thank yous (tusen takk!) for all of your hard work, strenuous travels and sleep skipping just to bring us your triple AAA+ quality production talent to the show for us all. 💜 You're very much the epic human, and quite frankly the best thing to ever grace YouTube as far as I'm concerned. 😊🎉 It is appreciated more than you'll ever most likely know, especially during such weird times; and holy christ if these aren't weird times. Lol I'm happily here for the long haul and excitedly on board for all you plan to do and have already done; as every adventure is an epic one, even the relaxed ones where you broadcast from your curious bookshelf and entertain us with food, drink, comic relief, and fantastically warm and robust conversation between what feels like long distant virtual friends having a laugh and a thought when we all get together. 😊 You make it personal, you fully engage, you remember and know who many of us are, and you make it an experience that leaves one with a smile and a sense of friendly, familiar comfort every single time. For the travels, for the staying indoors, the bike rides, the car rides, the podcast, the food, the cursing, the learning, and the joyous happiness and the British bitterness (for we'd never have you any other way. I wouldn't fucking dream of it! Lol! 😂) For all of the organised planning, and the un-organised beautiful chaos---- everything... With much appreciation and love; thank you for all of it, Chris. Truly. 😊💜🎈 (And I can't wait to see what you've got planned next!)
Jewel - (Freyja's Konjures)
2021-01-19 17:05:11 +0000 UTCChris, I've watched you channel since the first or second year you started Youtube, I was just a highschooler. Since then I've graduated highschool and now college, went to Japan once and now planning to go again . Thank you so much for being such an important part of my journey without even knowing. They really helped get through a lot of difficult moments. Congrats on the 2 million subs, you deserve it! Keep on rocking!
Lucca Saraiva
2021-01-19 16:32:43 +0000 UTC👏👏👏👏👏 Sweet chocolate! You've done it!👏👏👏👏👏
2021-01-19 12:57:08 +0000 UTCOoo, a veritable smorgasbord (AKA smörgåsbord in Swedish), thank you Chris, and congratulations on your 2 million minions!
Eels
2021-01-19 11:35:34 +0000 UTCCongrats Chris. There's definitely a reason for this success. The amount of work and dedication that goes into your videos is inspiring. It really does show. Now on to 3 million!
2021-01-19 10:35:21 +0000 UTCWell done on hitting 2 million Chris. I've only been watching for the last year or so but going through all your videos I really think you took it to a new level during the second half of 2020 so sky is the limit for this year. That's assuming Ryotaro doesn't kill you first. Many thanks for the much needed laughter whilst being stuck at home.
Nick M
2021-01-19 09:57:41 +0000 UTCCongratulations Chris! Thank you so much for everything you do: it really does brighten my day.
DinoKōyō
2021-01-19 09:23:32 +0000 UTCCongratulats Chris!! Well deserved and here's to the next 2 million! Speaking of TC learn though, are you still planning to share that titles video?
Johannes
2021-01-19 08:55:45 +0000 UTCCongrats Chris! You managed to bring really good content on such a bad year and now you have 2M subs, incredible work!
Luis Pais
2021-01-19 08:46:12 +0000 UTCNice!
Blue Catwolf
2021-01-19 07:47:42 +0000 UTCStill, 4 working days remaining, I can watch it all :3 Congratulations! Judging contents of this channel You will have more millions in no time :)
2021-01-19 07:21:31 +0000 UTCCongratulations Chris, your channel has helped me in so many ways. Here’s to 2 million more 👍👍👍
2021-01-19 07:02:12 +0000 UTCThis is incredible! Cheers man! Here’s to 2 Million more! 🍻
Bobby
2021-01-19 06:49:17 +0000 UTCHuge congratulations! I've loved watching your channel grow and develop from those first videos (which were still great!) into something I'm sure you're really proud of. Thank you as always for the great content.
Rachel Boucher
2021-01-19 06:46:37 +0000 UTCCongrats well deserved Chris. I hope you get that PS5 now that you're in the 2 mil league now
Joy
2021-01-19 06:43:19 +0000 UTCCongrats, Chris!
2021-01-19 06:29:44 +0000 UTCAmazing, congratulations! Seeing the fruits of all the hard work you put in must be a pretty great feeling!
2021-01-19 06:03:26 +0000 UTCLet's not get carried away now!
Abroad in Japan
2021-01-19 05:53:47 +0000 UTCCongratulations Chris 🎊Your works are not only entertaining but also educating. I think that's one of the reasons you've gotten so many subscribers!!👍
Satomi Arihara
2021-01-19 05:36:29 +0000 UTCCongratulations Chris !!
AJ
2021-01-19 05:36:00 +0000 UTCNext milestone. Twitter verfied
Linda T
2021-01-19 05:29:20 +0000 UTCCongratulations on this huge achievement! Thanks for putting together this list of videos too! I think I missed a few of these when you first released them.
Zac Kelsey
2021-01-19 05:28:03 +0000 UTCWell done on the 2mil and I cant wait to watch all the vids
Khaltzane
2021-01-19 05:17:49 +0000 UTCCongratulations, Chris!
2021-01-19 05:10:29 +0000 UTCCongratulations Chris!! You’re my favorite YouTuber and your videos made my days during my depression last year and stayed because of the quality of your work, so I’m happy you achieved this
2021-01-19 05:09:46 +0000 UTCCongratulations 🎊👏👏
Niamh
2021-01-19 05:08:26 +0000 UTCBrilliant, thanks for taking the time and effort to put this together...SUGOI!!!!! And congratulations!!
2021-01-19 05:04:19 +0000 UTCCongratulations!
Storm
2021-01-19 05:03:40 +0000 UTCYou got it wrong Chris; You did it! You and your friends. We are here for the ride and have a good time :) Once again, congratulations! This is amazing! :)
Luciano Arrieta Martins
2021-01-19 05:03:33 +0000 UTC
