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![🍿BRAND NEW WACKY WEEKEND OUT TOMORROW!🍿
It’s been a long few months locked away over the summer writing a new book.
Now it’s complete, it’s time to get back to videos, kicking off with an epic Wacky Weekend!🍾
Natsuki and Connor are at the top of their game, as we hit Japan’s most exclusive private race track, in the worst car possible. You’re in for an absolute treat 👌]()
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![Trying to fit 38 million people in one photo. Tokyo & Fuji, Shibuya’s last great neon light, Flooded Skytree and Snow Monkeys at the hot spring. How are they all connected? They’re my favourite photos of 2025 so far! ✨Looking forward to making the most of the fall in Japan, camera in hand🍁]()
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2025-09-26 20:55:23
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![After flying 14 hours, there’s no greater view than Fuji and the Tokyo Skytree to welcome you back 🇯🇵🗼What’s the first thing you’re gonna do?]()
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2025-09-19 13:39:19
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![Japan after dark is a different world between the neon, lanterns and quiet corners you’d miss in the daylight.
These are 5 of my favourite photos I’ve taken here in the last few years (locations listed below).
Honestly, despite hoarding a sack full of brilliant cameras like a cheeky Victorian burglar, the one thing these photos have in common is that they’re all shot on iPhone. (You can probably tell from the lack of bokeh).
After all, the best camera is the one you actually have with you. And the best scenes always appear when you least expect them.
In an era of mind numbing, soulless AI artwork, I’d encourage folks to post their photos more often✨
1. Kobe, Hyogo📌
2. Sendai, Miyagi📌
3. Sapporo, Hokkaido📌
4. Shiodome, Tokyo📌
5. Shibuya, Tokyo📌]()
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2025-08-29 23:57:40
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![Breath of the Wild in Real Life 📌Daikanbo, Kumamoto
There’s a viewpoint on a cliff overlooking the caldera that surrounds Mount Aso, that is an astonishing sight to behold. The ground beneath your feet gives way to a sharp drop, then sprawling plains punctuated by Japan’s largest active volcano gently smoldering in the distance.
This video simply doesn’t do it justice, but know that if you go here, you’ll be blown away. It’s honestly like being transported to a different world.]()
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2025-08-21 04:36:32
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![Happy Birthday to the legend himself - Natsuki!🥳🎉
Twelve years of chaos, laughter and moments that probably belong in a court transcript. Together, we’ve travelled from the snowy streets of Hokkaido to the beaches of Okinawa, explored abandoned love hotels and even somehow hauled ourselves up Mount Fuji.
Some trips were well-planned. Others began with him saying “I have an idea” which is usually the point where I start researching health insurance.
But what people see on screen is only half the story. Off camera, Natsuki has been the friend who shows up when life is at its messiest. He knows when to pour the sake, when to make a joke and when to just sit and listen. He’s the real deal. I’m genuinely beyond lucky to have him as a friend.
Picking a favourite Natsuki moment is almost impossible but 48 Hours in Sapporo (2017), Natsuki: The Movie (2018), Climbing Fuji (2023) and driving Japan’s tiniest car (2025) are right up there! 🍿 And he’s appearing in the next episode to come!
🍻But allow me to raise a toast to Japan’s greatest rebel, the soul of Abroad in Japan, and a man I am proud to call my friend. Long may his legend grow.
And if you have a personal Natsuki highlight, please do share away below! ✨]()
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![Stumbling around Shibuya at night.
I didn’t know where I was going.
And it didn’t really matter.]()
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![This photo popped up today. July 2015. My final day teaching at a high school in rural Japan exactly 10 years ago.
I look like the leader of a totalitarian regime who’s declaring a Great Leap Forward to reduce wheat prices.
In reality, I was asked to give a farewell speech in Japanese to 1,200 students and 120 staff… inside a gymnasium that was 45°C. No air con. Two sad little fans.
It was one of the most nerve-wracking things I’ve ever done and it quickly turned absurd.
As I droned on for 15 minutes about how rural Japan had made me a better man, students were quite literally fainting and being carried out on stretchers mid-speech. Not from my questionable Japanese, thankfully, but from the sauna-like heat within the gym.
It was utterly surreal and I was encouraged to keep talking as half a dozen teenagers were calmly dragged away by the teaching staff. It certainly added to the overall dictatorship atmosphere of my speech.
All in all, it was a strangely fitting send-off after three wildly unpredictable years working in a Japanese school.
Best of luck to everyone arriving in Japan this week on the JET Programme. You’re in for one hell of an adventure. Make the most of it.]()
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![While travelling through Shikoku, we stumbled upon the surreal Setouchi Retreat, perched in the mountains of Matsuyama with a view across the Seto Inland Sea. We were just looking for a place to sleep and somehow ended up in a cavernous room the size of a school, overlooking an infinity pool that looked like it belonged in a crime drama. (Thankfully, given it’s in the middle of nowhere it wasn’t anywhere near as pricey as Tokyo accommodation).
I’m not sure I’d recommend staying here, but I am certain this is where the villain would live in a gangster movie. One day I’d love to return, ideally with a camera crew and a suitcase full of prop cash. 🌴]()
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![Heaven’s Gate 🇯🇵⛩️ One of the most stunning torii gates I’ve ever seen, perched 404 metres above the plains of Shikoku at Takaya shrine.
It genuinely feels like the gateway to heaven and if you climb the 500 stone steps in the summer heat, it starts to feel like heaven might be the natural end destination 😅
Absolutely worth it. Just maybe bring a defibrillator.]()
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![Tokyo has an astonishing 160,000 restaurants - more than any city on Earth 🇯🇵The only problem is knowing where to begin. So thank god for Tabelog, Japan’s no1 restaurant listing and reservation platform 🍻 It’s seriously saved me on many a night out. (Also beats making a reservation over a noisy phone call).
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#ad #tabelog]()
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![Lost in a dream riding the Tohoku Shinkansen 🇯🇵✨]()
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![Just three brothers building generational wealth.
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- Epic race track video coming soon!]()
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![The ever charming Alex James from Blur swung by LOST today to enjoy a few cups of refreshing Japanese saké, munch on a plate of British mature cheddar cheese and chat about the excellence of British food and drink! 🍶
As a cheese lover and cheesemaker himself, Alex was certainly in good hands now that LOST is the biggest dispensary of British cheese in Japan (sometimes selling up to 30,000 grams per week!😅).
Hope to see him back in Tokyo soon! Best of luck on his travels to the Osaka Expo!
#osakaexpo biztradegovuk]()
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![I got dressed like an adult.
Tempted to present Abroad in Japan in formal attire going forward to scare viewers.]()
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2025-05-30 20:51:24
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![Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵 It’s a city that doesn’t sleep. It just gets louder, brighter, and more spectacular after dark. Welcome to Japan’s party capital and a photographer’s absolute dream. Give me 12 hours, a camera and turn me loose on this city.]()
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2025-05-08 18:45:45
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![Six months ago, a friend flew halfway across the world to visit me in Tokyo - and then spent his first week fighting his phone.
He’d bought a so-called global eSIM that could barely load Google Maps. Turned out his eSIM was bouncing his data around the world before it limped back to Japan. In a country with some of the fastest internet on Earth, it really wasn’t good enough. So, we started our own.
Journey Japan eSIM 🇯🇵 is a service made specifically for travellers coming to Japan - and already, we’re delighted to say thousands of travellers have used us this Spring alone!
Unlike most eSim providers, Japan isn’t just one of many countries we cover - it’s the only one!
We’re a Japan-based company with a team and servers in Japan, and that makes all the difference when it comes to speed and reliability.
💥 We put it to the test during the Cyclethon - over 1,500km and several devices, from the freezing forests of Hokkaido to the chaos of downtown Tokyo - and it performed flawlessly. Honestly, it held up better than I did 😅
Often folks are quick to say: “Yeah but there are cheaper options.”And they’re right - but not all eSIMs are created equal.
Many budget providers cram users onto limited bandwidth, throttling your speeds the moment you really need them. We don’t do that. With JJESIM, you’re at the front of the line - even during peak hours. No throttling. Just fast, reliable internet that works every time, utilising NTT Docomo’s infrastructure.
🎉 As a cheeky bonus, every JJESIM user currently gets ¥500 off their first cocktail (or mocktail) at LOST bar in Tokyo. Because after travelling halfway across the world, you’ve definitely earned a drink.
If you’re heading to Japan and want mobile data that actually works from the moment you land - grab yourself a JJESIM.
Travel should be about the adventure.
- Not searching for signal bars.
Cheers guys and happy travels! 🍻]()
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![CYCLETHON 4 is officially over! 🥳🇯🇵🚴♀️
$1,069,561+ RAISED for the Immune Deficiency Foundation.
It was an absurd journey that transcended time, space and seasons. When we kicked off our trip in wintry Hokkaido it was -2°C. We traversed mountain ranges, mist and seas to arrive in Tohoku, with the cherry blossom trees blooming in the height of Spring. And finally today, the epic adventure ended in the early Summer heat of Tokyo.
As a bonus, half way I turned 35 years old (no, not 53😅) joined by the ever supportive Sharla & surrounded by my closest friends & a cheese board so large it practically qualified as its own prefecture.
It was a spectacular team effort from start to finish. Well done to Connor for pulling it all off & masterminding this whole event, to Pete & Ironmouse for the constant support every step of the way (and bouncing on it crazy style), to our wonderful guests Felix, Rob, Garnt & of course Van Gang! Ian, Paul, Nabi and Takeru did an incredible job behind the scenes. Without them, we would have been completely stuffed.
And finally a MASSIVE thank you to YOU - to the community for joining us and supporting us every step of the way! As for me, I’m off for a cheeky cider and a game changing bath🍻
See you all soon!]()
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![53 YEARS OLD TODAY! 🎂🎉 Honestly, this is the shocked expression of someone whose never seen so much cheese in Japan 😅
✨Thank you to everyone for all the warm birthday wishes. It was a spectacular day - it started with a painful 65km cycle over a mountain range and ended with Japan’s biggest cheeseboard surrounded by amazing friends.
We’re now 9 days into our Cyclethon and my legs are beyond repair. But thanks to this incredible community, over $467,000 has been raised for the Immune Deficiency Foundation so far! Knowing I’ve been a part of this is seriously the greatest birthday present of all. (Though to be fair the cheeseboard was pretty damn impressive🤩).
Special thanks to cdawgva for a fine birthday celebration indeed. Back on the road tomorrow across the plains of Iwate, hope to see you there! ✨]()
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![🇯🇵DAY 1 COMPLETE: 75km, $56,000 Raised! 🥳
Thanks to everyone who joined us on our journey from Japan’s most Eastern point of Nemuro, across the stunning rolling fields of Hokkaido. The temperature today averaged 6°C and at times it felt like the Frosty the Snowman cycle experience. The cold really knocked the energy out of us towards the end of the day, but the blue skies throughout most of our route were much welcomed and kept our spirits up.
The mountains of fresh local sushi definitely helped too😋
Not enough folks explore this secluded corner of Japan, but it really is worth a visit. Gazing out across the wetlands and marshes made an epic first day all the more rewarding. Thanks again to every who watched along, cheered us on and supported the Immune Deficiency Foundation. We hope to see you tomorrow!
Pray for my shattered thighs.]()
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![🌸NAGASAKI TOWNHOUSE ROOM TOUR🇯🇵
We’ve been filming a documentary an hour outside Nagasaki and somehow ended up in this — a ridiculously beautiful renovated townhouse with a garden so pristine it looked like it had been groomed by laser-guided scissors.
Best of all it was cheaper than the local business hotels, which usually offer all the charm of a microwave oven with a pillow. If you’re travelling as a group (in our case, three blokes and far too many cables), townhouses like this stretch your money much further — and you’re not stuck in yet another identical beige room wondering what city you’re in.
Moral of the story: when travelling rural Japan, always dig around for hidden gems. And unlike business hotels you might actually remember staying there!]()
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![🌸Sakura season has peaked in Tokyo this week
If you can survive the pollen apocalypse, every street looks like a scene out of a Studio Ghibli movie. Been enjoying it with fine company indeed 😋 🌸🗼]()
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![The sad truth is many folks I know travelling Japan miss out on the best restaurants, simply out of fear of making a phone call (and honestly, it can be tricky if you’re not making the call in Japanese).
Fortunately Japan’s biggest reservation app Tabelog allows you to reserve over 850,000 restaurants effortlessly around the country! No more awkward phone calls ever again. Phew.
You can find a LINK to Tabelog in the BIO!
#ad #tabelog]()
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![⛩️The backstreets of Miyajima Island are sadly often missed by travellers. The road up to Daisho-in Temple is a personal favourite!]()
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![After climbing 10,000 steps at Fushimi Inari, I may never walk again.
But at least the Insta360 Ace Pro 2 captured my suffering in glorious detail.
Smooth footage. Shaky legs.
You can grab the Insta360 AcePro2 8k camera with a 10% discount (until 31st March) at the LINK in the BIO.
Thanks insta360 🦊🎥 #ad
#insta360 #insta360acepro2 #FushimiInari #Japan]()
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