Driving in Japan: Beginners Guide

Hay cierto encanto especial en estos vídeos antiguos.
Chris mantiene ese sentido del humor tan particular 😂 me fascina.

This is actually wonderful to watch in context - Chris has such a confident, quintessentially British presentation in these early posts, an innocence fuelled distillation of what is to come...so pure and refreshing!

Re-watching this after watching the last episode of "non stop north" is really giving a different feeling

Non Stop North looking back at this. Such a big journey Congrats Chris!

you finally have Kei Car :smile:

I'm writing this in Jan 2024 and we've just seen that you finally got your own kei car. Congratulations!
Also, I think your presentation style is still surprisingly similar even though it's been 11 years since this video. I'm not sure you'd put in a Hitler reference now though 🤔

Is that Sakamoto Kyu in the background? I've been really enjoying your older videos as of late, and it was a pleasant surprise to hear 「明日があるさ」。

I got into Abroad in Japan in 2020 when the pandemic was at its highest scale. In the words of The Ramones “nothing to do, nowhere to go”. I was scheduled to take my dream trip to Tokyo in June 2020, and was obviously very bummed out that it wouldn’t be possible. Watching Chris have fun in Japan at least gave me a vision into what I was missing and made it hurt less. I wish I’d of watched these older ones back then. Just as fun as the later era stuff imo.

Glorious high definition video 😂

there’s something so brilliantly top gear about this, the real top gear with clarkson, Hammond and May.

The level of editing and production quality really did skyrocket

Done an strange trip in kyshu island and its cost 18000 yen or something just to roam around the whole island for 4 days.

I've started rewatching these videos after reading Chris's book. Amazing 👏

Outer edge of 🪐 and back 👀
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Who is here after reading chapter 8 of Abroad in Japan? 📚

Tryna hold myself back from treating this channel like a series but wow was he good from the beginning

Shit video actually was hoping to learn something not hear your shit jokes 😂

These early videos remind me of how Jeremy Clarkson started in old top gear compared to how his new shows are

From making a random video in his own apartment to now. Very remarkable Chris.

Such an informative and useful video. He should make a living out of this.

Drove for the first time in Japan a few days ago, and currently enjoying the heck out of my rental Kei Car.
But what's better is I never expected to watch a video of Chris from 10 years ago telling me about driving in Japan

The first appearance of konbini fried chicken!

representing the good people of britain like a champion - love this guy

I love how much you have improved video wise.

Lot changed over the 10 years since this video but the fried chicken!!! Untouchable :D

Sam-yer-eye

driving to my Japanese school I used to drive through a great stretch over the paddy fields. The speed limit was 40kph, but I used to try and get up to 100kph. Japanese speed limits are for show, not a practical limit.

it's practically the same video that "what driving in Japan is really like" from 2021 :D

I made it Chris, ten years after you, I made it to Japan

the music is China.

Gem Finds, great video Chris, and humor too. ASHITA GA ARU ASHITA GA ARUUU ASHITA GA ARUUUUSAAAA.

What the fuck was wrong with you, Chris?

What a gem

In Switzerland trains drive on a left-hand system whereas every other means of transportation operate on a right-hand system because the Swiss oriented themselves after the British railways.

This video is so funny!

"Japanese, of course, love WHAM!"

Who doesn't?!

this channel is GOLD. had to come here from the future just to say that

Watching young chris with ancient video format is kinda trippy

Expensive

I love abroad in Japan, an absolutely amazing channel

Word on the street is that he’s still a legend..

I don't know why, but I kind of like these videos more than the new ones sometimes, maybe because of the nostalgia or there is some raw quality to it. Still, Chris has developed a lot in directing & recording.

Nice video

VW: Berlin to Warsaw in one tank
Kei cars: Get to the outer ring of Saturn and back in one tank and still have enough leftover to go to 7 Eleven and get a fried chicken