A foreigner living in Japan. A charm of Miyagi from a YouTuber.
Interview / Mr. Chris Broad

Chris Broad, YouTuber

"I lived in Japan for 6 years. and I lived in Sendai Miyagi for 3 years. Originally came to Japan to teach English, but these days on a youtuber, my YouTube videos. So, start to making YouTube videos originally for family and friends back home in the UK to show them about Japan. Videos became popular. More more people watched them and lots of people around the world love Japan. Eventually I decided that it could be a full-time thing. It was that popular and I could keep doing it. Ah, that's why I carried on."

"I think the best things about Miyagi we have a big city, like Sendai, coolest city of trees because it's so as it got so much nature in the city. But right next to the country side in 30 minutes, you can go skiing in the mountains, or if you go 30 minutes the other way, you can go fishing and see Matsushima. So, we have a nature and we have city, it's great place to be, very laid back, very convenient."

"3 really good place I love Miyagi. We have Onagawa city where we all today. Ah which is devastated by the Tsunami, but come back and it looks absolutely brilliant now, it's absolutely bustling vibrant place. We have Zao, mount Zao with a beautiful mountain, great hot springs and really good cheese place. If you like cheese, we have cheese. Of course, Matsushima bay. One of the most beautiful sights in all of Japan is right next to Sendai, right Miyagi"

"I think it's really exciting at the soccer is coming to Sendai, coming to Miyagi. The people here are really excited to get people coming here because most foreign visitors they go to Tokyo, they go to Kyoto, but this is it. This is a beautiful amazing place just waiting to be discovered. It's very adventurous very beautiful and I think foreign visitors coming here we will see that and they'll want to see more. That's what's really exciting on the soccer."

"I think Tsunami and the disasters are terrible things, terrible events. But good things that comes from it. The only good things is that people have a renewed kind of spirit. I feel like they can do anything. I see it. I told to the people good spirit "entrepreneurship". New business have been created. It's a vibrant place to be now. So they have embraced bad from the disaster. Some good thing come from it. I think It's a very exciting vibrant place to be now."

"I think Tohoku is a Japan's best kept secrets treasure of Japan. I think if you come here, you'll see that you'll discover that for yourself."

Website: YouTube Channel [Abroad in Japan]
https://www.youtube.com/user/cmbroad44