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Companion reads for Abroad in Japan: The hilarious, Sunday Times bestselling memoir
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items A tightly curated set of Japan-focused memoirs, travelogues, culture guides, and practical handbooks for readers who enjoyed Chris Broad's mix of humour, insight, and on-the-ground experience. These picks deepen the perspective on rural life, cross-c...
Essential if you loved the YouTube channel or want the definitive print version of Broad's decade in Japan. He recounts arriving as an untrained English teacher and evolving into a filmmaker, mixing missile alerts, love hotels, and celebrity encounte...
Abroad in Japan: Hilarious Sunday Times Memoir
Ideal for readers who now want a region-by-region travel companion from the same author. Broad turns his 47-prefecture journeys into a guide packed with embarrassing stories, practical recommendations, etiquette tips, and highlights from flying over ...
Journey Across Japan: Off the Beaten Path
Will Ferguson's classic hitchhiking travelogue suits readers who enjoyed Broad's sarcasm and long-form adventures. He follows the cherry-blossom front from Japan's southern tip to Hokkaido, meeting a steady stream of oddballs while reflecting-often h...
Tokyo to Sapporo: Traveling by Plane, Shinkansen
Alan Booth's walk from Cape Soya in the far north to Cape Sata in the south is for readers who want a more literary, slow-travel counterpoint to Broad's journeys. His wry, often very funny portraits of villagers, bar hostesses, and farmers give a dee...
The Roads to Sata: A 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan
Perfect for fans of Broad's pop-culture asides who want a visual, essay-style primer on contemporary and traditional Japan. Héctor García covers language, social values, work, technology, and otaku culture with short, photo-rich chapters aimed at rea...
A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga
Best for readers who noticed Broad's culture-shock moments and want a focused guide to what's going on beneath the surface. This 4‑in‑1 collection explains wa, honne/tatemae, keigo, train and onsen etiquette, dining taboos, and more, using anecdotes ...
Japan's Guide to Hidden Social Rules & Etiquette
A strong fit for readers inspired to visit after Broad's book but worried about logistics. This guide emphasizes realistic pacing, real travel times, and simple daily itineraries that prioritize calm streets and lesser‑visited spots over crowded vira...
No-Stress Japan Travel Guide: Full-Color Handbook
Good for language-shy readers who related to Broad's early struggles with Japanese. This phrasebook focuses on concise, high-frequency expressions for everyday and travel situations, pairing over 2,000 phrases with English translations and phonetic g...
Easy Japanese Phrase Book: 2000+ Common
Iain Maloney's memoir suits readers who enjoyed the quieter, rural chapters of Abroad in Japan. Moving with his Japanese wife to a Gifu village, he battles giant centipedes, snakes, and hyper-observant neighbours while trying to fulfill community dut...
The Only Gaijin in the Village: Living in Japan
Another strong pick for fans of Broad's early teaching years and rural misadventures. Sam Baldwin recounts two years as a JET Programme teacher in Ono, Fukui, exploring small-town life, festivals, wildlife, and outdoor adventures while confronting th...
For Fukui's Sake: Two Years in Rural Japan