Abroad in Japan

🌟 It’s finally here guys! Grab the popcorn🌟
14 days. 1,200km. $1m raised for the Immune Deficiency Foundation.
In 12 years of producing Youtube videos, this has to be a career highlight.
Connor & I team up with Pete, Natsuki, Garnt & Pewdiepie for the epic journey of a lifetime.
Join us from the shores of Hiroshima, to the cherry blossom of Himeji castle, to the madness of Legoland and the crazy finale at Tokyo Tower.

🍿Saddle up and watch Cyclethon III: The Big One, out on AbroadinJapan now!

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Yesterday was Natsuki's birthday!🥳
It's also the 11th anniversary of our friendship, as we actually bumped into one another on the night of his birthday!
He'd been at a bar celebrating and was on his way home when he struck up a conversation and invited me to a karaoke bar. The rest is history!

I won't lie, I certainly enjoyed this year's birthday more than his 50th last year on the summit of Mount Fuji!
Looking forward to seeing where we end up next year.

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Finally sitting down this week to film the first and last Q&A of 2024.
Ask me anything below with #askabroad
Japan, YouTube, Travel, Philosophy I’m your man.
- Expect brutally honest opinions and Family Mart Fried Chicken.

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Had a blast filming the latest episode out in rural Japan. It reminded me that every trip goes from good to great when you meet the locals along the way. Definitely a nostalgic episode, hope you enjoy the ride.
(Quite literally - my god I love that E-bike).
🍿 OUT now on Abroad in Japan

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Had a fair few questions about Buckingham Palace this week! At last the Podcast episode is out explaining how it all happened.

What did I say to the King?
How did I nearly screw it all up?
Does this make me a Lord now (sadly no).

🍿 Over on the ‪@AbroadInJapanPodcast‬ channel

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Just landed at Tokyo Haneda airport after an endless 14 hour flight. Stumbled out into arrivals and an eagle eyed stranger shouted:
“Oh my god - I know you! You’re Colin!”

I am indeed Colin in Japan.
And it’s great to be back.

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Never in a million years would I imagine I’d end up inside Buckingham Palace, let alone meeting the King and the Emperor of Japan.

And yet somehow tonight, I found myself celebrating UK-Japan relations at a State Banquet shaking hands and chatting with King Charles, Emperor Naruhito, as well as a former British Prime Minister (and a very soon to be Prime Minister).

All absurdly surreal - especially the concept of me wearing smart clothing.

Looking forward to chatting more about it when I get back to Tokyo, but absolutely a night I’ll never forget. Many thanks as always guys for watching! Good lord, what a journey it’s been.

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Thanks for all the birthday wishes.
I celebrated in a forest surrounded by bears.
(Also watched the Shogun finale!
Bloody great show, will be sorely missed).

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Crikey! The Abroad in Japan Paperback is the No.1 bestselling book in the UK this week 🥳
A huge thanks to everyone who's grabbed a copy!
I would've returned to the UK to celebrate the paperback launch had I not been breaking my legs on a bike this week 😅

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It’s finally over.

All great stories need a fitting ending and yesterday we got ours.

Half a month spent furiously peddling over 1,000km across Japan’s mountain ranges and megacities, with an astonishing $1 million raised for the Immune Deficiency Foundation, culminating with hundreds of amazing folks cheering us on across the finish line at Tokyo Tower.

The journey wasn’t easy; my back and leg muscles are stuffed. And I won’t forget the feeling of my heart almost exploding while ascending 1,200m at the base of Mount Fuji.

There were some genuinely terrifying moments in tunnels, pedalling frantically whilst sandwiched between a concrete wall and a ten ton truck. Falling off the bike on to a stone pavement covered my already shattered legs in cuts and bruises.

Yet through it all, I always felt a part of something bigger than myself.

Cycling alongside the seemingly unstoppable Connor and knowing that every step of the way, people around the world were cheering us from this bloody incredible community was genuinely the greatest motivator of all.

Without Pete firing us up the second week, the struggle would have been a nightmare. Ian saved our bikes more times than I can count and Paul was there to capture every moment and raise our spirits every morning along the way.

Without the fantastic team of Nabiru, Kei and Eula off camera, the logistics would have been hell.

And without our brilliant guests, Garnt, Felix and Natsuki, the endless cycling would’ve descended into monotony.

It was a team effort in every sense, though make no mistake, Connor absolutely earned this victory. The journey was already no easy task, but to undertake it all while simultaneously entertaining 25,000 viewers everyday with a shoulder mounted camera is borderline insanity. The man is practically a Welsh Terminator.

I’m immensely grateful to him for convincing me to do this once again and to see it through from start to finish.

We’ll be working tirelessly to edit the full edited Cyclethon 3 episode for Abroad in Japan in the coming weeks. Can’t wait to share it with you all! (The drone shots are astonishing - well done Paul).

Until then, as always a huge thanks for your support guys - it’s my birthday this week and it seems I’ve already had the greatest birthday present of all.

(Well, unless of course, someone plans to gift me a barrel of Camembert of course😉).

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