4.5
This was exactly what I needed right now! A thoroughly fun and light read full of adventures, bizarre anecdotes and appreciative exploration of Japanese culture.

I was not familiar with Chris Broad or the «Abroad in Japan» YouTube channel from before, but I still found this book accessible and easy to love from the get-go. It is written with humor, eloquence and a addictive narration, and it made me want to indulge in story after story. I laughed out loud many times and it felt great to have the treat of ending the day by reading a few chapters of this.

I wasn’t quite as engaged at the very end of the book, mostly because there were a lot of time jumps and increasing references to stories/content covered by his YouTube videos. I didn’t mind, but my enjoyment wasn’t quite as high as during the virtual day-to-day accounts during the initial chapters.

All in all, had a great time with this, and my urge to return to Japan is even stronger now!