This week on the channel

Yamagata to Kagoshima by bicycle on Abroad in Japan

Chris Broad's cross-country journey shares the channel's catch-up collection with a retro town visit featuring Natsuki and Pete Donaldson.

Channel:

Abroad in Japan Story of October 14, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

I Cycled 2,000km Across Japan (It Almost Broke Me)

The chapter list alone is a small itinerary: Niigata, Toyama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, then onward to Kagoshima. "I Cycled 2,000km Across Japan (It Almost Broke Me)" gives Abroad in Japan viewers an expansive journey to settle into, with the final destination arriving nearly six hours into the video.

Chris Broad posted nothing new this week, but that cycling upload is drawing the largest daily audience among his currently most active videos. It has reached roughly 750,000 views. The route begins in Yamagata and includes the Shimanami Kaido, the island-hopping cycling route connecting Japan's main island of Honshu with Shikoku. It's a fitting stretch for an adventure whose title makes no secret of the physical toll.

A different kind of journey waits in "Inside the Japanese Town Stuck Living in the 1980s." Natsuki and broadcaster Pete Donaldson join Broad for a trip contrasting two towns, with chapters taking in a village inside a volcano, Nabegataki Falls and a place that resisted change. That video has passed 1.5 million views and is attracting more daily views than "You've Been Lied to About Japan," Broad's questioning look at familiar narratives about the country.

In the wider travel neighborhood, Abroad in Japan sits close to Itchy Boots in subscriber size. Kurt Caz is having a particularly busy day, with views more than double his usual daily level. Broad's week, meanwhile, has left the new-upload calendar empty and the long ride available in full, from Yamagata all the way south.

Published on Trari