Wow.

Welcome to the Abhorian Japan podcast.

Probably the best way of learning about life in Japan without actually being in Japan.

I'm your host Chris Broad.

We're joined, as always, by England's man. England's most man. I'm England's most man. I'm a man's man's man and I'm in England. And I'm England's man's man. Yeah, I am. How you doing? How you doing? I was just showing you. Ah! My stitches are still hurting.

We got some little action figures made of me and mark from wrestle

me uh and they've made me a little little little action action yes that's supposed to be me he's very muscular

he's very muscular i'm here in the UK with Pete yes you are I'm back just to say hello

and sit in front of his shelf of trafies of which we I'm here in the UK with Pete. Yes, you are. I'm back. Just to say hello.

Just to say hello.

And sit in front of his shelf of trafies, of which we have none. He's got like, the Football Rambal, eight awards. I don't know why that... Pete and Luke show, 10 awards. I don't know why that football is there. It feels like it might be full of old bandages. I think a listener made that and it scares me.

There's no awards here for Bronj. feels like it might be full of all bandages. I think a listener made that and it scares me.

There's no awards here for Braun Japan. No. But there is a book and it's not my book.

No. It's the final insult. Well, once you write your second book. Why haven't we won an award?

I don't think we're all the great things we've done. Well, I think we should win awards, actually.

How do you win an award? What do we got to do? I think most modern podcast awards are predicated on you being a celebrity. He'll turn up to the awards. Or you are friends with the people who are judging them. I did win an award last year. Not for the podcast. It was like a, it was the book awards. Right, yes. It's quite a big one. You should be able to. You were really high up in the charts for like a long, long time. Yeah. But what was cool is it wasn't about like, you've sold the most books well done, have some award. It was the booksellers actually voted. A Broad in Japan, which was kind of like white washed away the self-doubt a little bit

when someone's like, oh, it was good, I voted for it.

You didn't have any self-doubt, come on.

There was definitely a degree of imposter syndrome with the book.

Because I think, I thought, oh, everyone's just buying it

because they like abroad in Japan, They're nice, nice people.

May I recommend listening to or watching or reading one of Richard?

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