I honestly knew very little about pete before the cyclethon. But his personality is just so magnetic everything he's in is made better by his presence. We love Pete 🙌

Pete is such a natural entertainer and storyteller. I cant wait to see him in more projects going forward.

I’ve just realised half way through that this is in fact the abroad in Japan podcast and not Pete’s podcast, he really feels like the host 😂

I like Pete but I also like Pete. I wouldn't mind a Pete and Pete episode

What a great episode Chris and Pete ❣Being married to an American myself, I automatically turned down the volume of my headphones 😂😂 These last 3 podcasts had been a real joy. Thank you for that 🤍

I was so excited to see Pete on here! Both of you have such wonderful energy together. Sending much positivity from Minnesota.

I like Pete more every time i see him

The arrival to Tokyo Tour brought tears of joy. Pete's enthusiam made it even grander, could not stop smiling. Brilliant gent's, well done!!!

Hello Charismatic Chris and Pulchritudinous Pete, The camera quality in this episode is exponentially better than that in the usual ones. Yours, Sayantan.

I walked past the Waterstones flagship on Piccadilly at the weekend and there was still a big display of the Abroad in Japan book right by the entrance.

You and Pete have such natural chemistry. You guys are amazing! Love the stories.

I love Pete's set! Nice to see the handsome man on the pod.

My best memory in Japan: Yogi Park in Naha taking a photo of a sakura tree in full bloom. An elderly man waved me over and pointed out 2 tiny birds in the tree and told me the name for them.

Chris seems almost normal and relaxed with American Pete.

Hello Chris and Pete, After listening to American Pete's story about being rejected for being confused as a KZfaqr, I can kind of understand why the Japanese dislike KZfaqrs/livestreamers in their shops. On my trip to Japan, I met a very famous American KZfaqr, who I recognized right away at my Omakase tasting in Roppongi. I had initially wanted to say hi to him when he was done shooting, but in the end I decided not to because him and his crew ended up pissing me off. Normally, it usually isn't a huge deal when I see or meet KZfaqrs in the US, but for some reason, it is just drastically worse in Japan. I was sitting in the corner of the restaurant trying to enjoy my $300 dinner, and they were constantly shouting at one another planning out their next film location during the dinner and they've even flashbanged me with one of their pocket lights to get better lighting for their shot. I also did not get to enjoy watching the chef make sushi as their cameras were all up in the shot. Once they finally left, the sushi chef gave me non-stop gomenasai's and I had to tell him it was fine, because I am American and use to it.

Wow the show with Premiere Two Pete and Chris is the best.

Woot an entertaining guest. He HAS THE ENERGY!

I remember the Wakkanai video and the theme of Chris bemoaning Pete dragging him out to the cold middle of nowhere, and Pete finally gets the chance to shoot back and ask why Chris loves dragging him out to the cold for their videos 😂

I would LOVE to see Chris take Dawn French around Tokyo! As long as Natsuki is involved haha that would be amazing!

I saw the go karts in Osaka and not only were they annoying but... no one looked liked they were actually having fun driving through this high foot traffic area...

Pete does a good Chris Broad impersonation lol.

My equally favorite Pete is on Abroad in Japan Podcast ❤

I love how they help each other. They all make such an enjoyable videos. Chris is my favorite only because I find him to have best sense of humor. 🙂

I want more of Pete+Chris episode :')

So great to see more of Pete, best in the biz

That is so awesomely done, Pete seems like a guy you'd gladly give your old cameras to, because he deserves to shine on better equipment :) Good Guys Chris & Pete :)

Macadamia nuts are originally from Australia.

lol thank goodness it was recorded, can' t wait to watch the live stream!

The Lawson's isn't putting up the barrier, it's the city, to stop people from messing with the traffic crossing the road.

It's really nice having Peto on the Podcast, such a pleasant bloke.

Waiting for that Dawn French/Ken Watanabe collab..... :' )

That was a fun listen!

You two need to always do a pod cast top tier !!! 🎉

A happy start to my shift at work.

Pete gotta podcast more he's such a good conversationalist

Pete is so good at making this actually sounds like a radio podcast as an audio only watcher

Town builds wall to discourage tourists. People come to town to see the wall now. Task failed successfully.

Are we to see the Vicar of Dibley on Abroad in Japan, or Abroad in a pan sometime in the future? Wow, congrats Chris. I read your book btw, it's quite enjoyable.

I, too, am American, and have been a Dawn French fan at least since the Vicar of Dibley days. Have the bloody series memorized. Her autobiography is worth reading.

Whoever did the lighting on this did it do well. Chris looks bloody amazing with this lighting

I love American Pete and mr Affable together on the podcast! Very good duo. American Pete is lovely and very entertaining.

Thats why you’re a legend Chris. Joey take notes as opposed to jumping on the foreigner bashing hate train.

My favourite konbini are the Lawson and 7-11 smack dab in the middle of Hakone. Bastions of convenience in a town where stores and restaurants close at 6pm.

Where the hell is Pete! (No, not that Pete. The other Pete) What did you do to Pete, Chris?!? Pete, if you can read this, blink twice and we'll have a Royal Marines Brigade immediately sent to rescue you. (Though we will have to file the paperwork to the Ministry of Social Welfare and Hostage Rescue then wait at least 90 days for their response. Then, if approved, wait another 90 days for them to file a report to make an action plan to form a committee for your rescue)

I thought I was getting food poisoning... until I realised I was also stressed, and travelling a lot, and eating stuff I'm normally 100% fine with, yet suddenly there were patterns in my reaction... even though the triggers seem non sensical... So maybe you guys have IBS. Worth considering. Especially if you can describe it as "routinely" getting sick

Pete always seems like the nicest most genuine guy

Dawn French certainly is a very big actor xD

Pete's bought and paid for 😂 love this duo

I stayed in Kabukicho for 1 week at The Prince (brick tall building near the tracks). Honestly it was a really nice stay. Even managed to walk twice at night around the area and hit the batting cages.

Cant go wrong with Pete. Nice episode chaps.

Talking of chopping down a tree, this one is worse. Years ago a chap bought a wood for his retirement to spend his days doing horticultural work. It turned out that before the wood existed it was an. ornamental garden which was part of a lost 16th Century Manor estate. He asked a local archaeologist/historian to come and do so. investigative work to find out a little more. The guy Chris came down and by the time he finished he'd pretty much chopped down most of the wood. It's the same guy who. on a dig where they found a Bronze Age log canoe took a chainsaw to it because it wouldn't fit the transport to take it to the local museum/university for restoration and preservation... lol

Heard it now watching 💖✨

There was a famous photo by Speedhunters with a Porsche racecar in front of a conbini so many car enthusiasts dream of having a photo of their car in front of Lawson's and/or Mt Fuji, but ordinary people taking photos of a cornershop stumbles me.

Itsmo no bar was amazing!

You touched on the tourists taking photos in front of the Lawsons and I just wanted to add my observations as I was there a few months ago. It was at Fujikawaguchiko, the Lawson by the main station. I didn't know it was such an attraction at the time but as we passed it we saw 10 or 20 people taking photos in front of it, I was confused because... its just a Lawsons... it was an overcast day so you couldn't see Mt fuji (we didnt see mt fuji our whole trip) so it was clearly a photo op built by word of mouth. Most if not all the tourist taking the pictures where Chinese, this also accounts for all the tourist coming in full charter busses, there are plenty of other tourists taking buses into town but the amount of Chinese groups where insane, I cant imagine what it would be like when its a more popular time of year!(well from the news I guess I can guess) And in defense of the tourists, the Fujikawaguchiko station and the surrounding area is VERY unfriendly to tourists. Narrow roads that many dozens of busses have to navigate hourly, and narrow sidewalks, we are talking 2 people barely have room to pass each other and its being trafficked buy hundreds of people WITH luggage, this isnt in front of the Lawsons this is just everywhere. The town clearly is trying to attract a lot of tourists but it also seems like there's a lot of contempt for them as well, or that they are falling very behind on keeping up with infrastructure. Anyways, just thought I would add my thoughts on the news.

13:16 Bro you gotta check out the Chai in Koenji. My favorite spot west of Shinjuku

Look at the differences between Chris's arms. I know he's left-handed, as am I, but his left arm looks well defined, whereas his right arm looks like it's just got out of Auschwitz.

Dawn French lives about 5 minutes from my house, I see her all the time 😂 Glad she messaged back and was cool

Clear,coherent and doesn’t have a STUTTER!

The Lawson billboard is so pointless too. Most people are never gonna hear that it went up and will go anyway. Then they’ll just be more unhappy that the view isn’t there. They really didn’t think this one through.

I was at the supermarket and a guy next to me dropped cold ready made pasta sauce (smells soooo bad) it was a orange colour and it got me face to foot. The whole way down me. I was stunned. I couldn't move. Dude was really sorry but wasn't anything he could do. Nothing ruined but my day

I took a bad photo of that Lawson two years ago. There weren't that many people there back then. I had no idea it was a thing.

Hilariously I imagine a lot of those tourists got the idea from a Tokyo creative video!

We pay in full!! Pete is the best. Almost as good as Mr. Affable.

Kabukicho felt safe early in the evening. Actually felt a lot safer and cleaner than other entertainment districts I have been to even in my own city. We did go for a late night wander to have a look. It was a bit grotty by then and we did see a rat. Our only vice that evening was a late night icecream. While eating it a young and very drunk Japanese couple staggered out of the Golden Gai and thought it was an excellent opportunity to practise their English. They were actually quite good and put my linguistic skills to shame.

Broken mug calls for Pete to learn kintsugi on stream 😀

Probably wont be heard but if pete or anyone likes a good snack and drinks, I'd recommend Shinjidai. Its as popular if not more popular than torikizoku and its well known for their chicken skin skewers. So well known that in fact currently, due to shortages, they are limiting the number of chicken skin skewers each customer can order for the time being. You can find Shinjidai in nearly every major city area in japan but they are more well known in tokyo area

30:00 looks fun though

Chris' evil laugh HAHAHAHA..😆

There is an actual tree like that Philosophy tree. The Sycamore Gap tree was a tree people would spend decades saving up for a trip to see, and it got chopped down by a teenager for a laugh.

Did you film this when you were "walking Chris to the station" 🤔😂

Hi Chris , I am sure Joey was talking about the Lawson with Fuji behind it the other day , and I believe he said they were putting up a net not a wall .

I suggest going to the southernmost place in Japan in order to replace the mug... Just a thought...

"新しいね。。。" oh man, I felt that pain I also felt that guilt, ouch

oh better mic~! i kept feeling like the mic at the studio is so weird sounding for some reason

Hmm, same location as Pete's premier two VOD, when he and Chris did commentary to past vids, and then Pete walked Chris to the train station....so surely this is Petes Podcast? and this features Chris?

Torikizoku seems to just rent out spaces regardless of how appropriate it is for a restaurant. They shove as many boothes as they can into a tiny space and just put a grill and a bar in the back. That being said, its a predictable and cheap food and alcohol source. Its a pleanty fine place to order some food off an iPad (with an English menu) if you already spent your day exploring and you don't have the energy to figure out something more challenging.

Mister affable beat out Dawn French of AbFab.. impressive, most impressive.

Finally, the real Pete!

When I bring this up with my US friends, they like to use the Chinese as scapegoats for being rowdy tourists, when in my own experience 90% of the pushy and shouty tourists were either US American or Russian who act like they have a chip on their shoulders. I feel a bit bad for the UK folks as well because they are generally classy people who get lumped into the above due to their skin colour.

just a suggestion if you can move the camera so both of you are in focus would be really nice

Love American Pete - if we could only harness his energy and positivity the world would be a better place!

I don't see why the Mario go karts need to be on the actual streets? It could still be downtown in the middle of Tokyo on a course

San Francisco has those little GoCart tourist vehicles as well. I used to live on Lombard Street just before the crooked section, and I've seen countless GoCarts stall trying to go up the hill. I have no idea how they are legal in San Francisco, where we not only have a ton of hills and one-way streets, but people generally drive like shit, often in much taller vehicles.

I like Chris and Pete.

Yay, it's American Pete! ❤

Not gonna lie, I had my one accidental bad foreigner moment in Japan. Went to puroland and ate at the cafe they had. Bought a ramen. Delicious ramen with hello kitty's face everywhere and was in a pretty "disposable" bowl. Didn't get to finish the broth. Walked to the area where you return the plates and cups. I didn't know what to do. I stood there for a good 3 minutes waiting to see what other people were doing. No one came by with a bowl of ramen like mine. In japan, there's a recycling area for unfinished drinks where you drop the remaining liquids in it, so I dropped my remaining broth and drink then threw away the disposable stuff in another trash. Little did I realize, a local behind me was mortified. She had a ramen broth like mine and I didn't realize the small hole next to the trash where you drop off everything on your tray. I didn't know you put the tray there. Nothing indicated me to put the tray there. AITA? Hahaha. Yeah probably... I'm still kind of embarrassed about it..

I tried Maricar 6 years ago. It’s scary because you are low on the ground on a regular road speeding

I love Dawn French. Oooops!

22:42 It's true that foreigners do bad stuff all the time in London and other touristic places around the world as well, it doesn't happen only in Japan. But it's understandable why these bad stuff are more talked about in Japan, they aren't used to it like most other touristic countries are, for them it's something different that is definetely news worthy, like "this place is getting littered more than normal" or "people aren't respecting the Maiko's privacy" etc. And especially because I imagine there aren't a lot of bigger and more serious news that happen in Japan every day or every week like it does in most countries in the west. So yeah, it's going to be big news there. Another thing is that Japan has a lot of unspoken rules, which is very different from the vast majority of other countries, so it's waaaaay easier to be disrespectful without realising, unfurtunatly.

I would like to read a similar book written by Pete, should be interesting.

Big respect to Pete for paying for the lady's shoes.

Excuse me Chris, you're being very humble there methinks... "some old actress"... that's Dawn bloody French, comedy icon! Vicar of Dibley is every Christmas I had as a child 🥹 so cool you messaged her on IG!

I entirely agree about the karts. And it's not just an age thing were you don't want anyone having fun in a way you don't approve of, how would any youngster like the cart rides either? It's like a horse ride when they make you all go walking pace and follow the rules, what kid would like such utter boredom?

Chris, did you hear about The Sycamore Gap tree?

i see Pete,i click ❤!!

It's crazy hearing people get food poisoning here, I never got it in the UK and never in Japan so far either.

Just a short comment. The noise has nothing to do with the age when you are outside. Common safety reaction. Never liked it, even when I was little. You are just aware of your surroundings. Love your videos and streams!!!🖤🖤🖤

Hi Chris, Hi Pete !

Build a billboard picture of Mt. Fuji on top of the Lawson store. Maybe if it blocks the real Mt. Fuji it will stop all the tourists.