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  • Okay, I've gone the wrong way.

  • Oh dear God.

  • Google Maps.

  • I'm trying to navigate my way to Toyama City and...

  • I'm looking at the map,

  • and I'm trying to read out questions, AND

  • Do an American accent at the same time.

  • It's really...

  • really fucking difficult.

  • If I don't have a mental breakdown in the next 20 minutes,

  • I will be so fucking surprised.

  • Hey guys, welcome back to Journey Across Japan: Cycle of Despair.

  • Today, we're gonna do something a little bit different.

  • The last few days have been extremely intense on myself,

  • and my team have been traveling around with me helping me film these videos.

  • So today, we're gonna do a Q&A video!

  • Question-answer video.

  • Answering questions you guys have sent in.

  • Basically, my team are gonna be driving on ahead to Toyama City,

  • and I'm going to be cycling and answering your questions on the GoPro.

  • So there's gonna be no slick drone shots and production quality today.

  • It's very simple.

  • It's just me talking into a GoPro.

  • That'll be fun.

  • But we do have the capsule toy machine.

  • So, let's see what challenge we've got to go on today.

  • *clunk* ...There goes the helmet.

  • Get the fuck on.

  • *plastic clattering*

  • Fucking stay on. *plastic clattering*

  • As always, these are challenges that you guys have sent in.

  • And my team have chosen five or six,

  • put them in Anpanman's face,

  • and the challenge today, that's come out is...

  • oh for god's sake.

  • Speak only in an American accent for the whole ride.

  • I'll certainly give it a shot.

  • That's gonna be a...it's gonna be a tough one.

  • I must admit, between speaking in an American accent,

  • cycling,

  • trying to navigate my way to Toyama City,

  • and trying to read your questions off my phone.

  • This could actually be the most dangerous day yet.

  • What was supposed to be very simple is rapidly turning into a nightmarish challenge.

  • AMERICAN CHRIS: Alright!

  • Let's see...if this works!

  • There we go.

  • And so it begins.

  • Q&A on a bike!

  • Trying to work out where I'm going.

  • Shazin Javed says, "What do you think will be the most challenging part of this journey?"

  • Honestly...

  • The most difficult part of this journey so far hasn't actually been the cycle.

  • I've not found cycling 50 kilometers a day too difficult now.

  • The cycling has been the easiest part.

  • The most difficult part has been trying to make videos every single day of the trip.

  • I've been up until at least 5am every single morning the last...week now.

  • So, that has been by far the hardest part.

  • Gracie Bird says, "Do you have a plan for the zombie apocalypse?"

  • I do have a plan, Gracie.

  • The plan is: get to a fucking island.

  • Either an island or really high mountain,

  • because I don't think zombies can swim and I don't think zombies can climb mountains.

  • Tanya says, "How would you describe the cycle in three words?"

  • FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC.

  • Stu says, "You're cycling around areas that are quite remote, or at least off the usual tourist path.

  • What do you think about overtourism?"

  • I think overtourism is actually a serious problem in Japan at the moment.

  • I read just yesterday that the Japanese government is doing some kind of study on overtourism in Kyoto and Osaka.

  • Certainly, when I go to Kyoto and Osaka these days, it's so fucking busy.

  • I don't really...have fun.

  • It's hard to feel anything profound when you're staring at a temple,

  • and all you can hear are iPhone camera shutters going off around, so-

  • OH MY FUCK.

  • OH MY-

  • *truck drives off*

  • Jonathan says, "What's one goal or something you want to accomplish during this cycle?"

  • Erm, I want to have the best goddamn travel series across Japan!

  • Well, would you look at that?

  • I found McDonald's.

  • Yeah.

  • I am so fucking ready for lunch right now.

  • I haven't really eaten today.

  • I think I'm...really creeping out these other cyclists.

  • They're wondering why I'm talking to a...

  • fucking camera on the front of my bike!

  • What am I doing with my life?!

  • Fucking hell!

  • Oh God.

  • It's a McDonald's!

  • Fisack says, "What region of Japan are you the most excited to visit for the first time?"

  • Um..

  • I'm really excite-

  • Argh, shit, there's a fly.

  • There are two regions on this trip that I'm particularly excited about seeing.

  • This one, for example, Toyama,

  • and also the last place on our trip, Kagoshima.

  • I've never been down there.

  • I've never really been to Kyushu much,

  • so, I'm really excited about going there and, er,

  • seeing the volcano out in the bay.

  • That's gonna be probably one of the highlights of the trip.

  • "What are you planning to do after the cycling is done?"

  • I am planning to sleep a thousand summers.

  • Quite honestly, I think this is the closest I've ever come to feeling terrified on this trip so far.

  • Cycling down the road, reading comments as I go,

  • and trying to navigate where the fuck I'm going.

  • This is absolutely terrifying!

  • AND doing the whole thing in a really badly done American accent.

  • I'm so sorry for butchering...

  • for butchering the American accent today, um...

  • Please forgive me.

  • "Do you listen to any music while you're cycling?

  • And if so, what is your personal power song?"

  • I haven't been listening to any songs while I've been cycling,

  • but I have been listening to a song by The Killers.

  • I hate The Killers.

  • I really hate The Killers.

  • I never really listened to their music before.

  • But there's a song by The Killers called "The Man",

  • and it's very...

  • Song about masculinity,

  • and I found that quite a cool song to listen to in the mornings before I cycle.

  • It's kind of my go-to song.

  • Whenever I'm feeling down at the moment,

  • Yeah, when I listen to this song, "The Man".

  • I feel like I can do anything.

  • So, yeah.

  • Check it out on YouTube.

  • It's a pretty cool song.

  • Michelle says, "I know you haven't been on the journey for so long,

  • but what's been your favorite moment or memories so far?"

  • I've known Natsuki for five years now and I've never seen him do any exercise...

  • ...ever.

  • And to see him cycling and riding a bicycle,

  • or doing any kind of exercise for the first time,

  • the whole time that I've known him,

  • That was pretty...it was pretty exciting.

  • It was pretty moving.

  • Where the fuck am I going?

  • Okay, I've gone the wrong way.

  • Oh dear God.

  • Google Maps.

  • I'm trying to navigate my way to Toyama City and...

  • I'm looking at the map,

  • and I'm trying to read out questions, and

  • Do an American accent at the same time.

  • It's really...

  • really fucking difficult.

  • Really fucking hard.

  • This might be the hardest day I've done so far.

  • So I don't have a mental breakdown in the next 20 minutes,

  • I will be so fucking surprised.

  • Andrew says, "Do you plan on sharing your physical transformation at the end of the trip?"

  • I, er...

  • I don't think there's gonna be much of a..

  • physical transformation.

  • Sure, every single day I've been cycling quite a lot, right?

  • So you think I would lose weight.

  • But, at the same time, I've been eating a lot of food and energy jelly to compensate for that.

  • I've been drinking a lot of disgusting sugary coffee.

  • My prediction is I'll probably lose a little bit of weight,

  • but for the most part, I think I'm gonna be the same.

  • "What kind of things do you do each morning to prepare for the day's journey?

  • What do you pack and how do you get mentally ready?"

  • Basically, I have one coffee.

  • I have an iced coffee.

  • I have a banana.

  • I think I have some energy jelly.

  • That's basically it.

  • And of course, I listen to The Killers.

  • After that, I'm ready to go.

  • Anything's possible.

  • "Don't you get bored riding bicycle by yourself for such long intervals?" says Abhishek.

  • Ah, no actually.

  • The complete opposite.

  • For example, I'm alone now and if I pull over here...

  • and, er, I kind of turn the camera like this, and then...

  • The scenery is absolutely stunning.

  • The GoPro definitely doesn't do it justice, because it's a wide-angle lens,

  • but the scenery around here is absolutely mind-blowing.

  • But, yeah!

  • When I'm on my own, I can really reflect and be in the moment and just kind of enjoy the scenery.

  • So yeah, no, I love being on my own.

  • Okay, this has been by far the most difficult thing I've done so far.

  • Trying to navigate my way through the middle of nowhere,

  • reading comments and trying to do an American accent

  • and my bike is about to fall over.

  • I'm gonna turn the camera off.

  • Before I lose my fucking mind, I'm gonna have to stop this.

  • But what I will say,

  • is the scenery around here is truly something special.

  • It's just a shame the GoPro can't do it justice.

  • Okay, guys.

  • So I finally arrived at my hotel in Toyama City.

  • And before I...

  • ...roll over and die,

  • Thought I would answer one more question.

  • One last question.

  • It's a question from John Smith.

  • Uhh..

  • "What's something you've realised while you're cycling on your own?"

  • I guess the thing I realized is...

  • This is something I should have done a whole lot sooner.

  • Throughout the year I've been telling friends and family that I'm gonna be cycling for a month or two, and, uh,

  • So many people said, "Oh, oh my god, you're not fit enough to do that.

  • You can't do that.

  • You should do it next year.

  • You should do it in spring next year" or something.

  • And...I should have done it sooner.

  • I should have done it like, last year or before.

  • Like, I wish I'd done it a whole lot sooner.

  • Because not only has it been...not overly difficult,

  • but it's just been so damn rewarding, you know.

  • Getting out there and meeting people,

  • seeing places, eating food, doing all these cool things, you know.

  • Just by deciding to go out and do something.

  • Go out and cycle.

  • I feel like I've just unlocked something awesome, amazing, and I kind of wish I'd done that sooner.

  • Also, I noticed the time seems to slow down a lot when you're on your own.

  • I think, maybe because you're not talking to people,

  • you're just looking around and stuff.

  • Maybe that's somebody doing it better.

  • Time slows down,

  • And yeah, I wish I'd done it all sooner.

  • Those are two things I realized, while cycling on my own.

  • Okay, so I think it's time I stop talking like this

  • and slowly make my way back into talking like a British person.

  • How was it, though?

  • To the American viewers who didn't unsubscribe in a fit of horror and disgust at my abysmal American accent,

  • what did I do wrong?

  • Can I improve?

  • What can I improve on?

  • I know there's individual words that I fucked up on.

  • Words like...

  • "earlier".

  • Really hard to say "earlier" in an American accent for me.

  • Earlier.

  • Earlier.

  • I went earlier.

  • Earlier-

  • I can't do it.

  • Erm, yeah.

  • What else did I fuck up on?

  • Let me know because I want to try and improve.

  • I want to master the American accent

  • so when I go to America next time I can turn up as my alter ego:

  • Chad.

  • Chad from Seattle.

  • And nobody will be any the wiser that I'm actually a snarky sarcastic cynical British prick.

  • But for now guys, there will be another Q&A coming out in the next few days.

  • So sit tight, hold fire with your questions until then.

  • And no matter where you might be out there in the big wide world,

  • Thanks for joining me on my stressful trip today.

  • Cycling through the fields of Toyama Prefecture whilst trying to do four different things at once.

  • I'm going to bed now,

  • and I hope to see you right back here tomorrow to do it all over again.

  • Thanks for watching guys.

  • Hope to see you tomorrow.

  • Let's go to sleep now.

  • yeeeeeah

  • *flump*

  • *bell ding*

  • SHARLA: Hmmm.

  • Black ramen.

  • CHRIS: Black ramen?

  • SHARLA: Yeah.

  • Probably pretty disgusting, but I say we go for it.

  • CHRIS: Yeah, it's got ramen in it, so...must be good.

  • mmMPH

  • *laughter*

  • CHRIS: Oh my God.

  • No.

  • Oh.

Okay, I've gone the wrong way.

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