six years ago and fresh out of
university I pack my bags and move to
Japan to work as an English teacher
where I found myself randomly placed in
the beautiful far-flung region of
Yamagata along Japan's remote northwest
coastline in the weeks that followed I
began documenting life in my new
bewildered surroundings through monthly
videos that I would upload to YouTube
however as much as I reveled in the
adventurous lifestyle of living in rural
Japan after one year I'd failed to forge
any meaningful connections with the
locals amidst the language barrier and a
culture I struggled to comprehend then
one day that all changed my bumped into
an enthusiastic stranger in the street a
guy who took me under his wing and
became my way into Japan outspoken
rebellious and often presumptuous what
little English he knew he wasn't afraid
to use masky and i quickly became close
friends meeting every week to eat drink
and attempt to communicate and not long
after he began regularly appearing in
the monthly YouTube videos where as
down-to-earth charismatic personality
quickly earned him something of a cult
following and today five years later
thanks to the power of the Internet a
guy living in a remote corner of Japan
has been viewed by around 20 million
people in every corner of the world his
face featured everywhere from news
websites to t-shirts and notebooks
health
there's even an unofficial Nazi fan club
and yet for all the entertainment he's
brought viewers around the world who is
now ski from his daily life in rural
Japan to a once their lifetime journey
to Europe
I followed not ski over the course of
several months in an attempt to uncover
his story outside of sporadic YouTube
appearances and to understand how in a
culture where outspoken rebellious
individuals are often ostracized how
didn't ask you become the antithesis to
so many traditional Japanese values you
listen to absolute radio welcome I am
Pete Donaldson if you have just tuned in
there to me too
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about you my breakfast
coffee
sooner
and to singer only breakfast easy
mmm so good
how many cigarettes don't smoke in one
day on the 22 and 30 30 cigarettes
artisan have you ever tried to stop yes
that I'm stopped
I was thought but two weeks I've gave up
stores more stores oh no oh my god
come on cigarettes okay
I don't feel so good it's a urinal it's
scheanette okay she took Yemenite ik
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so see austere Cara Nyanko you know not
follow dr. Ryder macho cigar Joe sahiba
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de da de de da de la segunda route
technical quality session or estoppel
selenium and Michigan attribution the by
OSHA unlock ecology will know how yes
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given no Kankakee de una moto scholars
Jurgen D tax amiable gibberish data no
strategy so Nakamoto show against Leona
omission
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Kalash cheetah dear son we get all tango
second cousin open optimist good psyche
he gonna go
Oh hotel no chain Yasui correct
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Julian cycler me
Hajime define problems don't crush so
six pieces and dangle pan/crop boy ha
Tony Kubek Joe Garagiola tacky cheated
solid a warrior - Fargo cachito Mononoke
Nakata
Cooney time to come soon any young chemo
so a punk rock
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psychologically I gotta say no wonder
what English
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Laskey runs his beauty salon together
with the help of several staff and asami
his wife and business partner of 15
years who knows it better than anyone in
the world
johanna Seneca Doane yoga may Allah said
oh boy yasushi famous epic we're now a
hosokawa epitope akiyama's Tomo ha de
cuisine and a cautious on the horizon
upon summary open item
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the Honda mwah
Hitachi finito minutes carreteras we
wanna die Titan Qing yi
Junichi can crash at eliezer no Junichi
conjure one a geological cracker single
toast a cat fan katakana but also for
the Silver Age engine failures
Yokozuna more simha-dvara honorary Oh
Cara
so don't scan Amano relax time mundo top
if different rail that Nalanda Wow Simo
Palma Junichi Conger vodka Micucci
mother Sahara most ichika ninotchka
sauce
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Oh such great misery
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one of NASA keys favorite bands to relax
them wined after work is the Union Jack
collector you wouldn't know it but the
owner Tennyson has a slight obsession
with British pop culture Patera
and that skier old friends and fellow
music enthusiasts not that they've ever
performed together and not that they've
always been friends
Cheers
dog who are you joining Craig I don't
wanna I don't know why so mean so there
for take credit Bakula Kareena bando
SATA or emo band Oh Sarah
Malaya Vienna bringin da Matta Maharajah
Sarah heat stone was there kirino's Tina
Caronna bit quick car ever be nice no
mokou - so now they're hajimeta worrying
is no universe here to party it's Tomas
turn a corner American animal smoosh a
team Rotondo English negotiator wanna
its canals autumn
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some of the gear box that you hear or
see you go sue
so there is Sony hero you know you we
can be heroes just to one day just one
just one day just one day Kona Terrace
Anubhava demo Geneva negara its demo
June is a girl
Corrina ot don't go back farm now Big
Bear
tell us BAM that's what I've seen at the
money et de tarragona I mean you're
crazy
let's go crazy ChIP chip what let's go
see emotions come marchin are you okay
lighter down down down eccentric bone I
have eccentric long thank you please see
Jupiter
hmm
sweet memory Dorothy Sicario order
stereo virus video
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what a much time never mother
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having appeared in dozens of videos and
been watched by several million people I
wanted to find out how nasty interpreted
his life on YouTube it seems that in
many ways his dream of being a performer
and entertaining people has been
realized will be not by playing in a
band but by entertaining people through
the internet YouTube or suited or
nichijou carotid canal a telethon
genetic tendency ahora character at the
Givaudan nichijou no Seca so good there
polo a tendency l ug middle take a
tomorrow never now me home mode each
cutter starts no meat no in Stratton on
takes kept new home day MA you don't
have to go who tell at all
she chose allowed quake Academy hey
Annette Kay yeah welcome
Japan minato picture GBM NASA don't
wanna mamada American irony Minami
Tagore eternity net area Denis
millimeter Greater Manchester hi Danny
Minoru geometry book versatile neurology
can walk its reign of emotion logical
tada comment ananka mrs. D'Amato smoker
Mandela thousand Delta so they are
smoking for an operation I love to go on
a picnic with nuts to be honnest Doheny
the only beginning soon but magic magic
event
[Laughter]
whilst youtubers led Natsuki to live
something of a double life there's no
doubt the pursuit of independence
through self-employment has come at a
cost now in his mid-40s his hectic
six-day a week work schedule is
dominating nask his life his role as
owner and key member of staff has meant
leaving his business even for just a
short time has been incredibly difficult
over the years and consequently masky
has only been able to travel overseas
twice in his entire life
well done my agent Lee relax baby
what the local
I'm Tessa sorry future by doctor
Oh see see decade or so porosity tera
vaada raha hai tang Napolitano I edited
over evilness Tyra come on item over
support for something else economies of
the time
mr. Godot it could form orator scared
you can't like at all
a panty hose if only silicon turn dr.
kanta not overall era besiege your
mentor
mostly a music motion model for course
Amy moderator I rely
cut papaya
nani mo nani mo karate
but the bump are not going up to
the mothers did they take Christine
Yoko's enough to stay like
crush them
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it's been several weeks since I last
caught up with Nazca he's been suffering
from a midlife crisis burnt out from a
relentless repetitive work schedule
however it seems he's finally ready to
take some action
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una cometa Yolo people leave you a mixer
Stata Nana holiday Robert holiday
maybe boundary issue can be so step
number two I do totally personally saw
Tony Hornish manager
knocking I committed the invention idea
track meets cinema distance Thunder rap
singer mother
nanny Stella foster aqua Cola Europa
living list number one see two vicious
out sit it's my idol
number two fun Neha
whatever you may cut over number three
Stonehenge in big its mistake number
fall flat on the official chips
taberu or imam optics alla milanese
havana religion with schematic fish and
chips it's fresh
number five activities sports yeah -
Nina - Nina sports Australia number six
FL toy Tokyo teri Okita josiah tasks are
noticeable French food Fran Solorio
osika or natashka mean dashes number
eight Louisville Louisville visits Conda
Mona Lisa Mona Reserva volaterrae Wario
Moroccan orange cinema dearest Cora de
europa the in July Masha Rostova
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with his imminent departure to the other
side of the world that skis friends have
thrown a Last Supper to see him off on
his journey I asked them why they think
Netsky found online popularity what why
do I think he's popular on YouTube he's
not like other Japanese people like he
he exists says what he thinks yeah okay
we have to like read into he's a decent
enough guy you get a few drinks
how many is certainly a laugh riot oh I
know I know his English and his Japanese
get to the same level after a few beers
and no one understands either word has
spread if Matt skis upcoming trip to
Europe mainly because he's been bragging
about it to half the town and the owner
of the local restaurant keiko-san wants
a piece of the action
no no you do is going after six dinner
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Noli
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taking a packet of dried seaweed eight
thousand miles a somewhat bizarre
addition to it already
unconventional itinerary you're naughty
never
goosal bah good luck
[Laughter]
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[Applause]
after arriving in London most people
would go to a pub a museum shop but soon
after landing masky doesn't waste time
in getting across the city to pay his
respects to idle Sid Vicious the lead
singer in infamous 70s punk rock group
The Sex Pistols and in one of London's
biggest cemeteries finding him is no
easy task
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I looking searching excuse see to be
sure
see them s ID Sid Vicious yeah yeah yeah
see the business from know s I the big
Wow Wow
Wow oh hey Miss America America action
you sure yeah so he's not here dr.
America seeded from you kitchen you gave
yourself 50 hours just now 15 hours just
to say [ __ ] yeah why why did you
think he was here very famous Cemetery
yeah in London yeah I think sit sleeping
not sleeping are you disappointed
mariya set
it's a disastrous start to not skis once
in a lifetime trend however fortunately
a friendly face just around the corner
offers some momentary respite nagua what
this mugs taman car mugs Wow
amazing it's very famous in the world
and be read have you read his book yeah
come on sent for you
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nests UK
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Masek his bucket list hasn't got off to
a great start but things can only go up
yeah
quite quite literally
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trying an activity he's never done
before as high on that skis bucket list
and he's chosen to go indoor skydiving
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you have insurance you ready to fly
but actually the wind will be holding
you up actually quite scary not scary
very fun maybe funny but don't we guys
from catch a cold
you're more scared of catching a cold
than you are of breaking your leg
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like a spaceman life on Mars David Bowie
I'm a stomach
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having misinterpreted the instructor and
attempted a backward somersault netsky
demands some emergency acupuncture to
alleviate his sauce yeah
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for Terry over to me yeah I'm fine
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what
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plain stone their friends don't tell
that oh oh
Stonehenge mysterious history itself one
stop
Oh tecton's amazing I think painted even
as a painter thank you what color
of course LED or white and blue red
white and boom but the Union Jack like
your your hat color so ignorant of
making many strong
bandanaira Rolling Stone stone roses so
don rosa don't tamper pilots yeah roll
it yeah oh three bounds Oh British
people love stones today my name that's
gone Nevsky stands Keystone that's just
a cigar yeah so hinge big bar the garden
of Stonehenge he's had of I don't work
unfortunately still suffering from some
neck pain that skis forced to leave
Stonehenge early make his way back to
London
hello hello welcome to rundown
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Nath's he's been in the UK for several
days now and still not encountered a
single fan with that in mind desperate
times call for desperate measures
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but it did another cook Danika consider
the reticulated return through
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life is better with balloons my message
for the world life its parents oh yes
maybe have a good day and remarkably
between the eye-catching balloons and
the jubilant greetings nask is finally
spotted by a surprised fan oh yes
nice one like like to have a beer bit
yeah oh yeah
I was actually with to meet Lasky today
in Leicester Square just walking around
London I seen his face
for about three years and he was
actually exactly the same as other
videos in mascius popular cos he's very
straightforward and is very very direct
he is very open to everyone
everything he says in English doesn't
make much sense but is super funny some
reason it's still it's still a mystery
for me he doesn't wish keep it works
thank you Jeff
thank you much it was nice to meet you
man take care today's farm
hey fun is black okay a lot good to you
oh thanks
next time we'll meet next time bye
with his time in London almost thing to
do promise des mots he finishes his
mission of being an international
seaweed courier an incredible
opportunity presents itself throughout
the trip we've been broadcasting the
journey across social media and we've
been picked up by a DJ at one of
London's biggest radio stations who's a
japan enthusiast and self professed
nazca fan and he's invited us on for a
segment on national radio to talk about
our experiences it's a fantastic twist
of fate after a week of sprained necks
and absent idols
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if I could sum up Natsuki in one word it
would probably be enthusiastic listening
to absolutely radio welcome I and picked
on us and if you've just tuned in let's
do we do
Chris broad and his buddy neski from a
fantastic YouTube channel abroad in
Japan welcome how is the jetlag how's
the juicer pocket
alright yeah have you had to sleep in
the toilet I visited your parent about
five times and and I'm slowly seeing a
little bit more every time is there
anything that you would sort of say in
the person who's thinking about possibly
going what is the top three things you
need to say that aren't the usual
Yoyogi park a shrine at all a sort of
weird stuff talk to you yeah thing to
see unique things you need many shop ok
got many shop just got the shops was
about not ski that I like boss the wall
interesting he's an interesting man he's
very different to a lot of people that
you meet in Japan I think it's fair so
he's he's a little more open his little
more playful he's got a real enthusiasm
I think for life and that that is rare I
think all around the world that people
like that will get on because they're
just so goddamn attractive so you guys
are on a bit of a UK adventure so so far
on the trip you have seen the car marks
head in Highgate I believe how max yeah
ask you wanted to pay tribute to Sid
Vicious races what things seem to be so
we got there discovered he's actually
buried in New York persone ask you is
very disappointed but we then we
stumbled across Karl Marx
yeah and a ski gave him a road oh that's
nice
and that's key thank you so much for
joining us Matt and Seth trip to
wherever you may be going everybody
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my favorite food researcher
very nice so Dominic a little demo ASIMO
city so stay calm now coming a soft
Vermillion O'Neal efficient the chipster
maybe a little bit
Carranza Komodo Noah tempura hemorrhage
cut whatever
Stewie
for my father for any silver calendar
Faye :
well well everyone we know but I only
hope I'm going after his fine critique
of fish and chips not skinnies his usual
post-meal cigarette however he's run out
and I'm like Japan where 24-hour
convenience stores light on every street
corner in the UK such shops a few and
far between and so Nats key finds
himself wandering Brighton Beach in
search of sympathetic strangers although
it's not all bad he's still got some
leftover chips to barter with
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excuse I want to sing a lad on a
cigarette do you have a seat
yeah go for it I have chips yeah very
good tips [ __ ] I want him brother
because it brighter tips
yeah first trip so nice yeah yes thank
you thank you can you light I'm no
lighter oh thank you
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more later the comments charitable
understand is she beautiful nice [ __ ]
from Italy yeah looks Italian God just a
little smell and the wrong hair warranty
Ghana so Monica Zarr Italian meat stick
really sister I want in my shop
Victorine thank God a cigar and took
it's got the me in it me exact mast Nats
keys been giving mixed signals over way
that he approves of the Mona Lisa
he certainly taken an interest in the
painting opposite depicting the wedding
where Jesus miraculously turns water
into wine although it quickly becomes
clear it's not the miracle that Naskh is
interested in what's the way my soul
nice writing muscle reality
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dark and bright very nice it is a large
muscle Jesus track crisis that may be
true down what kind Italian Greyhound
Italian grave on joy ham
Greyhound Jesus fella definitely that's
what he would have had
recycle never took the opening
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snap first time last time looks like a
dangerous
it looks so bad
[Music]
oh maybe I don't wanna it get again oops
no no sorry
[ __ ] this well I think just only
pince-nez Garnica head of garlic County
tonight the Moody bit of the garlic very
rough up the avatar oh you know that no
thank you
okay
Oh a gang
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even muy muy it's the final day of Nass
keys trip and he's on the hunt for an
eye-catching addition to his shot from
and after trolling through one of the
biggest antiques markets in Paris and
somewhat terrifying candidate is Corey's
attention what'd you buy finally answer
seven more 7s completed medicine very
rare from the 1960s how much 350 euro he
bounces it down from 350 I can down yeah
fantastic bartering skills yeah antic I
really a bear yeah really and concrete
very leer very lucky
good shopping yeah
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Wow so nice it's a cold
[Applause]
amazing amazing amazing patty like a
picture world of the number one tell are
I have idea good idea
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I'm idea this scene very I'm first-time
Japanese see the first person ever
until now no one's pulled off this this
scene see dead end then ff7 dot it's
just amazing and fantasy do you think
well I think it's everybody certainly is
interesting yes GUI kicking data
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una musica de condor canary exciting you
know when you're carried out there
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it's been a long journey and they've not
everything went according to plan
there's no denying that skis made the
most of his trip and what would have
been just another ordinary week had he
stayed home in rural Japan NAT skis
float through the air featured on
British national radio admired the
world's most famous painting and looked
at some rocks
he's even lavished Carl Marx with
flowers but beyond all of these random
experiences
I hope it's left now ski with something
more than just a few good memories Paris
Bonjour
Marisa merci beaucoup Mon Cala booth
merci pace
Marisa Paris merci spies sail Baba bong
you
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since returning from his trip to Europe
Nass keys been working on a project
writing a new song it's his first song
in years today MA
yes France Calcutta to compare the water
oh come on dear on next guy you know
nice to you don't not have em here on
the Bossip new homes at a generic in
Bangladesh so ready
Ronaldo cinema Delhi started a shop amis
totally hidden at andheri she don't a
souvenir
Nagata so no come here their rocky Drita
oh and we make a song for see the Bish's
yeah we got her a present
no koakuma model - discouraged agro
nongak oh yeah
- kimochi be autonomous today so Mohanji
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the email what their email good answer
it's inaudible mother stayed at them you
know on Estonia multiplayer
I mean no mo kono yume o muy dust you
mail Stan either don't give up your
dreams set the W Keys do we take it
aside
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Oh
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Oh
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Oh Thank You SID have a good safe and
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I did it
then what is going on