Moving to Japan from the UK | 6 Days of Travel to Hokkaido!
Join us as we make the epic move from the UK to Japan with our chow chow, Papi! After 8,000 miles of travel across planes, ferries, taxis and long drives, we finally arrive in Hokkaido, Japan to begin our new life abroad.
This is our real journey of moving to Japan from the UK — six long days of travel, emotions, logistics and saying goodbye to everything familiar.
Follow along as we start this new chapter and share what it’s really like relocating to Japan, and our new life here!
Nicole, James & Papi x
00:00 🇯🇵✨ Intro – Moving to Japan from the UK
02:08 🤍 Why Japan?
05:03 🏨 Sheraton Hotel Heathrow (dog friendly!)
08:32 ✈️ Flight Day – Heathrow to Haneda
09:54 🌊 Doggy’s Coast Hotel Oarai
16:21 🚢 18-Hour Ferry to Hokkaido
19:08 ❄️ Arriving in Hokkaido, our new home!
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This was 6 long days of travel to start our new life in Japan 🇯🇵 If you’re new here, tell us where you’re watching from 😍— and would you ever move abroad?
TikTok動画をすべて見せてもらいました。YouTube初の動画ですね。改めて、『日本へようこそ🎉🎊』👏👏👏。これからの季節、特に夏の北海道はもう最高です。困難な事もたくさんあるでしょうが、全力で日本を楽しんでください。応援してます🤗🥰❤️。
What a journey, glad you all arrived safely and look forward to seeing your future posts x
Excellent coverage of your journey, can’t wait for the next chapter of the journey x
Good luck guys!
Hokkaido has been my dream for a few years now. Thank you for sharing this journey with us! From how the move looks like to life there 😍😍😍🥲
Hi James Nicole and Papi. Just loved your video. I came across you Instagram page , whilst doing some research for a holiday to Japan in dec 26.
I’m from Durban, South Africa. And sooooo envious of all the snow , as we are having a horrendously hot summer.
I’m so looking forward in seeing more of your videos and following your adventure. Envious of that too 😊.
All the best to the 3 of you.
Loving watching you 3 from here in London – I said before to you on Instagram if I was younger I’d do the same – you are very brave – love your new house – now waiting to next vlog!
Brilliant – loved it! 😍
Looking forward to your vlogs, I’ve been obsessed with Japan for years & hope to visit in the future, so seeing your vlogs is just pure heaven!
I would love to move across the world & think it’s wonderful what you’ve done, you have an eager watcher from the uk. 🙌🏼♥️
Excited to see future videos! Snowy Hokkaido looks gorgeous and I hope it's treating you well so far.
日本へようこそ🇯🇵✨😊
Thank you so much for choosing my country, Japan, to start your journey!
I’m really excited to see your new life in Hokkaido.
If you visit Tokyo, I can recommend so many great places and delicious food!
I hope you have a great life in Japan ✨
And thank you for sharing your amazing videos with us 😊✨
あえて日本語で申し上げます。日本に「ようこそ」❣日本には色々な「暗黙のルール」が有り、例えば犬の野外排泄物は持ち帰るが、基本です。petボトルに水を入れて排泄物を処理した後、洗い流して下さい。If you don't understand Japanese, please ask your coworkers or neighbors. They should kindly explain it to you.Welcome to Hokkaido, a wildlife paradise
I am watching from Kobe, Japan. I am on a 6 week holiday. I am originally from London but moved to Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 1986. I am now 62 and have said, if I was to do my life over again I would live in Japan. Fortunately I have the means to travel and this is my 5th visit and it will not be my last. Enjoy your new adventure🙏
watching from Hiragishi, Sapporo! Across the city from you!!
Just found your vlog.. supporting you guys…you are living my dream..i just visit japan for the 1st time last dec..best trip ever… addicted..
Papi is very well behaved…he does not bark alot
i love japan to bits, i love the japanese. i haven't been back since my first two visits, once when we first got married, to meet the in laws, and again when our son was about three so he could meet his in laws, that was 25 years ago. a divorce and my in laws passing happened in the meantime but japan is on my list of places i would love to move to, now i'm retired.
but.
hokkaido? pick the coldest place on earth why not. lol. i have my tongue in my cheek, but i do wonder why you moved to the land of the volcano, tsunami, earthquake and radioactive disaster? right next door to the ICBM capital of the world.
anyway, i do wish you well, it is a fantastic country, you must try the 300 varieties of kit kat for me, and there were so many things i wanted to talk to my in-laws about but didn't have the language or opportunity, religion and the war is what i'm most curious about, going to the temple and shrine at xmas and new year was such a great experience. and my in laws lived right next to an american airforce base and had F15's and blackhawk helicopters circling their house 24/7, i wonder how the japanese feel about america, back then at least they didn't seem bothered. anyway, good luck! kitu katsu!