Appearing on the long-awaited TV show "Buratamori"

His activities as a city walking researcher took a big step forward in 2015. He finally made a guest appearance on "Buratamori," where he explained the history of Susukino's red-light district, which became a hot topic. His appearance on the popular show, which he also admired, caused his popularity to skyrocket, and he began appearing in more and more media.

In 2022, just before turning 50, he quit his job to deepen his knowledge and became independent under the title of "City Walking Researcher". He currently works as a YouTuber, giving lectures on the history and transportation conditions of Hokkaido, and the number of subscribers to his YouTube channel "Burasatoru Channel" ( https://www.youtube.com/burasatoru-sapporo ) is gradually increasing.

Close coverage of YouTube live broadcasts

I was able to be present at the YouTube broadcast. On this day, there was a live broadcast introducing the Sapporo history book "Expanded and Revised Edition: A Book to Understand Sapporo's Place Names," which was released in October this year. This is the first new edition in four years, and includes additions such as a manuscript written by Wada about the origin of the town name "Miyanomori." The publisher's editor, Inoue Satoshi, also appeared as a guest on the broadcast, answering questions about the Maruyama and Miyanomori areas sent in by viewers.

"On YouTube, I'm trying to proactively share stories that are considered 'obvious' to us history buffs. I hope that these stories, which are easy to understand and familiar, will spark an interest in Sapporo's history for people who haven't had much of an interest in it before. On the other hand, the serialization in the magazine has a lot of adult readers, so it's a bit of a niche subject (laughs)."

Wada-san is enthusiastic about continuing to write books, but says there are other things he wants to do as well.