Name: Joanna Lumley's Japan
Released: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Joanna Lumley

TV Show · Travel · Documentary

In this three-part series, Joanna will journey over 3000 miles, travelling across Japan by boat, train, plane and foot, exploring the most uncharted corners of Japan's 6,800 mystical islands and get to know the people who make up these entrancing islands.

2016 · 46m

Starring Joanna Lumley

Director Neil Ferguson, Ewen Thomson

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Joanna begins her 3200 kilometre journey in Hokkaido, where she meets a red-crowned crane, and takes a bullet train to Tokyo.

44m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Joanna flies over Tokyo in a helicopter, and walks the Nakasendo Way that once connected Tokyo to Kyoto, before she experiences the splendour of cherry blossom season.

44m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Joanna visits a range of Japanese Buddhist temples, stays at a world first `robot hotel', and experiences an aerial view of an active volcano.

44m