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

TV Show · Travel · Documentary

Joanna Lumley travels to the far reaches of Japan, from the icy Siberian seas of the north to the subtropical islands of the south. With her natural curiosity and engaging storytelling, Joanna will take viewers on an adventure exploring some of the most uncharted corners of Japan's 6,800 mystical islands.

2016 · 46m

Starring Joanna Lumley

Director Neil Ferguson, Ewen Thomson

EPISODE 1

Episode One

Joanna Lumley journeys across Japan. She visits the city of Sapporo during the annual Snow Festival, visits the Fukushima exclusion zone and takes a 'bullet train' to Tokyo.

44 min
EPISODE 2

Episode Two

Joanna flies over the city of Tokyo in a helicopter, walks the Nakasendo Way that once linked Tokyo to Kyoto, and arrives in Kyoto at the peak of the cherry blossom season.

44 min
EPISODE 3

Episode Three

Joanna travels to the island of Shikoku to undertake a pilgrimage, takes a bullet train to Kyushu, then visits WWII historic city Nagasaki and Island Okinawa, via one of Japan's most active volcanoes, Sakurajima.

44 min