Paul Hollywood begins his culinary and cultural road trip across Japan in Tokyo, where he experiences solo dining and karaoke, and goes on a karting tour dressed as a ninja turtle - Brief scenes of cooking with live seafood.

Paul Hollywood continues his culinary journey across Japan. He boards the bullet train, visits Okinawa and gets a cookery lesson from an atomic bomb survivor in Hiroshima.

Paul Hollywood's culinary journey across Japan concludes as he enters a noodle-eating challenge, dines with the largest-ever sumo and goes on an 'eat-till-you-drop' tour in Osaka.

Paul Hollywood sets off on a culinary voyage to a country that is as yet a mystery to him: Mexico. In Mexico City, he samples the best taco he's ever had, attempts to eat a tarantula and has a go at fire hockey.

Paul attends a quinceañera party in Baja California, and tries fresh cactus in Milpa Alta and insects in Oaxaca. He visits one of Mexico's best restaurants on the Yucatán Peninsula, and judges a pasty baking competition in a small mining town.

As Paul indulges in beverages from hot chocolate to a trendy Mexican cola, he also explores how Mexicans' love of sugar is resulting in increased obesity. Plus, he takes a trip to a Mezcal distillery, a boozy party in a traditional cantina and a spectacular firework festival.