• Air date: 09 Sep '16 3 episodes
      The British actress goes on a 2,000 mile journey across the four main islands of Japan, travelling from North to South meeting local people and absorbing the culture.
  • List of Episodes (3)
    • 1. Episode 1: Sapporo - Fukushima - Bullet Train

      09 Sep '16
      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.
    • 2. Episode 2: Tokyo - Kyoto - Cherry Blossom.

      16 Sep '16
      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.
    • 3. Episode 3: Japanese Buddhism - Volcanoes.

      23 Sep '16
      Joanna visits a selection of temples to better understand Japanese Buddhism, stays in the world's first robot hotel and gets an aerial view of one of Japan's most active volcanoes.