Joanna Lumley's Japan

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2018
Joanna travels to the island of Shikoku to visit a selection of temples to gain a better understanding of Japanese Buddhism. She then takes a bullet train to Kyushu where she finds the world's first robot hotel. (Final)
In episode one of this three-part series, Joanna starts her 2000-mile journey across Japan in Hokkaido where she travels to meet one of Japan's famous red-crowned cranes. (Part 1 of 3)
Episodes 2016
Joanna flies over Tokyo which spans 5420 square miles in a helicopter. After the bombings of WWII almost all of Tokyo has been built in the last seventy years. She then travels to Kyoto for the city's cherry blossom season.
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