Great Japanese Railway JourneysEpisodes Available now
Tokyo, Part 2—Series 1
12/15Michael visits the busiest train station in the world by passenger numbers.
Tokyo, Part 1—Series 1
11/15Michael arrives in Tokyo, one of the greatest cities on earth.
Tokyo to Sendai—Series 1
13/15Michael heads north from Tokyo to Honshu’s Tohoku region, the rice granary of Japan.
Sendai to Lake Toya—Series 1
14/15Michael’s bullet train takes him through the undersea Seikan tunnel to Hokkaido.
Lake Shikotsu to Otaru—Series 1
15/15Michael explores the history of Hokkaido’s indigenous Ainu people.
Kagoshima to Chiran—Series 1
6/15Michael is in Kagoshima, a city which sits in the shadow of Japan’s most active volcano.
Amakusa Islands to Shin Omuta—Series 1
7/15Michael Portillo takes the ferry to the Amakusa archipelago and meets a master swordsmith.
Yame to Nagasaki—Series 1
8/15Michael visits a Kyushu tea farm and the city of Nagasaki.
Shimonoseki to Hiroshima—Series 1
10/15Michael tries the deadly delicacy of pufferfish in the harbour town of Shimonoseki.
Arita to Fukuoka—Series 1
9/15Michael arrives in the home of Japanese porcelain, Arita, with its ceramic Shinto shrine.
