Joanna Lumley's Japan

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Joanna Lumley's Japan

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.

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Series 1
Joanna Lumley explores Tokyo, which was extensively rebuilt after the Second World War, and also travels to the Kiso Valley to walk an ancient route known as the Nakasendo Way.
Joanna begins a 2,000-mile journey across Japan in Hokkaido, where she meets one of the most important animals in Japanese culture, the red-crowned crane.
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