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Great Railway Journeys

Series 4

Episode 3: Tokyo to Kagoshima

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Available for 4 months

BBC foreign correspondent Fergal Keane travels through Japan, beginning his journey on the businessman's bullet train in Tokyo, where he receives earthquake training and lessons in Japanese etiquette.

During his journey through the countryside, he discovers Japan's spiritual life in gardens of silent contemplation, practises poetry at a haiku workshop, climbs a volcano, and visits a shrine to kamikaze pilots. Show less

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