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1 online resource (48 minutes) |
| Summary |
Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley travels across Japan from the icy Siberian seas of the North to the subtropical islands of the South. Her journey starts in the sub-zero temperatures of Hokkaido, home to some of Japan's most beautiful and endangered wild animals. Winding her way south, Joanna visits the metropolitan sprawl that is Tokyo, the ancient capital Kyoto with its stunning temples, and the city of Nagasaki with its tragic past. Her epic journey comes to an end on the idyllic beaches of Kohama, one of Japan's most remote pacific islands and home to a ‘girl band' with an average age of 84. In the second episode, the actress flies over Tokyo in a helicopter. The city was bombed extensively during the Second World War, so almost all of it is a symbol of the post-war economic boom that saw Japan become the world's second largest economy. While in the capital, Joanna heads out to a nightclub to see a Japanese girl band and witnesses the largely male audience perform almost as much as the artists on stage. Later, Joanna travels to the Kiso Valley to walk the Nakasendo Way, an ancient route that once linked Tokyo to Kyoto, a place best known for that most famous of Japanese traditions, the Geisha |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed February 14, 2019) |
| Performer |
Presented by Joanna Lumley |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Adventure travel -- Japan
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Voyages and travels.
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journeys.
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Adventure travel.
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Travel.
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Voyages and travels.
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069398
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| Subject |
Japan.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Travelogues (Television programs)
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Documentary television programs.
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Travelogues (Television programs)
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Documentaires télévisés.
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Émissions de voyage télévisées.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Thomson, Ewen, director, producer
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Ferguson, Neil (Television director), director, producer
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Fyfe, Stephanie, producer
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Jenkin, Erica, producer
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Lumley, Joanna, on-screen presenter
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Burning Bright Productions, production company
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BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor
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