Great Japanese Railway Journeys
Amakusa Islands to Shin Omuta
Season 1 Episode 7 of 15
Michael Portillo takes the ferry to the Amakusa archipelago, where he is greeted by a group of island women performing the traditional haiya dance, originally sung to fisherman. He then travels to Sakitsu, a town where Portuguese missionaries brought Christianity to Japan in the 16th-century. In Shin Omuta, Michael meets Mr Matsunaga, a master swordsmith
Great Japanese Railway Journeys airs on BBC Two England at 8:00 AM, Wednesday 24 June. (Subtitles, repeat, sign language, audio description.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Dave Minchin
Director
John Comerford
Executive Producer
Alison Kreps
Executive Producer