Great Japanese Railway Journeys
Arita to Fukuoka
Season 1 Episode 9 of 15
Michael Portillo arrives in the home of Japanese porcelain, Arita, where a railway line runs straight through the town's stunning porcelain Shinto shrine. He also stays in a traditional hotel with paper walls and tatami mats where he enjoys a relaxing soak in a natural thermal bath. Michael ends this leg in Fukuoka, Japan's fasting-growing city, full of young Japanese who flock there for the food culture and entrepreneurial spirit
Great Japanese Railway Journeys airs on BBC Two Wales HD at 8:00 AM, Wednesday 8 July. (Subtitles, repeat, sign language.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Dave Minchin
Director
Alison Kreps
Executive Producer
John Comerford
Executive Producer