Great Japanese Railway Journeys

BBC Two HD

8:00 AM to 8:30 AM

Wednesday 20 May

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Michael Portillo travels to the cultural heart of Japan, Kyoto, the city that for a thousand years was the capital. At the Rozanji Temple, he learns about a book that is described as the world's first novel, the Tale of Genji. At Kyoto's Matsunoo shrine, Michael gets a beginner's guide to shrine etiquette and at the end of the day he takes a trip to a local restaurant to meet Satoha, an apprentice geisha