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Great Japanese Railway Journeys

Series 1

2026 • 15 Episodes

Series 1

Michael Portillo is in Japan for a breathtaking railway journey.

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Osaka to Nagoya

S01 E01 • Monday, Apr 13, 2026 • Apr 13 • 28m

Beginning his journey in Osaka, Michael explores the artistic phenomenon of manga, takes a trip on the Shinkansen and, in Nagoya, visits the factory making the smart loo.

Kyoto

S01 E02 • Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026 • Apr 14 • 29m

Michael travels to the cultural heart of Japan, Kyoto, the city that for a thousand years was the capital. He visits a Shinto shrine, learns about a classic of Japanese literature and meets a geisha.

Shima Peninsula to Nara

S01 E03 • Wednesday, Apr 15, 2026 • Apr 15 • 29m

Michael takes a luxury, panoramic Shimikaze train to the beautiful Shima peninsula. He visits Nara, the ancient capital of Japan, and encounters one of the largest bronze Buddha statues in the world.

Kanazawa to Kurobe Gorge

S01 E04 • Thursday, Apr 16, 2026 • Apr 16 • 29m

Michael begins in the city of Kanazawa, where he goes behind the scenes of the Shinkansen operation. He discovers the history of the Maeda family and rides the exhilarating Kurobe Gorge railway.

Japanese Alps: Nagano to Narai Juku

S01 E05 • Friday, Apr 17, 2026 • Apr 17 • 29m

Michael ends the first leg of his Japan adventure on a Shinkansen bullet train, heading to Nagano, the host city of the 1998 Winter Olympics and the gateway to the Japanese Alps.

Kagoshima to Chiran

S01 E06 • Monday, Apr 20, 2026 • Apr 20 • 29m

Michael starts a journey in and around Japan's southernmost main island, Kyushu. He begins in Kagoshima, an extraordinary city which sits in the shadow of Japan’s most active volcano, Sakurajima.

Amakusa Islands to Shin Omuta

S01 E07 • Tuesday, Apr 21, 2026 • Apr 21 • 29m

Michael Portillo takes the ferry to the Amakusa archipelago, visits the town where missionaries brought Christianity to Japan and meets a master swordsmith in Shin Omuta.

Yame to Nagasaki

S01 E08 • Wednesday, Apr 22, 2026 • Apr 22 • 28m

Michael visits a Kyushu tea farm and the city of Nagasaki, the only port open to foreign trade when Japan was closed to the outside world for more than 200 years.

Arita to Fukuoka

S01 E09 • Thursday, Apr 23, 2026 • Apr 23 • 29m

Michael arrives in the home of Japanese porcelain, Arita, where a railway line runs straight through the town’s stunning porcelain Shinto shrine.

Shimonoseki to Hiroshima

S01 E10 • Friday, Apr 24, 2026 • Apr 24 • 29m

Michael tries the deadly delicacy of pufferfish in the harbour town of Shimonoseki and visits Hitachi’s Kasado Works, where the iconic Shinkansen high-speed trains are manufactured.

Tokyo (1)

S01 E11 • Monday, Apr 27, 2026 • Apr 27 • 28m

On board a sleek Shinkansen bullet train, Michael arrives in Tokyo, one of the greatest cities on earth, with a population of 37 million in the metropolitan area.

Tokyo (2)

S01 E12 • Tuesday, Apr 28, 2026 • Apr 28 • 29m

Michael rides the 21-mile Yamonote line, an elevated railway that encircles the city, and visits the busiest train station in the world by passenger numbers.

Tokyo to Sendai

S01 E13 • Wednesday, Apr 29, 2026 • Apr 29 • 28m

Michael heads north from Tokyo to Honshu’s Tohoku region, known as the rice granary of Japan. In the city of Sendai, he learns about the disaster of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Sendai to Lake Toya

S01 E14 • Thursday, Apr 30, 2026 • Apr 30 • 28m

Michael’s bullet train takes him through the undersea Seikan tunnel to Hokkaido. He explores the southern port city of Hakodate, one of the first to trade with the outside world.

Lake Shikotsu to Otaru

S01 E15 • Friday, May 1, 2026 • May 1 • 28m

Michael explores the history of Hokkaido’s indigenous Ainu people. At Lake Shikotsu, he enjoys a traditional meal of salmon soup and witnesses a performance of the ancient Dance of the Cranes.

Great Japanese Railway Journeys

Series 1

2026 • 15 Episodes

Michael Portillo is in Japan for a breathtaking railway journey.