Part One -
japan with sue perkins

Sue Perkins starts her journey in Tokyo, Japan's glittering capital city and home to 36 million people. She trains with a female sumo wrestling team, meets a family who live with robots and attends a solo-wedding.

Episode Duration: 49 minutes and 35 seconds

Episode Number: 101

About Japan with Sue Perkins:

Sue Perkins explores a country caught between ancient tradition and dazzling technology: Japan.

It's often described as a futuristic city and technological mecca.

But, Japan is also steeped in tradition.

Sue visits Tokyo, with its neon digital displays, thronging population and bullet-fast trains.

She travels to the mountainous villages, and meets the artisans finding new ways to preserve ancient traditions.

The rift between age-old traditions and new-age technology is widening, as the country strives to honour its past - and embrace the future.

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