niponica is a web magazine that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world.
Broadcast ABC, 04/12/2016. Rated G. In episode one of this three-part series, Joanna starts her 2000-mile journey across Japan in Hokkaido where she travels to meet one of Japan's famous red-crowned cranes.
Joanna flies over Tokyo which spans 5420 square miles in a helicopter. After the bombings of WWII almost all of Tokyo has been built in the last seventy years. She then travels to Kyoto for the city's cherry blossom season. (Part 2 of 3)
Joanna travels to the island of Shikoku to visit a selection of temples to gain a better understanding of Japanese Buddhism. She then takes a bullet train to Kyushu where she finds the world's first robot hotel. (Final)