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Great Japanese Railway Journeys
Season 1 · Episode 7
Amakusa Islands to Shin Omuta
0.029mApril 21, 2026
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.
Episodes
- Episode 1Osaka to Nagoya
- Episode 2Kyoto
- Episode 3Shima Peninsula to Nara
- Episode 4Kanazawa to Kurobe Gorge
- Episode 5Japanese Alps: Nagano to Narai Juku
- Episode 6Kagoshima to Chiran
- Episode 7Amakusa Islands to Shin Omuta
- Episode 8Yame to Nagasaki
- Episode 9Arita to Fukuoka
- Episode 10Shimonoseki to Hiroshima
- Episode 11Tokyo (1)
- Episode 12Tokyo (2)
- Episode 13Tokyo to Sendai
- Episode 14Sendai to Lake Toya
- Episode 15Lake Shikotsu to Otaru