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Episode Details: With Isabella Bird — Part 3: On the Road to Yamagata
With Isabella Bird — Part 3: On the Road to Yamagata
Series: Journeys in Japan
Season: Season 14
Episode Number: 23
Air Date:
Duration: 28 min
British explorer and writer Isabella Bird arrived in Japan in 1878, a mere 10 years after the country opened its doors to the West. Accompanied by just one young man who served as both interpreter and attendant, she traveled deep into the hinterland. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan is her highly praised travelogue of that journey. It is a valuable record written from the perspective of a devout Christian endowed with critical thinking, which smashed the fairytale image of Japan that had spread in Western countries. In this episode, actor Akino Roza traces Isabella's footsteps in search of vestiges of the past — and also to make new discoveries. Starting from the city of Niigata, she travels along the old Jusan-toge route to the Yamagata Basin.
Cast and Guests
Bill Sullivan
Self - Narrator (voice)