A train ride into Japan's past | DW Documentary
Kyushu is said to be the wellspring of Japanese civilization. Yet few tourists visit the southernmost of Japan’s main islands. This documentary contrasts modern Japanese cities with traditional customs in the countryside.
The rail journey begins in Fukuoka – a city with a metro population of 2.5 million – and ends at the southern tip of the island, in the city of Ibusuki. As the train rolls along, it travels through time – and reveals the amazing diversity and contrasts of the most southerly of Japan’s four main islands. The trip provides spectacular landscape views, as well as deep insight into a foreign culture, and its ancient traditions and modern lifestyles.
In the West, Kyushu is one of the lesser-known regions in the “Land of the Rising Sun.” Even for the Japanese, the green, mountainous island is seen mostly as a holiday spot. Europeans rarely visit this part of the country – but there are plenty of restaurants and cafes that have names like “Wolfgang,” “Bavaria,” or “Côte d’Azur.” Travel guides say that these words sound “European” to Japanese.
The family of the emperor, or Tenno, comes from Kyushu as well. This is also where the dynasties of the proud warrior class, the samurai, have their roots.
And there are a number of active volcanoes on Kyushu. One of the most famous is Mount Aso. Its caldera – the cauldron-like hollow at the top — has a circumference of about 120 kilometers.
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0:06 Evidence of Japan's lack of digitalisation. Japan's railroad (and traffic in general) is in a very sad state, being the example of failed privatisation plus lack of tech/infra investment. They don't have transfer mechanisms there which is available elsewhere as a one-card system; outdated 1067mm cape gauge rail(international standard is 1435mm standard gauge) with 762mm special narrow gauge still in few places, curved single tracks still operating. Just the half height screendoors installed on some lines,that's all.
Anyone else from Bangladesh watching this magnificence ? 😍
How old is the Footage i can see the date in the descriptions
Whale meat for scientific purpose 😁🤭
Make more documentaries like this ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This is the most beautiful documentary I have ever seen in my life.
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i love u .
I ❤ Japan! Beautiful little doc…..
How is whale only consumed for scientific purposes?
Japan makes China look like worst 3rd world country of Asia
Five stars documentary! 👑🇯🇵
#dreamcatchers #lifePh
I wish we could act less self- indulge here. Smaller things to make us happy.
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Great documentary, I just wish they'd stop butchering almost every single name.
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Nie chciałem was !!!!!
Co za syf!!!!!!!
Bubble baths = petrochemical baths.
Nostalgia aside, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want a coal-burning train passing my home or through my picturesque valley choking my lungs every day.
Japan is a concrete jungle no country or much green areas anymore it’s bland busy and boring
I'm from Kyushu.Thanks for the wonderful documentary！
Somebody buy that massive fan of the train a ticket.
Southerly Home Island. (1:01)
19:45 Less luxurious service, but the landscapes are something else.
27:27 Story of seasons.
25:10 a cat as manager wow that's new 😁😁
this was sooooo beautiful to watch …Thank you guys
4:20 As mentioned, Yatai, mobile restaurant, give people regional foods, such as Chinese noodle(in Japanese, "Ra-men"), dumpling, and Oden.
Although they are said a part of Japanese culture, they now suffer from the pandemic. I hope that many people enjoy them again.
I’m Japanese. Also, I have lived in Fukuoka for some years. The scene in the Kyushu Island reminds me of my young age.
After the Covid-Pandemic, it will be fun to enjoy such a journey through various trains!
ME: japanese, but never been to kyusyu.
Is there no more corona virus 🦠 in Japan 🇯🇵
They are all not putting on mask
Aftter covid i would love to see japanese women wearing their kimono. Kyoto.. I prefer japanese cars to any other. Subaru forest look very japanese. As a jeep. Suzuki
what a beautiful documentary
hoping for the best for japanese.
healing upon japan.
i wish we could have nice things here
A very informative and respectful documentary on Southern Japan DW. Sadly, unlike, your documentaries on China–I wonder why DW.
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Habt ihr die Aufnahmen von NHK Train Cruise bekommen, oder die von euch?
Der Reiseverlauf ist komplett gleich, und die Aufnahmen auch so gut wie. Irgendwie nicht ganz so toll, das Ganze dann einfach nochmal nur mit anderem voiceover zu sehen :/
Trotzdem, schöne Doku!
Pffffft! Whatever I'm not the impressed…. the trains in Chicago go past Wrigley Field like all the time sooooo…..
Impressive lack of speed.
Beautiful video. It reminds me when I lived for 11 months in Kyushu, best experience in my life ever 😀
Thank you DW and viewers!
As an Japanese, I'm glad that warm comments.
Your contents are awesome!
Only stumbled upon this documentary as it played after some car reviews of a Lexus I was watching on YouTube .
Amazing documentary. Thank you
I'd like the phone book for Hokkaido Japan, please.
Thank you DW for this gem🙏
34:32 He's singing "Ganjaman"! 😀