Globe Trekker

Central Japan

Season 13, Episode 7 of 30

Megan's journey begins in Kyoto, where she explores the city's best flea market, meditates with a Buddhist monk, is entertained by geishas at a banquet and visits both the Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine and the Toji Buddhist Temple, a World Heritage site. Then it's off to Osaka, where she visits a Cat Cafe and the Kidzania theme park. Megan travels to the home of the Ninja at Iga-Ueno, visits the site of a famous Samurai battle in Sekigahara, sails to the remote island of Sado and witnesses the dramatic Nada Fighting Festival in Himeji.

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5/23/2014
noon
5/23/2014
8 p.m.
5/24/2014
3 a.m.
5/24/2014
11 a.m.
5/25/2014
1 p.m.
5/26/2014
9 p.m.
5/27/2014
3 a.m.
5/31/2014
6 a.m.
12/12/2014
noon
12/12/2014
8 p.m.
12/13/2014
3 a.m.
12/13/2014
11 a.m.
12/15/2014
9 p.m.
12/16/2014
3 a.m.
12/20/2014
6 a.m.
2/20/2015
noon
2/20/2015
8 p.m.
2/21/2015
3 a.m.
2/21/2015
11 a.m.
2/23/2015
9 p.m.
2/24/2015
3 a.m.
2/28/2015
6 a.m.
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