Despite the winter conditions on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, trains are still running. This is what Philippe Gougler will see as he travels from the south to the north of the island. In a small line, he discovers a train with cars equipped with coal stoves for cooking squid. During his journey he stops in Sapporo…
A very surprising train
This documentary begins in Japan’s northernmost small town of Goshogawara, where temperatures can reach -20°C. Philippe Gougler boarded the “belly-stove train” equipped with a stove where a stewardess grilled squid for passengers to buy. This very popular train is both a means of transport and a tourist attraction.
Basic Shinkansen
also nicknamed FAST TRAINThe Shinkansen was the world’s first high-speed train. Our TGV, which was launched in 1964, had no rivals until 1981. True Japanese pride travels at 320 km/h and fascinates the Japanese so much that huts are erected along its lines to take pictures of it.
strange traditions
The documentary also teaches us that in Japan it is “better” to eat loudly, that only lovers have the right to look into each other’s eyes, that women have to hide their feelings, and that calibrated snowball competitions. is organized.
One-of-a-kind trains depart on Thursday 13 July at 21:00 on France 5
NICHOLAS PALITA
Source: Programme Television
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