TV & Videos

I lecture on Japan and occasionally appear on TV and radio to comment on Japanese current events, such as during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

I presented, planned and wrote the following TV programmes:

Journey of the Heart, NHK autumn 1997: a 50 minute programme following my footsteps retracing Basho’s path through northern Japan.

Journey to a Lost Japan, Channel 4 August 1991: a 1 hour film based on my book On the Narrow Road to the Deep North, produced by WNET and Channel 4.

A Taste of Japan, BBC2, September – October 1991: a series of six half hour programmes which I presented, planned and wrote, together with the accompanying book. The programme had viewing figures of 2 million for each programme.