Michael Palin Reaches Tokyo | Around the World in 80 Days | BBC Studios

Michael Palin arrives in Tokyo, and tries to navigate his way around despite the language barrier. Around the World in 80 Days video clip from the BBC.
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[@SLWatchingYouNTube]

i wish i could see this whole travel series somewhere online again. i loved the show so much. michael palin rocks.

[@TerryTheNewsGirl]

BBC iPlayer.

[@jamesbyersmusic]

Just finished watching the series again on iplayer yesterday!! :-) I adore this, and all his travel series so much!! I'll be starting Pole To Pole again tomorrow, Bon Voyage Everybody!!

[@aquariumaddickuk]

80s tokyo. The pinnacle of cool.

[@jeffkendall9188]

saw this originally in 1988 on cable enjoyed it

[@dianewebb3343]

35 years old! Introducing us to Karaoke and Sushi!! Fantastic to compare things now. So many things have changed

[@L2766W]

I have enjoyed all of the travel programs that Michael Palin has done over the years. This was a great way to kick all of it off! His best idea I think, was recording his dialogue(for the commentary bits) as he was traveling and not waiting and looking back on it. It would have been very different I think if he had commented on things afterwards! Bravo Michael! Keep up the good work and as always give us a good laugh!

[@walkabouttrek6718]

One of the greatest travel series in Television history.

[@AmbientWalking]

I really love this series so much! Such an inspiration!

[@tizerist]

yeah this is a great series. downloading now

[@nicholaso99]

Great series, I have it on DVD.

[@dbmp1995]

Can I find it anywhere online? Or any download link?

[@nicholaso99]

@@dbmp1995 Pirate Bay.

[@stephentsang2000]

the Japanese word for mountain with 3 strokes is in fact a Chinese character invented 5000 years ago

[@yamastudios2633]

I actually find the spelling and pronunciation in Japanese is actually very straightforward and much easier than English, it's really the reading of the Kanji and their two other character systems, Hiragana and Katakana and the grammar which is the most difficult. Knowing what pronunication to use of the right word in what context is also tricky.

[@dewchamp5716]

Those shots of Michael at the station and the overall atmosphere of isolation kinda made me feel anxious. Don't know why, but I don't feel like I want to visit Japan. I would feel lost and lonely.

[@lucianaborinato2993]

@Music Lover No. 5 You're so wrong, and you don't know what you're missing. Japan is a wonderful Country, really stunning, with lovely, helpful and extremely polite people. I suggest you to check out vlogs on KZbin about Japan, you'll fall in love with it!

[@Serasia]

A friend of mine who was taking the same English class with me was from around the middle east area and asked why I, since I was born speaking English, was taking an English class. I got kind of flustered since I was shyer then and said 'I don't know' but that was kind of a dumb answer...it's because of the literacy rate thing.

[@QuaziGNRLNose]

ive been wondering about this, are the japanese characters representative of sylables, or comparable to what we english use for letters

[@gibb253]

Considering this is a BBC clip, the video quality is very poor

[@madmax7272jj]

Japanese language is composed of around 50 syllables. There are 5 vowels; a, i, u, e, o. And then Ka, ki, ku, ke,ko,sa, si, su,se,so...and so on. Acutally pronaucing Japanese is very easy. But when it comes to grammer and Kanji reading...very complicated...Even Japanese makes mistake reading kanji（漢字） in wrong pronunciation.

[@Creighton-Jones]

I would love to see MIchael Palin visit Pyongyang / DPRK. I think he could make a really interesting program and, as he always respects the local point of view, I think that the (North) Koreans would probably open up to him. Incidently, before anyone e-mails to tell me, I know that you can only visit the DPRK via the official tourist agency / and with guides. However I really do think that a documentary with MIchael in the DPRK is long overdue (provided he is up for it - obviously !).

[@jamesrobinson9194]

He's just done so last year!

[@martinsmith1538]

Yup, Palin in Korea.

[@Creighton-Jones]

My wish was granted !

[@jl45000019]

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[@billykitahama3514]

I enjoyed "Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days" very much. However, I've been to Tokyo Station a few times. All important signs are in Japanese and English (sometimes Korean as well). So, I'm not sure why he is making a big deal about how indecipherable Japanese is. Just read the English, Michael.

[@dewchamp5716]

Maybe it used to be different?

[@DriveCancelDC]

He wasn’t talking about the station. Obviously. That was his general thoughts about seeing written Japanese.

[@Insider_English]

Such lousy quality. You can do better than that, can't you?