Selfie Japan!

Selfie Japan! transports you to photogenic sites across the country, in the company of Chinese social media personality Duan Wenning. Duan has 100,000 followers on China's equivalent to Twitter. Young visitors from China are some of the most enthusiastic travelers to Japan these days. The program points out Japanese people and places that make their selfies memorable. Duan takes a trip on the Choshi Electric Railway in Chiba Prefecture. The local line has a nostalgic feel that's attracted on-line fans far and wide. She follows the recommendations of residents to track down the best sites for tourists to put themselves in the picture.

Selfie Japan! transports you to photogenic sites across the country, in the company of Chinese social media personality Duan Wenning. Duan has 100,000 followers on China's equivalent to Twitter. Young visitors from China are some of the most enthusiastic travelers to Japan these days. The program points out Japanese people and places that make their selfies memorable. Duan takes a trip to Odawara, a castle town facing the sea. It's famous for the production of a preserved food known as kamaboko, a fish paste. Duan tries her hand at making Odawara kamaboko and, of course, uploads some selfies of the experience.

Selfie Japan! transports you to photogenic sites across the country, in the company of Chinese social media personality Duan Wenning. Duan has 100,000 followers on China's equivalent to Twitter. Young visitors from China are some of the most enthusiastic travelers to Japan these days. The program points out Japanese people and places that make their selfies memorable. Duan takes a trip to an area called "Bonsai-cho" in the city of Saitama. The miniature trees called bonsai in Japanese are well-known in China and around the world. Size, however, is only part of their appeal. Duan encounters some that are the senior citizens of their species. They're quite cooperative in posing for selfies, too.

Duan Wenning takes a trip to Kyoto. Kyoto was once the capital of Japan called Heian-kyō. Heian-kyō was patterned on the Chinese Tang capital, and we still can find a lot of things influenced by Tang culture in the city. The Heian-style robe, known as jūnihitoe is one of them. Duan experiences jūnihitoe and tries to take a selfie that will record her experience of traveling into the past.

This time, Duan Wenning visits Yamatokoriyama City in Nara Prefecture, which is well-known for its goldfish farms. The local industry started as a side business for samurai warriors. Now the city produces 60 million goldfish a year. After tasting a trademark soda at the Goldfish Cafe, she enjoys a traditional game of goldfish-scooping. She then takes a selfie with the beautiful fish she has caught.

Duan Wenning visits the city of Iga, which used to be home to ninja practitioners. Ninjas were highly trained people who served as spies and bodyguards for VIPs in feudal-era Japan. They were experts in handling special weapons such as throwing-stars and gunpowder and had state-of-the-art knowledge of the latest scientific developments. Duan, donning a ninja costume, tries her hand at the rigorous physical training ninjas used to conduct deep in the mountains and then takes a unique selfie.