Journeys in Japan

Winter Bliss in Takayama (4x2)

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Our destination is Takayama City in Gifu Prefecture. Our reporter Charles Glover discovers the city's traditions by sightseeing on foot. The popular tourist destination is also a major production center of Japanese rice wine, called sake. Its many local breweries have succeeded in creating premium sake thanks to fine climate, water and rice. Charles visits a brewery to observe a stage of sake production.