Japan is often viewed as a vision of the future – after all, it’s the country that invented Karaoke.
The Orient has always exercised a hold on the Western imagination. The amazing wonders of the east have always attracted westerners – their ancient secrets, the colorful surroundings, the cultural differences and those strange artifacts we like to bring back to commemorate our trip. But these days rather than being made out of silk or Lapus Lazuli or Jade, they’re made out of plastics and polymers.
This is the place where past and future collide – a fusion of what came before and what is to come. Robotic monks, virtual Bonzai, Robotic Coelacanths, the Otaku and the girls who set the fashion trends, a staggering artificial beach, the first Karaoke machine, Shigeru Miyamoto, toilets that measure your body fat then contact your fridge, doctor and supermarket – they’re all here. So bring it on!
Writer and cultural critic Waldemar Januszczak takes a lively look at the latest in Japanese technological innovation and scours Japan’s past for clues to the present.

Absolute Documentaries brings you the best of entertaining and fascinating documentaries for free. Whether you’re into true crime, stories from around the world, family and social life, science or psychology, we’ve got you covered with must-see full-length documentaries every week.

Subscribe for more premium documentaries: https://bit.ly/AbsoluteDocumentariesYouTube

From: Travels in Virtual Japan

Content licensed from ZCZ Films to Little Dot Studios. Any queries, please contact us at:
owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com