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Season 6 Episode 23: Expressways

Tasty regional food, an amusement park or even a beach-you can find all of these things along Japanese expressways. Japan's first expressways were built in the 1960's, and half a century later the network reaches all of the nation's prefectures, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. But Japan's expressways do have at least one unpopular feature: they're expensive to use. On the plus side, they have sophisticated service areas with truly impressive leisure facilities offering refreshment to auto travelers.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

7

Episodes:

251

Actor:

Peter Barakan, Stuart Varnam-Atkin

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

2008

IMDb:

8.0