See the World by Train

See the World by Train is a Japanese short factual television programme broadcast daily by TV Asahi since June 1987. Produced by Telecom Staff and sponsored by Fujitsu, it follows railway journeys in various countries around the world, featuring people on board the trains and sights along the way.

WWW tv-asahi.co.jp/train

Broadcast times

11:10 - 11:15 Monday to Friday

Countries covered

, 104 different countries have been featured, including the following:

23 January 2012 - 1 April 2012: Hungary
2 April 2012 - 10 June 2012: Switzerland
11 June 2012 - 9 September 2012: Southern India
10 September 2012 - 9 December 2012: France
10 December 2012 - 10 March 2013: Canada
11 March 2013 - 31 May 2013: Vietnam
3 June 2013 - 30 August 2013: Bangladesh
2 September 2013 - 29 November 2013: Sweden and Norway
2 December 2013 - 21 February 2014: Poland
3 March 2014 - 9 May 2014: Indonesia
12 May 2014 - 4 July 2014: Portugal
7 July 2014 - 22 August 2014: Morocco
25 August 2014 - 24 October 2014: Mongolia
27 October 2014 - 23 January 2015: Northern Italy, France, and Corsica
26 January 2015 - 3 April 2015: Australia
6 April 2015 - 5 June 2015: Thailand
8 June 2015 - 28 August 2015: Germany
31 August 2015 - 20 November 2015: Czech Republic and Slovakia
23 November 2015 - 5 February 2016: Finland
8 February 2016 - 6 May 2016: Northern India
9 May 2016 - 29 July 2016: Argentina and Uruguay

Staff

The programme is narrated by actor Kenjirō Ishimaru, and the opening and ending theme was composed by Hajime Mizoguchi.

Awards

See the World by Train received the First Memorial Award at the 2011 Festival Asia TV & Film on Journey event.

History

First broadcast in June 1987, the programme was aired for the 10,000th time on 2 May 2016, making it the second-longest running TV show still being broadcast in Japan, after Tetsuko's Room, also aired by TV Asahi.