Japan From Above

Exploring the great island of Hokkaido, in the extreme north of the archipelago, this film highlights the natural beauty of this territory where nature remains the main character: it unfolds in immense spaces still largely wild, composed of powerful volcanic mountain ranges, countless crystal clear lakes and deep forests.

Celebrates the region of Tōhoku - "northeast" of Japan -, a little-known and superb territory that brings together the six northern prefectures of Honshu Island. Like Hokkaido, this mountainous area remains very rural and rather wild, subject to intense climatic variations throughout the year.

Takes us to discover the treasures of the center of Honshu Island. From the vertiginous massifs of the Japanese Alps, which cover a large part of the Chubu region in the very heart of the island, to the eastern plain of Kansai and the cities of Osaka and Kyoto.

Features Chūgoku, the western tip of Honshu Island, and Shikoku, the smallest of Japan's four "big" islands. Together they share a long history of cultural and commercial relations, both separated and united by the inland sea of Seto.

Sets out to discover a southern, even tropical Japan. First on the island of Kyushu, volcanic land par excellence, which carries some of the most dangerous volcanoes on earth. If eruptions and earthquakes are frequent, the bubbling of the magmatic subsoil has also offered the inhabitants benefits.