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In the past, once the trees had been felled in strung together, the rafters would ride them down the river to the destination. today, with travellers on board, the rafts are safer. there are life jackets, handrails, and a bench, plus additional measures for coronavirus, like masks and reduced capacity. but its still very open to the elements. so, were approaching the first rapid and its meant to be the steepest and most exciting. hang on! woo! whoa! this is great! laughter. im totally soaked fro...

So whats it like to drive and steer such a long raft like this?

It does look quite strange by todays standards. i dont know what i was expecting but it really is just a bunch of logs strung together. it must float ok, its been around long enough. so whats it like to drive and steer such a long raft like this?

In the past, once the trees had been felled in strung together, the rafters would ride them down the river to the destination. today, with travellers on board, the rafts are safer. there are life jackets, handrails and a bench plus additional measures for coronavirus, like masks and reduced capacity. but its still very open to the elements. so were approaching the first rapid and its meant to be the steepest and most exciting. hang on! woo! whoa! this is great! laughter.

This is the slower part of the ride, so to speak, but its just fascinating to think this is what they would have been doing 600 years ago to transport all the logs down to the city to make the temples and the shrines. so, were approaching a rapid now and we stand up so we dont get too wet. here we go! woo! laughter. whoa! on the side! so, that was our last rapid. it so interesting to watch these four guys navigate this seven—tonne log raft down a riverjust like they would have 600 years ago.

Akeyama to try a rafting adventure with a different. for centuries the wood here was so sought—after that it was used in buildings all around the country, but transporting it was no easy task. they came up with a novel solution, and today travellers can experience the old journey downstream. it does look quite strange by todays standards. i dont know what i was expecting but it really is just a bunch of logs strung together. it must float ok, its been around long enough. so whats it like to dr...

And artillery bombardments on the other, must stop. i appeal to all parties to heed this call. efforts to combat the india variant of covid ramp up in england, ahead of lockdown restrictions being relaxed tomorrow. im confident that we can take the step tomorrow, | but we should all be careful i about how we take that step. you asked me about eating indoors with people — you asked me about eating indoors with pe0ple~ it_ you asked me about eating indoors with peoriie. it is— you asked me abo...

Restrictions in place. and although the postponed games are due to go ahead at the end ofjuly, rising infection rate injapan, coupled with the recent extension of the state of emergency here in tokyo means that everyone is closely watching the news, waiting for a definitive answer. in the meantime, why not join me as we take a look back at some of our favourite travel show stories from here? last year, there was a big campaign here injapan for people to holiday at home, with lots of discounts an...

Travel show stories from here? last year, there was a big campaign here injapan for people to holiday at home, with lots of discounts and incentives on offer, and not wanting to miss out, i headed around 5,000 kilometres south—west of tokyo on the main island of honshu, to the countryside surrounding wakayama to try a rafting adventure with a different. for centuries the wood here was so sought—after that it was used in buildings all around the country, but transporting it was no easy task. ...

Now on bbc news, this weeks travel show comes from tokyo, where carmen roberts looks back at some of her favourite recent stories from japan. coming up on this weeks show... were approaching the first rapid, and its meant to be the deepest and most exciting. whoa! imitating a drunk monkey driving a car. and thats it? i do kind of feel ninja—like here. laughter.