NHK World: The Great Asian Highway

Just a heads-up: NHK World is going to re-run Season 1 of The Great Asian Highway (which consists of five 50 minute episodes) of Japanese actor Iura Arata traveling along the Silk Road and visiting countries such as Georgia, Turkey, Iran, and Uzbekistan. I originally watched it for shallow reasons, because I loved Arata in the J-drama Rich Man, Poor Woman: a handsome, scheming guy with glasses--that is totally my jam! However, it turned out to be a fascinating documentary, particularly episodes 3 and 4, which focus on Iran.

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