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00:01This is mad.
00:03At a time where young and old have never been further apart...
00:06I'm going the wrong way.
00:08..six young Brits who have never travelled alone before...
00:11It's nothing like Wales.
00:13..are being paired up with six pensioners
00:15who thought they would never travel again.
00:17You're my team mate!
00:18..to embark on an epic treasure hunt across Japan.
00:21Oh, yes!
00:23Bloody hell, this is going to be hard.
00:25..in a social experiment to challenge assumptions...
00:28..and prove that age is just a number.
00:31She's a bit too old.
00:32I beg your pardon.
00:33..they will need to work together as one.
00:36Colin, you're amazing!
00:38..following clues across the country, they'll take on challenges...
00:41Oh, my God.
00:43Jesus Christ.
00:44..minging.
00:45..combining their experience and strengths...
00:48You're right, it's just like riding a bike.
00:50..to win coins.
00:51Goodbye!
00:52I'm baking like a baked potato.
00:54..collect the most coins and they will walk away
00:56with a life-changing cash prize.
00:5950 grand, guys!
01:0050 grand!
01:01I've never seen that amount in my life.
01:03..come two generations...
01:06I love you so much, Tony.
01:07..worlds apart...
01:09Why do you know that?
01:10TikTok.
01:11..but with so much to offer each other...
01:13I've never taken a selfie in my life.
01:15Really?
01:16..bridge the gap...
01:17What?
01:18She's like the older version of me.
01:19..and work as one.
01:21I can't do that.
01:22Give me up, give me up.
01:23What is this game?
01:25Money isn't everything,
01:26but winning could change her life for the better.
01:30And I really want that for her.
01:36Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
01:39The world's most populated city
01:42and home to over 37 million people.
01:49Making their first steps in this swarming metropolis
01:52are six young Brits.
01:54Never eat shredded wheat.
01:57I've only lived in my little area for 25 years.
02:00I haven't seen outside of Swansea.
02:02Nothing like this is completely different.
02:05Well, I'm left, so I'm going with the left vibes.
02:07Let's go.
02:08Sorry.
02:09Sorry.
02:10How many countries have you been to?
02:12One.
02:14Spain.
02:15Went with my mum.
02:19Head west to Yogi Park.
02:21Look for a place to go if you're caught short.
02:24They're all following clues on an electronic guide.
02:28There's signs.
02:29They're in Japanese.
02:30That will lead them to a pin
02:32identifying the location of their challenges.
02:35I have no idea where I'm going.
02:38Every task they face will test them on their general knowledge.
02:41Half of everything I've never seen in my life before.
02:44As well as their skills of observation.
02:46There's a temple!
02:48So they'll need to take in their surroundings.
02:50I've never seen this many people.
02:52To look out for clues to help them win coins.
02:56But the first treasure they'll have to find is their new team mates.
03:03Six pensioners who are all patiently waiting to be picked up.
03:08And unaware of who they're about to be paired with.
03:11Well, I can't believe that I'm going to be 70.
03:13I don't know what 70 is supposed to feel like.
03:15But I don't feel like it.
03:17Now, is this shot here?
03:20Or down here as well?
03:21Here?
03:22It's from, like, here.
03:23Up.
03:24Yes, so I've propped these up as though I've got them.
03:27As though I've got me a bra on and I haven't.
03:31If I see an opportunity, I'll grab it.
03:34Every time I get a chance to do something,
03:36a new experience, go for it.
03:40Looking forward to meeting my partner.
03:42I hope we're going to have a lot of fun together.
03:44But it's a strange situation not knowing who you're going to meet.
03:53Closest to hunting down his senior team mate is Lawrence,
03:56a 24-year-old HR apprentice.
04:00Hi, sorry.
04:01Do you know Yogi Park?
04:03Oh.
04:05Thank you, thank you.
04:06I'm going the wrong way.
04:07I need to head back this way,
04:09the way I've just come.
04:10It's so different to anything I've been doing, you know?
04:12I've been stuck in an office on a nine-to-five for the last three years
04:15and prior to that, it's like little trips here and there.
04:18I have no idea where to go.
04:19The notification said,
04:21look for a place to go if you're caught short.
04:25Well...
04:28Maybe it's like fishing?
04:30Waiting for Lawrence is 68-year-old widow Rosie.
04:34Push.
04:35Push.
04:36That's not too difficult.
04:37We can do that.
04:39What do we do now?
04:42Oh.
04:43That's clever.
04:45I need my partner to be super intelligent.
04:48Because I'm not.
04:49Super fit.
04:51Because I'm not.
04:52I see tennis court.
04:55So maybe if I'm caught short,
04:57I think I may have got here, guys, possibly,
04:59but I can't see a question mark anywhere.
05:02Travelling, for me,
05:04it means that I can get to speak to people.
05:08Because I sit at home in my bungalow
05:11and don't actually physically talk to somebody for a week,
05:14maybe two weeks at a time.
05:17Are you my teammate, maybe?
05:19I'm Rosie.
05:20Nice to meet you, Lawrence.
05:21Hi, what's your name?
05:22Can I give you a hug?
05:23Yes, I am.
05:25Lawrence.
05:26Yeah, nice to meet you.
05:27Oh, how lovely.
05:28Sit down, Lawrence.
05:29Oh, it's lovely to finally meet you.
05:31I was actually looking for somebody my age.
05:33Oh, no way.
05:34So I thought you was here with maybe, like,
05:35a child or a grandchild, perhaps.
05:37I'm completely unsure.
05:39But I got a clue to tell me to go to Yoyogi Park
05:42and a place to go if I'm caught short.
05:45I had no idea.
05:46I was thinking, like, tennis courts or football, maybe, but...
05:48Caught short.
05:49Toilet.
05:50Oh, wow.
05:51See?
05:52It's clicked.
05:53They're, like, see-through.
05:54I wasn't very academic in school.
05:56Yeah, go ahead.
05:57Let's go see.
05:58Do you want to try...
05:59Hold on to this and I'll run in.
06:00My mum would be, like, dropping me to school
06:02and I wouldn't be going to school.
06:04I would be at the skate park all afternoon.
06:06What do I do?
06:07Use the lock.
06:09Whoa!
06:10That's crazy!
06:11I'm definitely, like, playing catch-up or, like,
06:13trying to get on top of what I'm missing out on so much
06:15as a kid, in a way.
06:16Oh, it's just pinged off again.
06:17Oh, OK.
06:18Go to Chuo.
06:19Chuo?
06:20You were looking for a temple to technology.
06:21Technology?
06:22No idea what that could be.
06:23I've got confidence in you, Lawrence.
06:24Likewise.
06:25So, let's go.
06:26It's not what I expected.
06:27I expected somebody of a similar age to me.
06:29Shall we go?
06:30But he's a lovely man and I'm really happy that we've been paired together.
06:46I've learnt something today, for sure.
06:48Caught yourself short means you need to go to the toilet, which, to be honest, to me,
06:51I never knew that.
06:52So, you know, every day is a learning day.
06:55Fingers crossed we find it.
06:58Searching for her senior team-mate is 18-year-old Emma.
07:03If I had the opportunity, I definitely would have travelled more.
07:06But being in care has definitely helped me back for travelling
07:10because you've got to go through so many people just to go anywhere.
07:12Like, if I went missing, even for a day, they would call the police,
07:15like, straight away.
07:17Waiting to be found is 69-year-old Tony, a retired doctor.
07:22My life has changed in the last few years.
07:25Sadly, my marriage came to an end, so I am now making a new life
07:30and meeting new people.
07:32And travelling is part of that.
07:34And having this opportunity says to me, life is to be lived.
07:38Hello.
07:39Hello.
07:40We meet at last.
07:41We meet at last.
07:42How are you?
07:43Yes, absolutely.
07:44Lovely to meet you.
07:45Lovely to meet you.
07:46You are?
07:47And Emma.
07:48And I'm Tony.
07:49Hi, Tony.
07:50From Manchester.
07:51Manchester.
07:52Blackpool.
07:53Keep the northerners together.
07:54Northerners together for life.
07:55First impression is that he's a very lovely person.
07:57He's not what I expected, so I'm hoping that he knows the stuff that I don't know.
08:01Oh!
08:02Shall we see what we've got?
08:03Yeah, go on.
08:04Welcome to Japan.
08:05Here are some rules to live by.
08:07Like all of the teams, they've been given a device to help them navigate their journey
08:12in Japan.
08:13Be prepared to bow a lot.
08:16She's a great personality and she's very enthusiastic, so I hope that she can bring
08:21us the success that we're looking for.
08:24Find the Hagiwara building in Ebizu.
08:28Get ready for a meal to remember.
08:30To remember.
08:31Wow.
08:32Oh, okay, so we're eating.
08:33So, is it that way or is it that way?
08:35I'm going to say left.
08:36Go on, let's go.
08:37Let's go for left.
08:40Excuse me.
08:41Hi.
08:42Excuse me.
08:43Excuse me.
08:44Do you, um...
08:45Ah.
08:46We'll try again.
08:47Everyone's in a rush, everyone's busy.
08:48They're all very friendly.
08:49Let's try and find someone who, um, isn't off to work.
08:53Whenever I've got my mind of something, I'll definitely push for it and do every single
08:57route that I possibly can to get to it.
08:59Excuse me.
09:00Excuse me.
09:01Excuse me.
09:02Harupu.
09:04But I've never been here before and I can't speak Japanese either.
09:08Konichiwa.
09:09Probably that's it.
09:10I'm pretty sure that means hello.
09:11Don't quote me on that, but I'm pretty sure it does.
09:14We have to find this place.
09:15We don't know how to pronounce it.
09:17Maybe.
09:18Tuwa.
09:19Tuwa.
09:20It's not the name of the city.
09:21Okay.
09:22Genuinely, as soon as I step out the door, I'm lost, really, you know?
09:25So...
09:26I think no matter where I am, I'm going to be lost.
09:28You speak English?
09:29Yeah.
09:30Go straight and turn...
09:31Yeah, left.
09:32Lift.
09:33Thank you so much.
09:34Arigato.
09:36You are here.
09:37Yeah.
09:38And I guess we have to find a temple.
09:41Don't know about what you think, but to me, a temple to technology says an apple store.
09:48Ah.
09:49Now that is a good idea.
09:50I was thinking an actual temple.
09:54I think it's round to the left.
09:56Oh, yeah.
09:57On the other side of town, first to find their challenge destination are Tony and Emma.
10:02So what?
10:03Well.
10:04It's right there.
10:05The key to success for this pair will be found in a nine-course tasting menu served up
10:10in traditional Japanese crockery.
10:12Oh, that's a corn, eh?
10:13Minazuki tofu, served in a kabachi bowl.
10:16So they'll need to pay close attention to everything they're presented with...
10:20Japanese sake.
10:22...throughout the meal.
10:23I'm guessing that's the cup you're going to drink at all.
10:25Cheers.
10:26Cheers.
10:27So how are you feeling about being so far away from home?
10:31You know what?
10:32I haven't really had a home, if that makes sense, like a place to call mine, so I don't know how I feel about missing home.
10:38And I grew up in foster care.
10:40So when I was eight, I went into care for the first time.
10:43I don't really know why I went into care, because it kind of all just happened.
10:48Like, the police were there, got put in a car, and then I was in a random stranger's house for Christmas.
10:53It was all a lot.
10:55My mum was a single mum, it was just her and us.
10:58So if, like, she didn't really know how to handle it all, like, trying to get a job, but also having to be with us all the time.
11:06I had to look after my siblings when she was at work.
11:09So it was a lot in that sense, but I would say that was probably a little bit of the reason why we went into care.
11:15Were you well looked after?
11:17I actually had a male carer called Tony.
11:19Oh, right.
11:20And then I had a carer called Mark, who you remind me quite a lot of, actually.
11:24I moved around quite a lot.
11:26And how did that affect you?
11:28I feel like they didn't get to know me enough.
11:31I needed that family moment of just getting to grow up and being looked after for a little while.
11:38I'm sure that whole experience must have been extremely difficult, tough for you.
11:46Talk about us coming from completely different worlds, meeting somebody who's come up through foster care and the breakup of her family and everything.
11:58And I think she's amazingly resilient as a result of it.
12:02And I feel deeply for her that, you know, she's got that to contend with.
12:06So I'm feeling much more motivated now towards wanting to do well.
12:11Oh!
12:12Can you find...
12:13Can you find the fine following swamic dishes in the flea market?
12:16So wait a minute, these are things we've just eaten.
12:18All right, so we need to move on.
12:20We need to find the flea market.
12:24With most of the young Brits still struggling to hunt down their teammates...
12:29Where the bloody hell is this place?
12:31Like a technology store?
12:33Rosie and Lawrence have tracked down their pin at a super-sized electronics store.
12:38Now this looks like a technology store.
12:41In a city renowned for its electronic innovation.
12:44That's good.
12:45Yeah.
12:46That's good.
12:47It's giving my legs a little bit of a cuddle.
12:50The pair will need to combine their knowledge of technology in their first task.
12:57Yeah, honestly.
12:58And more.
12:59Ah!
13:00Ah!
13:01Oh!
13:02There's so many of them!
13:03Can you match the device to the year it was first released?
13:07For each correct match you will receive a coin.
13:10Rosie and Lawrence will need to use their years of experience to match five different Japanese electronic devices to the year they were released.
13:19That's actually quite difficult.
13:22There's the pioneering Game Boy, Canon's first 35mm compact camera, the Tamagotchi Virtual Pet, Sony's first portable CD player and the Nintendo Wii.
13:35Age might come into play here possibly. What do you think?
13:39Maybe.
13:40I can't say that my age would help in this game because I have no idea.
13:44I wouldn't know the years for sure.
13:46I wouldn't want my partner to be indecisive because I'm like really indecisive myself.
13:50So I think if like they didn't know and I didn't know we would just be stood there lost like completely.
13:54So yeah.
13:55Hopefully someone is good at making decisions.
13:57Erm.
13:58Game Boy.
13:59So it could be one of them two maybe?
14:03I think this might be where we're supposed to be.
14:10Yeah you think?
14:11Oh my god.
14:12Six miles away at the Shibuya Market, Tony and Emma are hunting out ceramic dishes from their nine course tasting menu.
14:20This is so hard isn't it?
14:22Yeah.
14:23We didn't pay enough attention did we?
14:25Each item they correctly identify will help them secure their stay in Japan and their chance of winning a life changing prize.
14:33Wait.
14:34This is the bowl that we had the chicken soup in?
14:37Yes.
14:38I think we're happy with that aren't we?
14:39100% happy with that.
14:40It was deep.
14:41It was thick.
14:42I am very competitive.
14:45If I lose I hate life.
14:48I always want to be the winner of everything.
14:51I at least don't want to be the first person eliminated.
14:53That's it.
14:54That's all I'm asking for.
14:55I'm stressed.
14:56Like it's actually making me itch.
14:59I think the sake came in something like that.
15:02I would say if they wanted the sake it would be this one.
15:05I honestly don't know.
15:08I wish I'd paid more attention to the menu because I'm realising that what we're being asked to look for is the crockery that was used but I don't want to go home.
15:19You wasn't even born in these years were you?
15:22No.
15:23Not even 2006?
15:242006 I was.
15:25Oh you were born in 2000?
15:26I was born in 2000.
15:27So that's the only one that's in your lifetime?
15:30I would definitely say yes.
15:31Back in the tech store, Rosie and Lawrence are still trying to work out which year each electronic item was released.
15:37Yeah.
15:38Cameras have been around longer than all of this.
15:40All of that.
15:41So camera here.
15:42Just like Tony and Emma, every successful answer will help extend their journey in Japan and bring them closer to the Β£50,000 prize.
15:52If I was to win the money, it would be life changing, you know, that's like most people's yearly salary.
16:00And this Tamawachi thing, my daughter was born in 1975, 85, so she'd be 14.
16:09Right, so I think most two are the other way around.
16:12For every item they've correctly paired with its year of release, they will earn a coin.
16:17I mean, I'm happy with this, if you're happy with this.
16:19I'm happy with this.
16:20The team with the least amount of coins at the end of each city challenge will be eliminated from the competition.
16:30Correct.
16:31That was clever.
16:36Oh, that's all.
16:37OK.
16:38I think it was the Tamawachi thing that I couldn't see my daughter being 21 and having one of those.
16:56I still can't see that.
16:57We could have had three coins, you know, and we slipped up on the last one with like the Tamawachi.
17:02The fact we got two, like it is quite saddening in a way, you know, like we could be going home tomorrow effectively, but I guess what can we do, you know?
17:10The next one, we will smash it for sure.
17:12Yes.
17:13100%.
17:14Definitely.
17:15100%.
17:16Ah, this wasn't the, this is what we had.
17:19I know, but it doesn't usually rest inside.
17:21It's usually a tight seal and that's kind of just...
17:23No, it didn't.
17:24It did.
17:25Right.
17:26That could be an option.
17:27Back at the flea market, Tony and Emma are trying to remember the dishes they were served lunch in at the local restaurant.
17:34I'm excited but I'm also very nervous.
17:36But I can't tell if that's my stomach because of the eating or if I'm actually nervous.
17:40I'm baking like a baked potato.
17:42Do you want to lock in the sake?
17:44Do you?
17:45I think so.
17:46OK.
17:47Can we get this please?
17:48OK.
17:50Right.
17:51I'm not feeling supremely confident that if we've scored maybe three out of the five,
17:57that I think we'll stand a chance of staying in.
18:01Well, that's one.
18:03We did it.
18:04This is so nerve-wracking.
18:06Oh my God.
18:11No.
18:12No.
18:13No.
18:14No.
18:15Oh no.
18:16I'm panicking now.
18:18We scored two out of five and I know that we both feel disappointed.
18:23I think on the positive side, we made the decisions jointly, but we're still here and we hope that we're not in the bottom one.
18:30No.
18:39In the bustling metropolis of Tokyo, Japan, a treasure hunt to win a Β£50,000 cash prize has already begun.
18:50Stop!
18:51To win challenges, teammates who have never met before and are from vastly different generations will have to work together as one and share their knowledge to complete each task.
19:00My ideal partner would be someone who has a sense of humour.
19:09Intelligent.
19:10They have to have a good work ethic.
19:12a fit gay man.
19:18Do you know where your Yogi Park is?
19:21No English group.
19:22Searching for her senior teammate is Katie, a 21-year-old from Warrington.
19:27The main reason I haven't travelled is because of money.
19:30I think because I grew up with not a lot of money, I like to know that I've got enough to keep me going.
19:36A question mark.
19:38That is what I'm looking for.
19:40I am a community support worker.
19:42I'm working with older people.
19:44I absolutely love my job.
19:46They're so lovely as well.
19:48I'm very honest.
19:50Obviously, there's people passing away, but you get to experience a piece of them before it happens.
19:55Waiting to be found in the centre of the city is 80-year-old widow Barbara.
20:05This is the first time I've travelled alone.
20:09I love getting out and about.
20:12But the thing that I miss is when I come back, there's no-one there at home to tell, you know, where I've been, what I've done.
20:22I was married for 47 years and Colin and I loved travel.
20:31Since Colin has passed, my children have said to me,
20:37why don't you try travelling solo?
20:40But, um, I just hadn't got the confidence.
20:46Oh!
20:47Oh!
20:51Hello!
20:52Hi, are you all right? Hello.
20:53I'm Kate. Can I give you a hug?
20:55Of course. Yeah, I won't bend down because I'll end up flashing somewhere.
20:58Hi. Hi.
21:00Yes, thank you. Have you had a long trip?
21:02Well, it's been fine.
21:04I love your eyelashes.
21:06That'll be good, aren't they? Good.
21:08Amazing. I love this talk. This is amazing.
21:10God bless you.
21:11Can I give you a little sit down?
21:12I think so, yes.
21:14I can't believe I'm here.
21:15I really can't believe it.
21:16I know, it's surreal.
21:17I've never been on holiday before, so I had no clothes.
21:20This is my mum's.
21:21Oh, you look amazing!
21:24Well, not as nice as you.
21:25Oh!
21:26She's absolutely great, isn't she?
21:28I couldn't have asked for anyone else.
21:30Oh, dear.
21:31She is amazing.
21:32I mean that now.
21:33She's amazing.
21:34And she's my type of gal.
21:37Oh, we have a message.
21:40Head to Sumida and look the path to enlightenment.
21:45Come on, then.
21:49While Barbara and Katie's treasure hunt begins...
21:53Whoa.
21:54I feel like I'm in, like, Confu Panda.
21:57Another young Brit is still hunting for his teammate.
22:00My name's Aaron.
22:01I'm 18.
22:02I'm from Blackpool.
22:03Konnichiwa.
22:05I'd love to be matched up with, like, a team player.
22:08Konnichiwa.
22:09Who is resilient and who wouldn't want to back down.
22:13But hopefully they don't talk too much.
22:17I don't like yappers.
22:18This is one clean place.
22:22Quietly waiting for her new teammate is 71-year-old Val.
22:26This trip, for me, it's a godsend.
22:30I've always loved the idea of coming to Japan.
22:33But to be honest, I'm not sure whether or not I would have made it.
22:36Because I have been down emotionally.
22:40And I felt that this would be a way to begin to help me, to uplift me a little bit.
22:52Hello.
22:53Oh, my God, I knew he was going to be a young person.
22:55I did.
22:57Nice to meet you.
22:58Nice to meet you.
22:59I had little ideas it was going to be someone a bit older.
23:01Yeah, yeah, I thought he would be a younger person.
23:04Old?
23:05Me?
23:06I'm 71.
23:0771?
23:08Yeah.
23:09Looking good for your age.
23:10Oh, thank you.
23:11You're saying the right things already.
23:12How old do you think I am?
23:14I'd say you're in your 20s.
23:1620?
23:17Yeah.
23:1818.
23:19You're 18?
23:2018.
23:21He's much younger than me.
23:23I mean, that was the first thing, actually, you know, that struck me.
23:27So, hopefully we'll get on well, we'll complement each other and we'll do good together.
23:30Oh, come on.
23:31I can't even remember what I did when I was 18.
23:33Good laugh.
23:34It's making me smile, so I feel like I've known her ages.
23:37Well, you're young and I'm old and so hopefully we're going to have some fun time.
23:41We're going to be a good team.
23:42We're going to win.
23:43I'm glad you said that.
23:44We're going to win.
23:45We're going to win.
23:47Head to Shibua.
23:50Look out for the fastest fast food in town.
23:53Shall we go find it?
23:54Yeah, shall we go?
23:55Let's go find it.
23:57Both teams need to navigate the streets of Tokyo and follow their clues to find their first
24:05challenge.
24:06We're not having much luck.
24:07The team who collect the least amount of coins in each city challenge will face the risk of
24:20going home.
24:21Oh, Sumida Kwen.
24:22Heyo, look at this.
24:23Heyo, we'll sit down and see whether we get there.
24:28We need to look for the fastest fast food.
24:31Oh, look, sushi.
24:32Think that's real?
24:33I don't know.
24:34Looks as if it could be real.
24:35You can never tell.
24:36Val and Aaron are first to hunt down the location for their challenge in one of Tokyo's popular
24:37sushi restaurants.
24:38Oh, that's a lot.
24:39OK, so that's how we order the food then?
24:40And obviously it'll come on the conveyor belt.
24:41I've not seen that before.
24:42How'd you know that?
24:43TikTok.
24:44Oh, I'm not the TikTok generation.
24:45For their first challenge, they'll need to keep an eye on what the sushi looks like,
24:51rather than what it tastes like.
24:53Me and my mates.
24:54We're big foodies like we love food.
24:56What is this?
24:57What did we order?
24:58Massive big smash burgers and sometimes pizza and KFC.
25:00Oh, it's amazing.
25:01We're very good.
25:02Oh, I'm not the risk.
25:03I'm not the risk.
25:04I'm not the risk.
25:05So, I'm not the risk.
25:06I'm the risk.
25:07I'm not the risk.
25:08I'm the risk.
25:09I'm the risk.
25:11I'm the risk.
25:12It's a risk.
25:13And I'm the risk.
25:14I'm the risk.
25:15And it's a risk.
25:16I'm the risk.
25:17I'm the risk.
25:18So, I'm the risk.
25:19KFC. That's interesting.
25:30Is it light?
25:33Disgusting.
25:36Never oven that again.
25:37What did that taste like?
25:39That's nice.
25:40I enjoyed that.
25:41I did like it. I thought it was quite nice.
25:50Most of the food I did like.
25:55Eh? Yeah.
25:56And you said that was nice?
25:58It's horrible.
26:00Well, I think you experienced it worse than I did, though.
26:03It was minging.
26:0713 miles away, Barbara and Katie have finally found their path
26:10to enlightenment and the location for their first challenge.
26:14It's... It was obvious.
26:17They'll need to immerse themselves in the ancient teachings of Buddha...
26:20Do we have to bow?
26:22Oh, yeah. Just do a little bow.
26:24..to win coins and stay in the treasure hunt.
26:26What are the birds?
26:28Phoenix.
26:29Phoenix? Phoenix, yeah.
26:31Like, of Harry Potter? Yes.
26:34Based on their learnings... Are you ready? Yeah.
26:37..they'll need to try and identify which of the ten hanging statements
26:40are Buddhist proverbs and which are Hollywood movie quotes.
26:51Get busy living or get busy dying.
26:55With great power comes great responsibility.
26:58I don't know.
27:00I really thought I'd remember a lot of phrases and this, that and the other.
27:06But when you're placed in this position, it's not how you imagined.
27:11You know, I do tend to forget what's what.
27:15In terms of a Buddhist mind, though, would power be admired?
27:23I don't know. I don't know.
27:26Back at the sushi restaurant...
27:28Oh!
27:29..Val and Aaron are about to compete in their first challenge.
27:33Can you tell real sushi from fake sushi?
27:36For every real dish you correctly identify, you will win one coin.
27:44In restaurant windows across Tokyo,
27:46ultra-realistic plastic models of their dishes
27:49are displayed to tempting hungry diners.
27:53There we go.
27:55To bring the pair closer to the Β£50,000 prize,
27:58they must identify which sushi dish is real
28:00and which is a display version.
28:04They can look at each plate, but they aren't allowed to touch them.
28:08What do you think?
28:10Yellow plate?
28:11Yeah.
28:12Oh, well, yeah.
28:13Oh, see you later.
28:15We've got to decide what it was.
28:18Which do you think?
28:19I think it's the yellow plate.
28:20Really?
28:20Yeah, the one that was here.
28:22What's that colour?
28:24It's all new to me, but I am a quick thinker, or I used to be.
28:28I'm able to kind of see things and decide quickly
28:32whether it's the right decision, who knows.
28:36I thought it was yellow.
28:41No coin.
28:42Damn it.
28:43I'm lucky.
28:44OK.
28:45We've got to lock the colour in this time, OK?
28:47Yeah.
28:49Here we go.
28:50For every plate they guess correctly, they earn a coin...
28:54Yellow plate real sushi.
28:57Yes!
28:58..and further their chance of winning Β£50,000.
29:03If I do win that much money, it'd be a shock.
29:06Red plate real sushi.
29:09You got it.
29:10You don't really see an 18-year-old from Blackpool.
29:14I think it's red.
29:15Mm.
29:16The rice on that one is still perfect.
29:18From the areas I've grown up from, having that much money.
29:21Red plate real sushi.
29:24Yes!
29:25You got it.
29:27Would mean a lot to me.
29:32Ooh.
29:33What do you think?
29:34Yellow plate.
29:35Yeah, me too.
29:35Let's go with it.
29:36Yeah, we'll just go yellow.
29:37Yellow plate real sushi.
29:38Ooh!
29:39Ooh!
29:40Ooh!
29:41We've got it.
29:42We've got it, we've got it.
29:44Four coins.
29:45It would be perfect if we had a five out of five.
29:48I'm hoping that four will be good.
29:49Yeah.
29:50Will be good and will get us through.
29:51Well done.
29:52Yeah, yeah, well done, well done, well done, well done.
29:54Well done.
29:56The miracle is not to walk on water, the miracle is to walk on earth.
30:02Back at the ancient temple, Barbara and Katie are still trying
30:06to work out which of the quotes are Buddhist proverbs.
30:10I reckon this is Buddhism, you know why?
30:13The miracle... Yeah.
30:14..not to walk on water.
30:16That's Christianity.
30:17Mm.
30:18..every correct answer will earn them a coin
30:20and further their chance of remaining in the competition.
30:24My brain is just racing.
30:26The miracle is to walk on earth.
30:28That's Buddhism.
30:30I reckon Barbara would do it.
30:31She must know something, definitely know something.
30:35Something more than me, anyways.
30:36Get busy living or get busy dying.
30:38I don't think they would purposely bring up dying.
30:43Final answer.
30:44Fingers crossed, my darling!
30:45No, we've got this.
30:53Here you go.
30:55Oh, it's a high one.
30:58Is this how many we got?
31:02We got all of them right.
31:05Oh, I'm in the venture league now.
31:07Thank you, we got them all right.
31:11We got five coins.
31:13I definitely trust Barbara.
31:14She's a very intelligent woman.
31:16Oh, they're winning!
31:18Oh, I feel like crying.
31:19I'm so proud of us.
31:21I hope it's not a false start.
31:24I hope, you know, the winning, if you like, will continue.
31:27But we can only do it at this.
31:30I think I'm looking for a question mark, I think.
31:43In the heart of Tokyo City...
31:45Do you speak English?
31:47Do you speak English?
31:48No.
31:49No English.
31:49The final two young Brits are still looking for their neat teammates to begin a treasure
31:54hunt together across Japan.
31:55Tokyo is crazy.
31:57Like, I've never seen anything like it in my entire life.
32:00It's so different to Swansea.
32:02To win challenges and a Β£50,000 cash prize, they'll have to work together and share their knowledge.
32:09I don't know where, north, south, east, and west.
32:13On the verge of tracking down her new companion is 25-year-old Charlotte.
32:17I work in Asda on the check-out, which is not the best job in the world, but it does pay the bills.
32:23So pretty!
32:24Oh, my goodness.
32:25I always get told off because I chat too long and my scan speeds go drastically low.
32:30And I've always got a queue to, like, the back of the aisles.
32:33Find a way to cross the tracks.
32:36Busy, busy train station.
32:39A lot of my money is to take care of my parents, take care of my parents' disability,
32:43do everything for them.
32:45Please be obvious.
32:47I can only do obvious.
32:49I'm supposed to win this.
32:50I would buy my mother an electric wheelchair because I don't want to push her around forever.
32:54Do you know what I mean? It's knackering.
33:00Waiting to be picked up by his junior team-mate is 73-year-old Colin.
33:07I'm a bit of an acquired taste.
33:09I like puzzles.
33:12I'm good at numbers.
33:13I'm quite intense at times.
33:16If there's something to do and I want to do it.
33:20If people can't keep up with me, I think, why?
33:23Hello.
33:24Hello.
33:24Hi, love.
33:25Hi, you're my partner.
33:26I am.
33:27Oh, my goodness.
33:28Nice to meet you.
33:29I'm Colin.
33:30I'm Charlotte.
33:31I think a lot of the younger people think we're useless.
33:34We've had our time.
33:35We're past it.
33:36What are we still doing here?
33:38So, is that your suitcase?
33:39It is.
33:40It is.
33:41It is.
33:41No, that's mine, yeah.
33:42What is it?
33:43It's an antique.
33:44Oh, wow.
33:45A bit like me, but, you know.
33:46Oh, no.
33:47How old are you, if you don't mind me asking?
33:4873.
33:49You don't look 73.
33:51You look very young.
33:52Oh, my goodness.
33:52He's the cutest guy ever.
33:54He's got a giant suitcase with him.
33:56He gave me, like, a giant hug when I met him, which instantly, good vibes.
34:00Head to Takashita.
34:03Take a shit.
34:05Okay.
34:06Takashita Street.
34:07Look for someone dressed to impress.
34:10I think we're the dream team.
34:11I think we're going to smash this competition.
34:13Takashita Street.
34:16I've done really well getting her as a teammate.
34:19So friendly and bubbly.
34:21We'll be really good together.
34:23Last to find his new partner is 19-year-old Tende.
34:31I feel like I've seen this face, like, on TikTok or something.
34:34I have never been travelling without my dad or without my mum.
34:39I thought, like, this could be an amazing opportunity to get the chance to try and do things by myself and for myself.
34:49It's too sweet.
34:50Do any of you speak English?
34:51Oh, no.
34:54Is there any, like, river or, like, water near here?
34:58Water?
34:59Water.
35:02Waiting patiently is 73-year-old karaoke host, Julie.
35:08I hope whoever I'm partnered with has got the energy to keep up with me.
35:11The adrenaline junkie in me, doesn't matter how old I am, wants to do something exciting.
35:16I'm full of joie de vivre, which means the joy of life, in French.
35:21How old do you think I am?
35:23Hi!
35:24Hi!
35:25How are you?
35:26I'm good.
35:27I'm good.
35:28I'm Julie.
35:29I'm Tende.
35:32How old do you think I am?
35:33Got to be 19, 20, yeah?
35:35Yeah, I'm 19.
35:36I'm 73 in a 20-year-old's body.
35:40Yeah.
35:42She said she was 73.
35:43She seemed, like, a lot younger.
35:45I feel like she has more energy than me.
35:47It's quite small.
35:48Oh.
35:49Go to Chofu.
35:50Look for a place where you can go nowhere fast.
35:54Nowhere fast?
35:55I'm thinking transport.
35:56Hmm.
35:57OK.
35:58I think we'll work well as a team.
36:02We're going to have a good sense of humour and that always helps when you're doing anything
36:07to laugh.
36:10On the other side of the city, Colin and Charlotte are heading towards the location for their first
36:16challenge.
36:17Have you been anywhere like this before?
36:18Never.
36:19This is, like, completely out of my culture zone.
36:21Yeah.
36:22Crazy.
36:23Oh, I think Charlotte's amazing.
36:26She's not what I thought young people were.
36:29A young person, these days, is someone who walks around with a hand like that.
36:34And the phone is there.
36:36And when they're not doing that, they're sat at home on the computers doing this social
36:42media stuff.
36:43Everyone's all smart, are you?
36:45You've got to keep your eyes open, haven't you?
36:47Yeah.
36:48Oh, I got the question back.
36:50Hi.
36:51Hello.
36:52Nice to meet you.
36:53Nice to meet you.
36:54My name is Nico.
36:55Nico.
36:56Nico.
36:57Nice to meet you.
36:58Nico.
36:59Let's go.
37:00Having found someone who's dressed to impress, the duo are about to get their first taste
37:05of kawaii culture.
37:06Oh, my goodness.
37:07Oh, wow.
37:08A famous Japanese trend centred around embracing cuteness that influenced the design of emojis.
37:14The new teammates will be tested on their collective knowledge of these digital icons in their
37:21first challenge.
37:22Can you figure out which idiom the emojis represent?
37:29What's an idiom first question?
37:32I hated school.
37:34It's the worst ever.
37:35I had four GCSEs though, and one of them was drama.
37:38So I'm proud of that.
37:39In idioms, a group of words put together that can give something a meaning.
37:44Oh, so a bit like a catchphrase sort of.
37:46It's like a catchphrase sort of thing, yeah.
37:48Oh, well, okay.
37:49Oh, thanks, Cole.
37:50I get it now.
37:51I hope.
37:53For every emoji idiom the pair correctly identify, they will win a coin and be a step closer to
37:59the Β£50,000 prize.
38:06Oh.
38:07Back up the wrong tree.
38:08Yeah!
38:09Yay!
38:10We did it!
38:11One coin.
38:12You are.
38:13Thank you so much.
38:15It's beautiful.
38:16Oh, I think we're all right with this one.
38:17Do you think?
38:18I'll tell you, I've got it.
38:19Storming a teacup.
38:20Unlock that one in.
38:21Yeah.
38:22Pop it!
38:23God, for you?
38:24Yeah.
38:25God.
38:26Thank you so much.
38:27Oh.
38:28Thank you so much.
38:29Thank you so much.
38:30Thank you so much.
38:32It's beautiful.
38:33Oh, I think we're all right with this one.
38:34Do you think?
38:35Oh, my gosh.
38:37Arigato!
38:41Is there a, like, biking stadium?
38:44Of course.
38:45On the outskirts of the city...
38:46And then turn right.
38:47Turn right.
38:48Turn right.
38:49Julie and Tende are hoping to close in on their challenge location.
38:52A place to go nowhere fast.
38:54What else?
38:55Tokyo Oval.
38:56Hi.
38:57One of a few velodromes located in the city...
38:59Oh, look, look, look.
39:00Oh, there it is.
39:02The Tokyo Oval Keokaku is home to the Japanese national cycling obsession, Kirin.
39:11Do we look through these?
39:13Yes!
39:14Ah!
39:15In every race, to help gamblers identify riders, their shirt colour and number are always
39:21the same.
39:22Unbeknownst to Julie and Tende, this is the key to winning coins in their challenge.
39:27Go for it!
39:28Go for it!
39:29Go for it!
39:30Away from the track, they'll need to put their combined memories to the test to pair the
39:35riders' numbers with the correct colours.
39:38We both have got different strengths, I'm sure.
39:42He's got youth on his side and I've got experience on mine, so hopefully that'll gel well.
39:47For each number and colour they match, they'll win a coin and a better chance of continuing
39:52their journey together in Japan.
39:55Red was three.
39:56Black was two.
39:58At the end of every city challenge, the pair with the least amount of coins will be sent
40:03packing.
40:04Green came third and it was seven through six, so it has to be six.
40:10So six, which leaves five for yellow.
40:15I'm happy with that.
40:17Are you happy with that?
40:19Yeah!
40:20We've got this!
40:21I hope so!
40:23Oh my gosh!
40:25It's your turn, I got the last one.
40:28Despite a strong start...
40:30Clap in a mask.
40:32...Colin and Charlotte are struggling to work out the meaning of their third emoji idiom.
40:37That signal could be praying.
40:38That's what I'm thinking.
40:39That's a disguise at the end.
40:41Yeah.
40:42I think that's to do with praying, so it could be a prayer in disguise.
40:46Oh, that actually sounds good.
40:48Oh no!
40:51Good answer, blessing in disguise.
40:54Blessing in disguise, of course it is called.
40:57Oh, that's it.
40:58Never mind, we'll get the next one.
41:00We'll get the next one.
41:01100%.
41:02In my day, there was no technology.
41:04We didn't have mobile phones, computers didn't exist.
41:07I'm out of my depth with a lot of technology, as most people my age are.
41:14Doctor something is cast, maybe?
41:18I'm not up to date with emojis.
41:20I've seen them but I don't know what they are.
41:23Afterwards, you look at the answer and you think,
41:25I should have got that.
41:26But at the time, your brain just doesn't take it in.
41:29That's what I'm saying.
41:30Catch a break.
41:31A break, yeah.
41:32You go catch a break.
41:43After an epic treasure hunt across Tokyo,
41:46two of the six teams have only won two coins
41:49and are under threat of leaving Japan.
41:53Add insult to injury.
41:55Never would have got that.
41:56Bunch of coins.
41:57No.
41:58That's not even a catcher's call, do you know what I mean?
42:00So the outcome of Colin and Charlotte's emoji game
42:03and Julie and Tende's Kieran challenge is crucial to their fate.
42:09I'm happy with that.
42:10Are you happy with that?
42:11Yeah.
42:12Yay!
42:13We've got this.
42:14I hope so.
42:17Yay!
42:22Yay!
42:24When it comes to challenges, I'm very competitive.
42:27I always want to win, I have to say.
42:30Yay!
42:31Yay!
42:32Yay!
42:34Yay!
42:35To me, there's no point in going in for something
42:36if you don't want to win it.
42:40Yay!
42:41Yay!
42:42Nice.
42:43All okay.
42:45Very good.
42:47I'm very excited to have won five out of five.
42:50My biggest fear was being the first ones to leave,
42:52so hopefully it doesn't happen.
42:54It doesn't happen.
42:57I can't do that.
43:04Money, muscle, leg.
43:06Back in the Harajuku district,
43:08Colin and Charlotte have got one more chance
43:10to increase their coin total
43:12from the current lowest score of two.
43:17Cash, muscle, leg.
43:18Cough's an arm and a leg.
43:20Colin, you're amazing.
43:25Nice!
43:26Yay!
43:28Johnny.
43:30Colin is amazing.
43:32Oh, my goodness.
43:33He's hooked the rope on this one,
43:34and I kind of, like, sat back and watched.
43:36He'll carry us through, I think.
43:38Thanks.
43:39Yay!
43:40Thank you, Nico.
43:41You're amazing.
43:42I'm hoping three coins are enough to keep us in the game,
43:44because we're not ready to go home yet.
43:46We're enjoying ourselves too much.
43:50There we go.
43:53Oh, my goodness.
43:54Having done all they can in Tokyo,
43:56all six teams must now meet
43:58to discover which intergenerational duo
44:00has won the least amount of coins
44:03and will be out of the running for Β£50,000.
44:07Hooray.
44:08We worked hard for those.
44:09We did, honestly.
44:10I think we've done so well.
44:12Yeah.
44:13When we got us.
44:14Yeah.
44:15100%.
44:16None of the teams yet know
44:17how many coins their rivals have won.
44:21Going into the coin count today,
44:22I'm feeling very, um, nervous
44:24because we have no idea what everyone else has got
44:26and we really, really want to stay.
44:28We don't want to go home.
44:29We know somebody's got to go,
44:31but we don't want it to be us.
44:33Hello.
44:34Hello.
44:35Are you OK?
44:36Look, you have been free.
44:37Do you want to see how many we've got?
44:38Yeah.
44:39Yeah, I'm ready.
44:40Hand reveal.
44:43One.
44:44Two.
44:45Oh.
44:48Oh, wow.
44:49Val and Aaron are next to show their hand of four.
44:53Four?
44:54That's amazing.
44:55I'm feeling a bit nervous now.
44:57Followed by Julie and Tende.
44:59No way, you've got five.
45:02And Barbara and Katie with a full five coins.
45:05Well done.
45:07And people like that.
45:09Mm.
45:10As things stand at the moment,
45:11two fives, a four, a three and a two.
45:14So, obviously, we are in the danger zone at the moment.
45:23Last to reveal their coins are Rosie and Lawrence.
45:27If we went home, I would actually be gutted.
45:31Oh, wow.
45:32We want to stay.
45:33We do want to stay.
45:34So, hopefully, it's going to...
45:35100%.
45:36One.
45:37Right.
45:38Two.
45:39And...
45:40That's us.
45:41OK, so you've got the same.
45:42So, there's a chance that you might be going home.
45:57When I saw all the coins on the table, I was literally gobsmacked.
46:06Oh!
46:07Uh-oh.
46:08Rosie and Lawrence, Tony and Emma, you are the teams with the fewest coins.
46:19Those with the fewest coins.
46:20Those with the fewest coins are at risk of having their adventure cut short.
46:28Savage.
46:32The first team to leave Japan...
46:34I do not want to go home.
46:36I do not want to go home.
46:37I do not want to go home.
46:39Will not be judged on one game alone.
46:41What?
46:45Your coins will roll over to the next destination.
46:49Nobody will be going home today.
46:51Yay!
46:52Yay!
46:53Amazing.
46:54Now, all of you, pack your bags because Kyoto is calling.
46:58Yay!
46:59Kyoto!
47:00What is that?
47:01Oh, my goodness!
47:02All of a sudden, I just felt elated that we weren't going to be going home after the
47:15first challenge.
47:16We'll be there for each other, obviously.
47:18And, yeah, we're off to Kyoto, so we can just make the most of that.
47:21I love him.
47:22I just love how positive he is.
47:23It's absolutely wonderful.
47:24Try to, yeah.
47:26With the competition well underway...
47:28Let's go.
47:29..the treasure hunt continues...
47:32Aaron, come on.
47:33Hang on, hang on.
47:36..spanning the far reaches of Japan.
47:38Never quite seen anything like it.
47:40..but as the challenges get tougher...
47:42What's the deal?
47:43If they don't know, then we're done for.
47:45..generational cracks begin to appear.
47:47I'm so used to just having my phone out.
47:49Tendei hasn't got experience with the outside world.
47:51Don't panic.
47:52I am panicking.
47:53..as the threat...
47:54Oh, no.
47:55..of elimination...
47:56..this is serious now.
47:58Looms large.
48:00I don't want to be here right now.
48:02It's mad.
48:03It's mad.
48:04To be honest.
48:05To be honest.
48:06You are amazing.
48:07I haven't got any pain.
48:08It's always screwed by this time.
48:09I ever saw Greg Shiloh.
48:10Let's go see.
48:11All rights.
48:13It is too late.
48:14It's always stage aha.
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