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00:08KANICHIWA
00:10DOKKO GANGOJI TEMPO
00:12GANGOJI
00:13Arigato
00:15Yeah, okay, we cannot miss it.
00:16It's all in Japanese, right?
00:19F***!
00:20Come on, Mum, come on!
00:21I'm trying this, Belle!
00:22I know!
00:23I'm not seeing a temple.
00:26We were going up there and we said...
00:28Right, okay, there's no stress. We'll go this way.
00:30Sugar?
00:30Oh, Isabel, I'm so sorry!
00:33I can't do this!
00:35I don't know what other side to try.
00:36Like, we've done three.
00:37But this isn't the side?
00:38I don't understand.
00:39Yeah, neither.
00:48At the very top of Japan,
00:51the northernmost of its four main islands, Hokkaido.
00:57A peaceful land.
00:59According to legend, its people are offspring of the union between a white wolf and a goddess.
01:10Nestled in sacred mountains, Hokkaido's bustling capital, Sapporo.
01:20A 21st century metropolis.
01:25But at its heart, ancient tradition.
01:30Here, the race begins.
01:36When do you think we're going to end up?
01:38Tonight.
01:39Yeah.
01:40Toko, maybe.
01:41Ready to get going, 20-year-olds Alfie and Owen.
01:46Do you know what?
01:47Up to now, I've been just looking forward to the race.
01:50But now that it's so close, it's about winning now.
01:52I think we can win.
01:53I think we will win.
01:55Whoa.
01:56Confident.
01:57We are young, we recognise that.
01:59But I know that we're a lot more serious and a lot more driven than perhaps other people our age.
02:03Some sort of shrine, I think.
02:05So, wash left hand, wash right hand.
02:07What excites me most about this journey is being able to do it with my best friend.
02:12Are we best friends?
02:14I'd say we are.
02:15Good.
02:15Let's leave it at that.
02:16Agreed.
02:19Got to make sure we bow.
02:21Yes.
02:21To be respected.
02:23Hello.
02:26Welcome to Japan.
02:27He is the priest of this shrine.
02:36Please hand over your mobile phones, cash and the bank cards in here.
02:41They got phones on us.
02:42Sayonara.
02:43That's it.
02:44Our friends.
02:44For the next 50 days, each team will need to survive with only what they can carry on their
02:50backs.
02:51And these are for you.
02:53Including their essential race kit.
02:55Money belts containing a limited budget.
02:58GPS trackers for their safety.
03:00And a world map.
03:02Cannot lose these.
03:04No.
03:04Any of it.
03:05I'm going to be the quick decision maker.
03:07I feel like I have quite a good sense of direction.
03:10Because I'm training to be a pilot.
03:1210.46 until you mentioned you were a pilot.
03:14I thought it would be less than that.
03:15I'm quite impressed.
03:17Oh, come on.
03:17I...
03:18See you later.
03:19See you later.
03:21How cultural.
03:24Father, I ask you for your grace and favour.
03:27To give us strength and wisdom along the way.
03:29Next to join the race, teacher Eugenie and her daughter Isabel.
03:33A trainee clinical scientist.
03:36We both thought the race would be a good way to connect with one another.
03:40Let's do this.
03:42Because we're strong.
03:43No, Mum.
03:44Because our relationship is quite rocky.
03:46Like, rocky is fine.
03:48Because our relationship is quite turbulent and it's up and down.
03:51But then, what is turbulent?
03:53I think we're good.
03:54No, they're not.
03:55I need to get my arm in.
03:59It's very ungraceful.
04:01OK.
04:02We will make a good thing.
04:03Because?
04:05Because you're into planning and you're very strategic in what you do.
04:11And I would say I'm more of a people person.
04:14You on our phone?
04:16In there.
04:17Yeah.
04:17I'm not very patient with Mum already.
04:19I'm not sure how that's going to pan out.
04:22Hmm.
04:23Tummy's done a few flips.
04:27You brought the weather with us, at least.
04:29Yorkshire weatherer.
04:30Oh, it's raining.
04:30Will it?
04:31Well-travelled Betty has enlisted her kid brother, James.
04:36You've been in Japan before, haven't you?
04:38Yeah.
04:38You'll be real.
04:39You'll be fine.
04:40Last time, I had my phone.
04:41As much money as I wanted.
04:43Oh, yeah.
04:43That is true.
04:44Go on.
04:45From quite a young age, I would say I've developed this kind of wonderlust.
04:48Wanting to explore, see the world, different cultures.
04:51Are you nervous?
04:52Yeah.
04:53My idea of travelling is getting drunk, really, with the boys.
04:58You know, Magaluf, Ayah Napa.
05:00Just having, I don't know if I can say it, just having it off for a week.
05:04Hello.
05:05Why was that nice?
05:07Hello.
05:07I hope that James sees that there is more to life than lad's holidays and drinking,
05:13staying in, you know, the little town that we grew up in.
05:16I don't want that for James.
05:18I just think there's a whole world to see and I want him to be able to push himself a
05:22bit.
05:23Am I taking the map?
05:24You can be in charge of them.
05:25Don't count on me, honestly.
05:28So calm, Leah.
05:30In five minutes, we're going to be panicking.
05:33I think what we're most nervous about is the map.
05:37Map reading.
05:37Also joining the race, Bridie and her mum, Sharon.
05:41This is Japan.
05:42This is what I imagined it to look like.
05:44I've never been a proper backpacking.
05:46Proper backpacking.
05:47We could never afford it.
05:48The lanterns.
05:50My mum's always wanted to travel.
05:52She's made a lot of sacrifices for me over the years.
05:55And now it's time for me to give that back to her.
05:57That'll mean the world to me.
05:59Hello.
06:00In Japanese.
06:01How do we say hello to you?
06:02Ohayou gozaimasu.
06:04Ohayou gozaimasu.
06:04Ohayou gozaimasu.
06:05Ohayou gozaimasu.
06:06I know it's going to be hard, but I want it to be hard.
06:08I don't want it to be easy.
06:10But for a team, we're solid.
06:11Yeah.
06:12We're not quitters.
06:13Yeah, no.
06:13I've never quit in life at anything.
06:16Let's do it.
06:17We've got this.
06:17We've got this.
06:19Day one.
06:20Don't get me going.
06:22It's your heart beating.
06:23Oh God, it's going like a ten to a dozen.
06:25It is.
06:25Completing the line-up, recently retired husband and wife, Stephen and Viv.
06:30We've never done this before.
06:32No, we've never travelled like this.
06:34I mean, whoever leaves home not knowing where they're going.
06:37The bag's getting heavy already.
06:39And the body's about to give up.
06:40And the amount of weight I'm carrying it.
06:41I don't want to be the archetypal old biddy who sits in her chair knitting.
06:45We felt that we had another big adventure in us still.
06:49Before we drift off.
06:50Into the sunset.
06:51Dribble off somewhere.
06:52Is there any Japanese word you want to learn?
06:55I'd like to learn please.
06:57Onegai shimasu.
06:58Oh.
06:59Onegai.
07:00Onegai shimasu.
07:03I used to be a bit of a rebel, a free spirit when I was younger.
07:06Having children, marriage, I behaved.
07:09So I think now is the time that we could just behave a bit badly again.
07:13So what was please?
07:15Garash.
07:16Like a shimasu.
07:20Equipped with the essentials.
07:22Time to find out.
07:24Let's go.
07:25Where the race will take them.
07:26Your destination is Lombok.
07:29Lom.
07:30Fuck.
07:31I've not got a clue.
07:32Pretty sure Lombok is in Vietnam.
07:35Vietnam's there and it's not there.
07:38Oh balls.
07:39I don't understand.
07:40Why have I never heard of it?
07:42I'm not starting behind.
07:43For God's sake!
07:46This is so hard.
07:47You've got to look for that little word with these little words.
07:51I can't see it.
07:52I think for me the map reading would be the hardest for my dyslexia.
07:56I've got it really bad.
07:58What does that say?
07:59Brazil.
08:00Like even just simple things like reading a bus timetable.
08:03Or like dates and stuff.
08:04I can't read the menu so what guy's going to want that?
08:07Um.
08:08Oh found it, found it, found it.
08:09Got it, got it, got it.
08:09Oh well done Friday!
08:11Yes!
08:11I was looking for a word to move to London.
08:13A picture of that word.
08:15Lombok.
08:16I knew you were my secret weapon.
08:19The finish line.
08:21The Indonesian island paradise of Lombok.
08:2515,000 kilometres away.
08:28Go on, overtake him!
08:30Go on!
08:30What the hell is going on?
08:32To get there, the teams must pass through seven checkpoints.
08:37Only when they reach one, will they learn where the next will be.
08:42They'll need to navigate Eastern Asia.
08:46Through some of the world's most populous regions.
08:49There's so many people there.
08:50Oh my God!
08:53So this is herding ducks.
08:55And some of it's most unexplored.
08:59Oh my God!
09:00Oh God, it's a parental rain.
09:02Just suck yourself and walk through it.
09:04Awaiting the first team to cross the finish line.
09:07We are so close.
09:08It's exciting!
09:09A prize of £20,000.
09:12Go!
09:13Go, go, go!
09:17Your first checkpoint is Nara City.
09:19Let's go.
09:20So up here, Sapporo.
09:22I assume it's going to be south.
09:24I'm guessing it's Japan.
09:25It sounds Japanese.
09:26We are terrible at this.
09:29Shinkansen bullet trains reach speeds of 320km per hour.
09:33No!
09:33So bullet trains are off limits around Japan.
09:37I was really looking forward to getting on a bullet train.
09:39They go so fast.
09:40They have to go slow.
09:40The whole point about this is like just slowing down.
09:43Yeah, but that's like the main fast thing.
09:46Shall we have a look and see what sort of money we've got?
09:47To reach the finish line, less than £1,400 each.
09:52So we've got Japanese yen.
09:53And pounds.
09:54And pounds.
09:54The equivalent cost of the airfare.
09:56A budget of around £27 per person per day.
10:01I don't think it's that much because Japan is quite expensive.
10:03We're quite good at budgeting.
10:04We live on a budget.
10:05We're not used to frills anyway.
10:06No.
10:07We have got to budget our bums off.
10:10Yeah.
10:11Kind of nice mum for a tenner.
10:14In the centre of Sapporo, a 147 metre high TV tower.
10:22Once destroyed on the silver screen by Japan's famous pop culture icon,
10:27Godzilla.
10:29Today, in its shadow.
10:31I feel sick.
10:33Oh, we've got this.
10:33Yeah.
10:34The teams gather for the race to begin.
10:37We're doing it.
10:38We're doing it.
10:39I know.
10:41Where are the others then?
10:42Oh, I've got waterproofs on.
10:44Oh, they are?
10:44We don't.
10:45No.
10:45Oh, here they come.
10:46Young and fit.
10:47They look like our grandchildren's age.
10:50Do you want another bag, by the way?
10:52Because you look as if you can carry two.
10:53Is that all right?
10:55Hi.
10:56Hello.
10:57A bit mother and daughter, I presume?
10:58Yes, that's right.
10:59Lovely, lovely.
11:00Daughter's a bit shy.
11:04Oh, mate.
11:05Right, don't be too friendly.
11:07Just don't be an arse.
11:09That's really difficult for me.
11:11Hi, champs.
11:12Hi.
11:13Did you all find first checkpoint?
11:15Not a clue.
11:15Not a clue.
11:16See, I told you it wouldn't be the other one.
11:17OK.
11:19Right, OK, come on.
11:20I'm now thinking, what have we done?
11:26We're determined.
11:27Because I'll tell you now, there's no way I'm going to give up.
11:31I'm scared that I'm with my little brother.
11:32I won't lose you.
11:34I think it's just a lot of pressure.
11:36You've got to go all the way.
11:38If something bad happens, I'm going to try not to hold it against you.
11:41But if it does, I will.
11:44Everybody else on the race is bound to be younger than us.
11:47So I think we need to outsmart them, because we can't outrun them.
11:51I'm wandering blindly into the unknown.
11:54Bring it on.
12:07Let's go!
12:08Oh, my God, it's real now.
12:09There we go, come on.
12:13Go!
12:14Look at these two running.
12:16It is a marathon.
12:18Not a sprint.
12:19Definitely not a sprint.
12:20You just need to find anyone that speaks English and try and find Lara City.
12:25To reach the first checkpoint...
12:27Do you know where this place is?
12:28...teams need to navigate the language barrier.
12:31Excuse me?
12:32Do you speak English?
12:34No? OK.
12:36As well as Japanese manners and etiquette.
12:39Blowing your nose in public or eating on the go are both considered rude.
12:43Oh!
12:47I actually love Eastern food so much.
12:49By the end of this trip, we will be able to use chopsticks.
12:51I hope so.
12:52We're looking for Nara City.
12:56Nara City.
12:58Nara City.
12:59Nara.
13:00Nara City.
13:02That one.
13:03It was just by Kyoto.
13:05Fantastic.
13:06Thank you very much.
13:07Arigato.
13:08Bye-bye.
13:091,600 kilometres to the south, the first checkpoint.
13:14Originally Japan's capital, Nara City is home to one of the world's largest wooden structures
13:20that houses a bronze Buddha weighing 500 tonnes.
13:25To get there, the teams need to leave Hokkaido for Japan's largest island, Honshu.
13:34Nara?
13:35Yeah?
13:36How do we get there?
13:38Shinkansen.
13:38No bullet train.
13:40No.
13:41We need a bus to Kyoto.
13:46Kyoto.
13:46But it's a long, long way.
13:48Not the bus.
13:49Not here.
13:50Oh.
13:51Ferry.
13:54Ship.
13:56Oh.
13:57You have to get a boat there.
13:58There's a gap.
14:00It's an island.
14:02Teams could take short ferry crossings to explore the north of Honshu, an ancient world
14:08of samurai towns and folk traditions, before picking up well-connected transport links down
14:14the east coast through 21st century Japan, embodied in the shiny metropolis of Tokyo.
14:23Others might prefer to stay longer at sea.
14:26Although slower than travelling by land, teams could skip the north entirely, or bring in
14:32to reach the west coast, with its remote bays and spectacular Japanese Alps.
14:40Now, we have to get to Tokyo as soon as possible.
14:43That's set in stone.
14:45Hang on. We're definitely going to want to stop at some point to see some culture.
14:48We don't want to miss out on what Japan's all about.
14:51We will lose time.
14:53I don't think we should just rush through it.
14:54If there's somewhere we want to see, somewhere we want to stop at.
14:57I don't think there will be.
14:58We just need to keep moving.
15:00When Alfie's got a thought in his mind, he gets very fixated on that.
15:04He gets tunnel vision.
15:05We need to get to Tokyo as soon as possible.
15:09And it would just feel like talking to a brick wall sometimes.
15:12I mean, I've definitely always wanted to go to Tokyo.
15:14And Mount Fuji's near Tokyo. It looks amazing.
15:16Mount Fuji?
15:17If we're going to go to Mount Fuji, we're going to have one a better time
15:20and two better transport connections to the checkpoint.
15:23But there's no one else I could imagine myself doing this with.
15:26So I think I can work around the challenge we've got.
15:29OK.
15:30We need to get down to one of these ports.
15:31Yeah.
15:32I'm against spending longer times at sea.
15:34I think we'll catch a shorter ferry and then direct bus to Tokyo.
15:39Tokyo to Mount Fuji and then bus to checkpoint.
15:43Alfie and Owen's plan to fast track to Tokyo,
15:47racing through the entirety of northern Honshu.
15:51Right, 410. I want to be on the move by five.
15:53All right, let's go then.
15:55Already at Sapporo train station...
15:58Can we make the 16-16?
16:00Can we do it? Is it possible? Come.
16:01Yeah. Come on, let's do this.
16:03Eugenie and Isabel.
16:05How long do we have?
16:06About three minutes.
16:07We'll get it.
16:08OK. Thank you.
16:09Right, thank you.
16:10We don't have a strategy.
16:11Our strategy at the moment is just to leave Sapporo.
16:15I feel like we're winging it.
16:16I think it's a massive risk.
16:18Come on!
16:19Isabel, be positive!
16:20I like to plan and then have contingency plans and then more and more contingency plans.
16:26Gosh!
16:27It can seem a bit obsessive at times, but I like to make sure it's the best it can possibly
16:33be.
16:34Three minutes!
16:35Don't panic, Isabel.
16:37Just push it through.
16:38Go.
16:39Oh.
16:40Oh, my gosh.
16:41Jesus.
16:42Come on, man.
16:44Woo!
16:45Putting off plotting a precise plan, Eugenie and Isabel are first to leave Sapporo, heading
16:51to the nearest port of Tomokamai.
16:53We didn't even ask when the next ferry is.
16:56We know that there's a port and that's about it.
17:00Every light we're going to have to stop until no-one walks.
17:03We can't go.
17:03They all obey the rules.
17:04It's brilliant.
17:05I love it.
17:05I think I could live in a place where everyone obeys the rules.
17:08Still in Sapporo...
17:10Right, go.
17:10Feet are hurting, back sore and neck's aching already.
17:13Flipping day one.
17:14Stephen and Viv setting off at a different tempo.
17:18We plan to take a slower pace which suits us.
17:22So we hope to see lovely scenery, maybe some mountains.
17:26God, I didn't think it would be this bad carrying a bloody bag.
17:29It's my neck, it's up here.
17:31Oh, dear me.
17:33We know that night is coming.
17:35We're tired, let's be honest.
17:37Yeah.
17:37And we need to find some transport that we can sleep on.
17:41Oh, green light, here we go.
17:42Here we go.
17:43You got the sandwiches?
17:44I got the sandwiches.
17:46Meanwhile, figuring out their first step...
17:48Just going on a train?
17:49Yeah.
17:50And then we'll get a ferry.
17:51Can you chew up?
17:53Can you help us?
17:54Bridie and her mum, Sharon.
17:56Do you know how we get transport, like, the train?
17:59The train?
17:59Yeah.
18:00But if it goes...
18:01Yeah.
18:02Oh, fast.
18:02No, no, no, no, fast.
18:04On the race, Daphne's dyslexia is an advantage.
18:08Last year, we're Sharon.
18:11Bridie.
18:12Bridie.
18:13And I always ask for help with everyday life.
18:15I just say to people, oh, can you read this?
18:18OK.
18:19You'll take it?
18:20Oh, thank you.
18:21I'll be glad you are.
18:22I think my people's skills are really good.
18:24Me and Bridie are working as a team.
18:25I knew we would.
18:26In fact, like, Bridie's taking the lead at the moment.
18:29Thank you so much.
18:30Bye.
18:30Bye.
18:30Bye.
18:34As the first day draws to a close...
18:38You go for that one.
18:41Oh, hang on.
18:43Oh!
18:43It looks like James.
18:45It is him!
18:45It is him!
18:46It is him!
18:48Two more teams are heading to the nearest port.
18:52How many stops is there?
18:53No idea.
18:55Oh, it makes the heart a bit pal now.
18:58Already leaving there...
19:00It's moving.
19:01Eugenie and Isabelle are the first to set sail for Honshu.
19:05On a 15-hour, 560-kilometre overnight journey down the East Coast.
19:12Hopefully, tomorrow, our plan for travel will make a bit more sense
19:15rather than being really sporadic and random.
19:18Let's go.
19:18Go.
19:19Arriving in their wake...
19:21Oh!
19:22We've got direction.
19:24Oh, are we following him?
19:24Yeah, now we've got to leave them.
19:26Can't see them.
19:28Oh, it's the exit!
19:29Exit!
19:29Look!
19:30Barry, here.
19:32OK.
19:34This is the port.
19:36Do you reckon?
19:38We would like to go as far down.
19:42Hunchy not here.
19:43Hunchy not here.
19:44OK.
19:45Perfect.
19:45For Bridie and Sharon, a passage is secured, sailing the furthest distance they can tonight.
19:51We've done really well.
19:52Are you there, partner?
19:53Yeah, yeah.
19:55We're just taking day by day at a time and see how it goes.
20:00Oh, this is a joke.
20:02F*** time.
20:03Oh!
20:05But for siblings, Betty and James, time is running out.
20:09What do you mean?
20:10What is that attitude?
20:11So, my main concern is we're not sort of the closest.
20:15I think the only time she comes over is putting a washer in the washing machine.
20:18We don't really know what each other can do.
20:22I actually don't know what to do.
20:24I feel like my role is to be the big little brother.
20:27Being strong when she's not so strong.
20:30I feel like we should get out of this place.
20:33Otherwise we're going to be stuck in the same place tomorrow.
20:35Just me and you trying to figure this out.
20:37We might as well just get the ferry down to wherever they're going.
20:40Shall we do that?
20:40Are we going to make it?
20:41We make it on time?
20:42Will we make it on time?
20:46It's a long way.
20:46Come on.
20:47I can hit the moving chains.
20:51Perfect.
20:55Still lost our heads.
20:56Yeah.
20:57Pressure.
20:58We definitely panicked.
21:00I think I definitely panicked.
21:01James and I weren't communicating in the best way.
21:04I think over time we're definitely going to make decisions that are less rash than tonight, I think.
21:22Wow, look at that.
21:23Got a big mountain over there.
21:25Excited.
21:25Excited.
21:26We're moving.
21:26We're moving.
21:27We're moving.
21:27We're moving.
21:27We're moving.
21:27Bulletin literally would have been like A to be so fast.
21:30Yeah.
21:30Probably would have missed like taking all this in.
21:33Two teams have landed in Honshu, the largest island in the Japanese archipelago, offering the chance to explore the many
21:44faces of Japan.
21:45We want to go there.
21:47Torno.
21:48Torno.
21:49Famous for fairy tale.
21:51Japanese monster.
21:52Yeah, monster.
21:53Yeah, monster.
21:56Arriving in the north is a step back in time.
21:59Oh, wow.
22:00It's pretty, isn't it?
22:01Yeah, it's nice.
22:03Brady and Sharon are searching for the Japan of myth and legend.
22:08It's famous for fairy stories.
22:10They might even have some sort of, I don't know, wishing well, but some sort of...
22:13Mind you, I don't want to put my money in it.
22:14No, I don't want to put money in it.
22:16I just want to know how much it's going to cost.
22:17So I'm worrying about that now.
22:19If I know it's free, I'll go enjoy it.
22:22Our game plan.
22:24We're good at a budget.
22:25We live every day on a budget.
22:26Yeah, every day's on a budget for us.
22:27That'll be our strongest point of the world.
22:29Yeah, it will be.
22:30Money.
22:31When we go on holiday, it's packed lunch.
22:33Have you got to pay for a shower?
22:35We'll just have to be skanky.
22:36Yeah.
22:40The sleepy town of Tono.
22:45Famed for its folk tales depicting the exploits of mischievous water spreads.
22:52When we get off the train, look for a water fountain.
22:55Said to be angered when not respected as gods...
22:59They're fairies.
23:00They look like they're free, we're having a good old now.
23:03They're partial to eating cucumbers...
23:07..and children.
23:10Look at that.
23:12That's nice, isn't it?
23:13I think it's beautiful.
23:14Growing up, my mum, she was a fruit picker.
23:18My dad was a miner.
23:20We lived through the miner's strike.
23:22We literally had nothing.
23:25Oh, look at these ladies.
23:27Hi!
23:28Honestly, I could live on a penny.
23:30I'm excited to see everything, this phrase.
23:34It's an opportunity, isn't it?
23:36I'm mum and daughter.
23:38My friend.
23:39Your friend, yeah.
23:40That's what you thought.
23:41Oh, that's nice.
23:42So you made all of this?
23:45Oh, wow.
23:46Your shoes.
23:48They're beautiful.
23:50I'm very good.
23:51Do you want me to put these shoes on?
23:52Oh, God, I feel like Cinderella.
23:54How do you walk in these?
23:58I see what you do.
24:01Go, go, go.
24:02You do.
24:02She wants you to have them.
24:03Stop.
24:04Stop doing that.
24:05Stop doing that.
24:06Stop listening.
24:11Already we had that language barrier now.
24:14She just...
24:14We already expressed that love.
24:15You could speak through actions.
24:17Yeah.
24:17You could sort of...
24:18She gave me her shoes.
24:19They're the actions.
24:20Oh, buddy.
24:21She's like, hi.
24:23I hope they're not going out of shoes.
24:26Oh, she's just...
24:27That was beautiful.
24:28I will keep them hanging from somewhere in our house.
24:31You've literally took shoes off.
24:33Oh, no, lady.
24:33No.
24:36I'm happy with today.
24:38I don't think we've wasted any money.
24:40So, yeah, it's good.
24:42The plan is now we need to work out...
24:44How to get to...
24:46Tokyo.
24:49Lovely weather.
24:51160 kilometres to the south.
24:54We've come quite a bit of a distance,
24:56but now we just want to explore Japan.
24:59After their lengthy voyage sailing down the east coast,
25:02Eugenie and Isabel have reached Sendai.
25:08Founded by the samurai warlord Date Masamune,
25:12known as the one-eyed dragon.
25:14OK, let's go.
25:16But the pair are pushing on in a surprising direction.
25:20I want to avoid Tokyo,
25:21cos Tokyo is very expensive.
25:23We want to get to another major hub,
25:25and Nagata's the biggest hub near us.
25:29Isabel's plan, a swing of 260 kilometres
25:32all the way across to the other side of the island.
25:35So, go to Nagata, find somewhere to stay overnight.
25:38Yeah.
25:39I'm trying to get my head round, why Nagata?
25:43When you look at where we are on the map,
25:46it looks quite random.
25:48Ha-ha!
25:49This is too annoying!
25:55We're winging it, we're really winging it,
25:57and we're just trying to see as much as possible.
25:59We'll try and feel like we're heading south,
26:03even though we're not necessarily heading south.
26:05South-south, we're going south-west-ish.
26:08With 10% of their budget already spent,
26:11mother and daughter say sayonara to the east coast.
26:15OK.
26:18On their tail, siblings Betty and James.
26:21I think we're really settled on a plan now.
26:23I think we can step out of race mode for maybe half a day or so,
26:27and just experience Japan.
26:28Making the short hop to Matsushima Bay.
26:33Musk!
26:35I can see it in the sea!
26:39Named for the windswept rocky islands that dot its waters,
26:44its striking views left revered haiku poet Matsuo Bashu so spellbound
26:50he was lost for words.
26:53I don't think I've ever seen a temple in my life before.
26:56Pretty cute.
26:58Whenever I try and go away,
26:59like I definitely try and come to the local culture,
27:02things like that, and like see the sights.
27:05It's completely different for me.
27:06Yeah.
27:07I'd always be in the city, like drinking and...
27:09I don't know if it's completely me,
27:11but yeah, I can grow into it.
27:13Betty aims to introduce her kid brother...
27:16Oyster speciality?
27:17No.
27:18Don't think so.
27:20..to his first taste of Japan.
27:22Oh, it smells.
27:25Hello.
27:27K'nichiwa.
27:27K'nichiwa.
27:28K'nichiwa.
27:29In life, I'm fairly comfortable where I am now,
27:31being the youngest one still living at home
27:32and having mum and dad's protection, if you like.
27:36Whether that's a good thing or not, I'm not sure.
27:37Let's just maybe get a couple of things, cheaper things,
27:41but still like try some of the local stuff.
27:43Large portion of rice.
27:45OK.
27:45I do want to explore and see new things,
27:48see what's out there.
27:49Ah, thank you. Arigato.
27:50Oh my gosh.
27:51It's a good portion as well.
27:52Oh my gosh.
27:52I reckon it is.
27:54It might be eel, though.
27:56Glad you told me that now.
28:03Mmm.
28:04Nice.
28:04That's well good.
28:06Perhaps it might change who I think I am,
28:08it might not.
28:09We'll see.
28:10Like a Tesco's caviar.
28:11We're experiencing Japan, but we've kept it to like,
28:15a low budget.
28:16So, yeah.
28:17Happy.
28:18Mmm.
28:18Total view to 2,900 yen.
28:222,900 yen.
28:25900?
28:262,000.
28:27What do we have?
28:28One rice?
28:29Ah, yeah.
28:30250?
28:31Ah, yeah.
28:312,000 yen plus 200 yen.
28:34OK.
28:35Stupid mistake.
28:36Let's just pay up.
28:37Some stuff, sir.
28:383,000.
28:40Arigato.
28:42We haven't got ourselves to blame.
28:44I'm glad we came still.
28:46Yeah.
28:46But what now?
28:47What are you thinking?
28:48What now?
28:49We could potentially head south to Tokyo and maybe get a job
28:52and earn some money back.
28:53I think it'd be really wise to actually do some work.
28:56Yeah.
28:56Onwards and upwards.
28:58Let's go.
28:59I can't believe that.
29:07Oh, my God.
29:08That was hell.
29:10I feel like shit.
29:11They look like shit.
29:12Yeah.
29:14Sticking to the plan, a ten-hour bus journey through northern Honshu
29:18sees Alfie and Owen first to reach the capital.
29:23Right.
29:25Tokyo.
29:29This is what I was thinking of.
29:31Literally this.
29:32You know, the high-rise buildings, the massive screens.
29:34This is amazing.
29:36We've arrived on our schedule.
29:37We're so happy to be here.
29:38Alfie, there's so many people here.
29:41Oh, my God.
29:43A sleepy fishing village just 400 years ago.
29:46Today, Tokyo's 37 million residents make this the most populated
29:51urban area in the world.
29:54Where's Owen blood?
29:56Owen?
29:57Yeah, yeah, I'm coming, sorry.
29:59There's so much around you to look at.
30:01It's like a century overload, so I'm loving it.
30:03It's a city simultaneously looking to the future.
30:07What is that?
30:08And anchored in the past.
30:12Well, this is something.
30:15What is that?
30:20I shouldn't laugh, that's really disrespectful.
30:23I'm so confused.
30:24This baby is in floods.
30:26I think I'd cry if that happened to me.
30:27Obviously a cultural thing, right?
30:31So keen are the parents to have their babies cry, there's a waiting list to enter the 400-year-old
30:36Naki Sumo Festival.
30:38Mate, the one on the right is doing so well.
30:40The one on the right cannot be cracked.
30:43More cry, you've...
30:45Winner.
30:45Winner.
30:46OK, OK.
30:46So the one that cries more?
30:48Most is the winner.
30:49Oh, OK.
30:50OK.
30:51Completely different for us.
30:52That's what I said.
30:53OK.
30:53We thought it would be the other way round.
30:54But over here, it's a signal of this sign of strength.
30:58It's believed that tears ward off evil spirits and bestow the winning baby with a long, healthy
31:04life.
31:05It's definitely refreshing to see that crying in a different part of the world is actually
31:10accepted.
31:11It's seen as something, you know, a strong personality trait.
31:14I used to get upset, you know, a lot when I was younger.
31:16Crying was my way of expressing my emotion.
31:19However, I never saw that as a weakness of mine.
31:23For me, I've got no opposition to crying.
31:25I've got no shame in crying.
31:26I just go, normally.
31:28I thought I can't really get my head around what's actually going on, but it was really
31:33eye opening.
31:33It just shows how different the culture is and it's just nuts.
31:38Right, onwards.
31:40Mount Fuji.
31:41Let's move.
31:42We've got to get this bus.
31:43OK, fine.
31:46700 kilometres to the north.
31:48Not for one minute did I think I would be naked in Japan.
31:53It's a lovely view.
31:56Stephen and Viv were the last team to reach Honshu and are still at the very northern tip
32:02of the island.
32:04It's floating, I'm sorry.
32:07Every day, locals let it all hang out in Japan's 27,000 hot springs, or onsens.
32:16The therapeutic mineral-rich waters warmed by the country's abundance of volcanoes.
32:22Really refreshing.
32:24As a couple, we've learned to slow down a little bit.
32:28I had a heart attack and Viv's had a stroke.
32:30We both then retired.
32:32Oh, this is so nice.
32:33Quite enjoy our rest times, let's put it that way.
32:36A nice way to chill and relax and do something cultural.
32:39Very alien to me, but you quickly embrace it.
32:42Everyone just standing there waving their tackle about this road.
32:46It's a really nice experience actually.
32:48But I'm feeling that we actually need to make some progress.
32:52I do think Tokyo is as far as we can go on a single bus.
32:58Mount Fuji.
32:59Fuji.
33:00Fuji Mountain.
33:01Fuji Mountain.
33:02Fuji Mountain.
33:02Yes, yes, yes, yes.
33:03Bus terminal.
33:04Ah, bus terminal.
33:06Okay, thank you so much.
33:07That's really helpful.
33:11That's not.
33:12You've got it.
33:12No, you don't.
33:13Alfie had it in your hand outside.
33:15I haven't got it.
33:16Alfie, you've had it in your hand outside.
33:17I haven't got it.
33:18I haven't got it.
33:24Three days into our venture through Japan.
33:28And we don't have a map.
33:30Not ideal at all.
33:31Yeah, that is quite annoying, I'll be honest.
33:33But we're just going to have to find maps.
33:35Try and trace maps into here.
33:37I think we're here.
33:39It's not to scale.
33:40How many thumbs?
33:41I'm extremely scatty.
33:43For God's sake.
33:48Just don't give me anything that you want me to keep hold of
33:51in my hands because these are not responsible, but this is.
33:54Give me information, just not items.
34:00I'm so hungry now.
34:02Did you eat the map?
34:11The sacred symbol of Japan.
34:14Mount Fuji.
34:16Legend says a goddess put the elixir of life on its peak.
34:22This sleeping giant hasn't erupted for over 300 years.
34:27But recent rumblings are a reminder it is very much awake.
34:32Unlike some.
34:35Alfie's still sleeping.
34:35I decided not to wake him up because I think 15 minutes away from him
34:38is probably what I need.
34:40He's so frustrating because he's so messy.
34:42We got into the tent last night and he just throws his bag into the corner,
34:45gets everything out possible and then just leaves it there.
34:47I like to keep all my stuff clean and tidy.
34:49And he's on the complete other end of the spectrum,
34:52chucking his shit everywhere.
34:53You all right?
34:54You just woke him up?
34:56I was gone.
34:58So we started work at 10am.
35:00To boost their budget, teams are provided with a directory
35:04of local job opportunities.
35:06And the boys have picked up a day's work cleaning
35:10to pay for their prime pitch in the foothills of the Holy Mountain.
35:14I think you're cleaner than me.
35:15I'm 100% cleaner than you are.
35:17We're just a bit less organised.
35:18I've been a lot more organised so far on the race though.
35:21I mean, that is quite confusing considering you lost the map.
35:24Not pointing the finger.
35:25We don't know.
35:26Hang on.
35:26But if it was, then it's a slightly confusing statement.
35:29And if it was you, it's an even more confusing statement.
35:31Yeah, but we came to the conclusion that it was most likely you.
35:37As long as we can get a good view of Mount Fuji,
35:40that will be a pinch of a moment.
35:42It's so cloudy today that I'm not hopeful.
35:47On the other side of Honshu...
35:50Oh, look at the mountain.
35:52Be in the moment.
35:54All right, I will be in the moment.
35:55Without your camera?
35:57No, I need my memories on the camera.
36:01After slingshotting all the way to Nagata,
36:04Eugenie and Isabel have headed even further west to Seido Island.
36:09Arigato.
36:10Arigato.
36:11Arigato.
36:11And expenses are mounting up.
36:14A bit concerned about the money.
36:16I'm wondering if Seido was a good idea or not.
36:21In the sea of Japan, so remote, Seido Island was once a place of exile for politicians and nobles who
36:29fell out of favour.
36:30This part of Japan offers quite a lot that a lot of other tourists don't actually get to see.
36:35So tranquil.
36:36It's lovely.
36:39The five tiers of the Mio Senji Buddhist temple took two generations of carpenters over 30 years to complete.
36:48Lovely sense of God's creation.
36:50I'm going to try a selfie.
36:52Are you serious?
36:55Has it taken it?
36:57Aren't you supposed to hold it up, not down?
37:00I'm trying to.
37:01It's not a natural thing to be spending 24-7 as mother and daughter.
37:07We've got a pagoda in the garden, but it don't look like that, does it?
37:10I mean, if we had that in the garden, that would be cool.
37:13I think the challenge will be fruitful in terms of what we learn about each other and what makes each
37:20other tick.
37:22I think this says no entry.
37:24Oh, it just says no street shoes.
37:26I don't want to do something you can't do.
37:29Rebels. Let's be rebels.
37:30Do you want to?
37:31Yes.
37:32Go up and just have a look.
37:37Let's do it.
37:41You're very heavy-footed.
37:43Because I'm heavy.
37:45Being the youngest of three, I've missed out on that solo time of her.
37:48I'm sorry.
37:53Would you go in there for?
37:55You weren't meant to be in there.
38:01You make me laugh.
38:04I've really enjoyed this stop.
38:06Isabel, the bus is coming.
38:08Yeah.
38:08I really enjoyed this stop.
38:10It's been quite peaceful because I feel like it's been...
38:12Isabel!
38:14Yeah, it's been relaxing, but this is on another level.
38:16You don't feel...
38:17You're going to miss the bus!
38:20It's relaxing.
38:21Isabel?
38:22But you don't feel as though...
38:24Isabel!
38:25You're relaxing.
38:26I don't feel like we've been as relaxed as we actually have.
38:28It's all very scheduled, you know that.
38:32Oh, no.
38:33What?
38:34I think I might have messed up a bit.
38:36Tell me.
38:38I read the timetable so badly wrong.
38:41We're going to miss the ferry.
38:44Are we?
38:44Yeah.
38:46There might be a possibility of getting a taxi.
38:48Fence on how much the taxi would be.
38:49Yeah, but if you've got no choice.
38:51We're hemorrhaging money.
38:52Like, this is a joke.
38:54We just might have to just make it back up later.
38:56Can you press the buzzer?
38:57You want to get off here?
39:00So, if we get a taxi, how tight is it going to be, Isabel?
39:02It takes just under an hour.
39:04Why?
39:05Running.
39:06Because we can.
39:08200 kilometres outside of Tokyo.
39:11I don't know what a wasabi farm looks like.
39:14We're probably in the wrong town.
39:15I'm getting to the point where I wish we'd taken a taxi.
39:19Stephen and Viv have ventured deep into the heart of Honshu.
39:24This might be it, you know?
39:26Enjoying the rural Japan they desired.
39:29Oh, hello!
39:29We have found you!
39:31My name is June.
39:32Jim.
39:33Jim.
39:33Jim.
39:34Jim.
39:35Oh, June.
39:35Ah, June!
39:36Alright!
39:36By trading their grafting spirit for a bed.
39:43So, wasabi is a root.
39:46Whoa!
39:47You thought yours was big, Stephen?
39:50Takuro has been growing wasabi for 40 years and intends to hand the business over to his
39:56son, June.
39:57This feels absolutely like being back on my vegetable patch.
40:00Oh, I've got the jackpot here.
40:02Wow!
40:02This pungent root, related to watercress, is central to Japanese cuisine.
40:10We also harvested a frog.
40:12He's a frog and you're turned into a prince.
40:14Go on, kiss him.
40:15Kiss him.
40:18That says a lot.
40:19Stay close.
40:20The frog wouldn't kiss you.
40:22Stephen can be a little bit of an acquired taste.
40:25Rawr!
40:29His family mostly love him.
40:31Is it rude if I ask how old you are?
40:34I don't.
40:34I'm 47.
40:36People at the tennis club, they find him quite loud.
40:38Not very tactful, unintentionally offensive.
40:43Some have learnt to tolerate him.
40:46But, yeah, I love him.
40:49We do barbecue today.
40:51Oh, nice fire.
40:53Can you grind wasabi?
40:55Yes.
40:57Oh, not too much.
40:59It'd be spicy.
41:03Beautiful.
41:05Oh, so good.
41:07I'm sure our wasabi at home doesn't taste like this.
41:10This is, I think, what we wanted to get out of the race in the first place.
41:13To not be charging around, but really enjoying the travel, enjoying the way through.
41:19And also, to meet a family.
41:21How old are you?
41:2475.
41:2575.
41:2675.
41:26I bet you can still pick more wasabi than him, too.
41:31Right, we really need your help.
41:34We need to get to Nara City.
41:37It's quite difficult, I think.
41:38Is it?
41:38Too far.
41:39Would it be possible, Joan, if you could give us a lift?
41:43Yeah, I can go.
41:45No, not Nara.
41:46Oh.
41:47It's too far.
41:48Where do you think you could help us to?
41:50Maybe Matsumoto Station.
41:52They got the buses and then trains.
41:55Matsumoto would be brilliant.
41:59No, no, you can see the top of it now.
42:00Oh, great.
42:02Finally.
42:03Mount Fuji's there.
42:04There we go.
42:06After their day's work at the campsite.
42:08It's so cool.
42:09Alfie and Owen also have their eyes on the checkpoint.
42:13I'm wired into race mode, I just can't enjoy it.
42:15Yeah, yeah, no.
42:15I just can't enjoy it.
42:17Looking to cover the 420 kilometres to Nara City overnight via either Kyoto or Osaka.
42:25Let's go.
42:26It's soft.
42:27Here we go.
42:27Why is there a cross next to it?
42:28Oh, that must mean it's cancelled.
42:30Or sold out.
42:31I'm gutted.
42:32Yeah.
42:34Mate, that bus is...
42:37Yeah, I know.
42:38We can't get it.
42:39So, let's just...
42:40We need another plan.
42:42Can we get to Osaka or Kyoto on a train?
42:47I think we should go back to Tokyo at this point.
42:49I genuinely think we should.
42:50I mean, we know from Tokyo we can go anywhere, so...
42:56F***!
42:58Going back on themselves to Tokyo is in the opposite direction to the checkpoint.
43:04Tokyo Station.
43:06Two tickets and there's going to be links to Kyoto or to Osaka.
43:09We could still hit tomorrow hard.
43:13If it makes you feel better, we're significantly under budget for today.
43:16I think a lot of people would have backed down when everything that looks direct was out of reach for
43:22us tonight.
43:22And I think that's what's going to set us apart in this race.
43:24Our brains just work overtime.
43:26We will not stop trying to work out the best way forward.
43:29As the boys backtrack to the capital...
43:32Hi.
43:33We want to go to here.
43:35Toba.
43:36Toba?
43:37Yeah.
43:37Leaving it behind, Bridie and Sharon.
43:41With a different strategy to get closer to the checkpoint.
43:44A 470km venture to a job in Toba, winding around the jagged coastline.
43:51There you go.
43:52It's eight hours.
43:54Lovely.
43:55Eight hours?
43:57Six transfers.
44:00It's further than what we thought.
44:02Oh, this is silly.
44:04Oh, God, but I'd ask you, quick.
44:06Ask it.
44:07Is this going here?
44:10Are we on the right one?
44:12This way, this one, yeah?
44:15The only team on the west coast...
44:18Arigato.
44:19Arigato.
44:21Eugenie and Isabelle's decision to change TAC to Nagata has been costly but is coming good.
44:27Four and a half hours to get to Kanazawa.
44:29Doing really well, Isabelle, with the planning.
44:32They've found a connection that will put them within just 300km of Nara City.
44:38Isabel Ades.
44:39What's your name?
44:40Jonsai Okori.
44:41Jonsai Okori.
44:43Can you teach us some Japanese words?
44:47He's writing out the whole...
44:49Who, what, where, when, how much?
44:50Who, what, where, when, how much?
44:51Yeah, yeah.
44:51I've always kind of liked languages because it's patterns.
44:54I quite like little patterns and things.
44:56Doko desu ka?
44:57Dore desu ka.
44:57Doro desu ka.
44:58I'm actually learning quite a bit about my daughter.
45:01I'm amazed at how quickly she's starting to pick up Japanese.
45:05Kori wa nan desu ka.
45:06Kori wa nan desu ka.
45:08She's just like a dog with a bone getting information.
45:12We can have a Facebook at this rate.
45:15Personal translator.
45:17As Isabelle masters the language...
45:20It's quite heavy now.
45:21Oh, the weight's going down.
45:23Ah.
45:23OK, the next to go on a turn right.
45:25OK.
45:26In Tokyo, Betty and James take control of their budget problems.
45:30There is a rickshaw cleaning, OK?
45:32Cleaning Mr Sato Ichihara's fleet of luxury rickshaws.
45:36We have four expensive rickshaws.
45:38How much is this one?
45:40Three million.
45:41Three million.
45:41Yes.
45:45Is that shiny enough?
45:47Oh.
45:48Oh, yeah, marks.
45:50Mmm.
45:52This one, cleaning.
45:53OK.
45:54Bit of a...
45:55Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do.
45:57Mmm.
45:58God, I feel like he's going to check it to a T.
46:00OK, I think this one's done.
46:03I swear this one's one more.
46:06That's James on that bit.
46:07Get me told on.
46:08It's your fault.
46:10I'm going over your stuff.
46:12I think seeing that every day is a little bit strange and weird.
46:15I think we're still sort of growing into spending time with each other.
46:18But I think we are getting used to it.
46:20Like, can you remember when we were kids and we used to ride our bikes and Dad used to make
46:23us clean them?
46:24Oh, it was the bane of my life.
46:26Hopefully, by the end, we can have that relationship where we can speak and talk about things we might not
46:32have wanted to before.
46:32So, definitely steps in the right direction.
46:34I feel like we've earned our brass.
46:36We've earned a drink and all.
46:38OK, no problem.
46:39It's good?
46:40Yes.
46:40Oh, amazing.
46:42Good job.
46:42To Nara City.
46:43Nara City.
46:44On our way, baby.
46:45And onwards.
46:53Let's go.
46:54Checkpoint tonight is going to happen.
46:57I have been made aware that it's really disrespectful to me on the move in Japan.
47:00I feel extremely rude right now.
47:02But desperate times call for desperate measures.
47:0680 kilometres further from the checkpoint than they were yesterday.
47:09Do you want to get off at Kyoto?
47:10It's quicker.
47:11Yeah, yeah.
47:11I'd say so.
47:1212,600.
47:13Let's do it.
47:14Alfie and Owen attempt to leave Tokyo for the second time.
47:19Heading to Kyoto.
47:20We can hopefully, from then on, get a train down to Nara City.
47:24So, say we get there at seven, eight o'clock tonight,
47:27we just run the risk of there not being any trains from Kyoto down to Nara.
47:33Osaka.
47:33Osaka Station.
47:34Near full.
47:35It's in nine minutes.
47:37Also looking to escape the capital, Betty and James, aiming for Osaka.
47:43Nine, ten hours.
47:45Arigato, arigato.
47:46Right, let's do this.
47:47Kyoto, here we come.
47:49Just a little bit worried where we are in the race.
47:51Now it's starting to feel real.
47:56Oh.
47:56Languishing at the back, Stephen and Viv.
47:59Hello.
47:59Hello.
48:00We need a train to Nara City, please.
48:03Via Nagoya.
48:04We need it now.
48:05With over 350 kilometres of ground to cover to reach the checkpoint.
48:11Feeling confident we've got this.
48:12Yes.
48:13We've got a bit of time on the train, eat a banana, have a drink.
48:16Oh.
48:17Oh.
48:18Oh.
48:20Come on ladies, let's get this show on the road, eh?
48:24Currently closer to Nara City than any of the other teams,
48:28Bridie and Sharon, in keeping with their shoestring strategy...
48:32Let's go.
48:33..are squeezing in a shift bussing tables.
48:35These are our kind of people, workers.
48:37This has got my name all over it.
48:40Look at these ladies.
48:41One of them says she was 71.
48:43She goes deep sea diving.
48:44The Amma women are a community of free divers,
48:48still braving the waters of the Pacific to bring back seafood
48:52to feed their families and the customers of this restaurant.
48:55Grandma.
48:57I love how inspiring those ladies have been.
49:00They're still rocking it.
49:01You're amazing.
49:02You're powerful.
49:03All of you.
49:04Strong.
49:04Yeah, she knows, yeah.
49:06Bye.
49:07Bye.
49:07Bye.
49:08To the train station.
49:09Let's go.
49:12Closing in on the first checkpoint.
49:15This is Kyoto station.
49:17No Kyoto station.
49:18Kyoto.
49:18Train.
49:20Train.
49:21Train.
49:21Okay.
49:22The boys have been dropped on the outskirts of Kyoto,
49:25and are looking for a quick connection.
49:28So, like, we're, like, right in the arse end of Kyoto right now.
49:31We don't know what time the train runs.
49:32We don't know what line it is, where it goes from.
49:35Just don't know what station to get off.
49:38I mean, this is all in Japanese, I think.
49:40It's proper.
49:41It's just about...
49:44Excuse me.
49:44Do you speak English?
49:46No, nothing.
49:47Do you know where Nara City is?
49:49Nara City, no.
49:50Nara City?
49:51No.
49:53Approaching Kyoto from the north,
50:00Nara City.
50:01Isabel plans ahead.
50:051,590.
50:071,180.
50:09For a test, you have to get to Nara.
50:11Yeah.
50:12So, we spent 32% of our budget.
50:14We've got 68% left.
50:15Okay.
50:16Could be worse.
50:17Train stops here.
50:20Oh, no, does it?
50:21I don't know.
50:22I don't know.
50:23I don't know.
50:24Get the bags.
50:25We need to get the bags.
50:26We get off.
50:26This is Shintanama Station.
50:27Yeah, get off, get off.
50:30Excuse me.
50:31We're trying to get to Nara City, so where would we go now?
50:33You have to go out and get a new ticket since it's actually the opposite direction.
50:39Thank you so much.
50:41That's so lucky.
50:43We know where we're going now.
50:44Five stops and we're there.
50:45And then a run to the checkpoint.
50:48The first checkpoint in the race to Lombok, Nara City.
50:54Visitors can arrive at one of two main stations.
50:59First into town, Eugenie and Isabel land in the west,
51:03farthest from the checkpoint hotel.
51:06Their GPS tracker tells them its exact location.
51:10Make your way on foot to the south-west corner of Sarasawa Pond
51:14and find the Gangoji Temple.
51:17Shall we ask someone?
51:20Konnichiwa.
51:21Doko Sarasawa Pond?
51:23Water.
51:23Oh, okay.
51:24Yeah, I definitely go straight.
51:26Okay.
51:26Okay, that's enough.
51:28Arigato.
51:28Arigato.
51:29We can do this.
51:30I can smell water anyway.
51:34Arriving to the north...
51:35Let's go.
51:36Don't forget, compass and ask.
51:39Two fundamentals.
51:42The boys can close the gap.
51:47Right, we're facing dead north, so we need to go right and go straight down.
51:52Sarasawa.
51:52Right, let's move.
51:58Is that hopping?
51:59It does.
52:00Yep.
52:01I can see what looks like some kind of pond.
52:03Pond.
52:05Pond.
52:05Ponpond.
52:06Konnichiwa.
52:07Doko.
52:08Doko.
52:09Gangoji Temple.
52:10Gangoji.
52:11Arigato.
52:13That's it.
52:14That's a pond.
52:14That's it.
52:15Want to find the Gangoji Temple.
52:17South-west.
52:19Fast approaching Nara City...
52:21Is it?
52:22Hello.
52:23Biosarco, it's been nice.
52:24The three other teams.
52:26We are so close.
52:28It's exciting!
52:31Japanese trains run like clockwork until you bloomin' need them to.
52:36The train's here.
52:38Might as just hold it, let's get on it.
52:40We'll go to the toilet when we go up in Nara.
52:42Yes, that means.
52:45Right, steady, steady.
52:47I'm not seeing a temple.
52:49Tell me that itself, basically.
52:52Hundred percent.
52:53Hundred percent.
52:53We were going up there.
52:54Right, okay, so there's no stress.
52:55We'll go this way.
52:57Yeah.
52:57We'll be able to see it.
52:58Yeah, you know, I'm just, yeah.
53:03Is there what you think?
53:04Doko Gangoji Temple.
53:06Gangoji.
53:10Gangoji.
53:12Arigato.
53:12Arigato.
53:15There's someone coming.
53:16Sorry.
53:17Oh, my God.
53:17The other team.
53:18It's the boys.
53:20You ready for foot race?
53:22Yeah.
53:22Go, go.
53:23Upside.
53:24Upside.
53:25Sugar.
53:26Oh, Isabel.
53:27I'm so sorry.
53:28I can't see these.
53:29Careful, careful.
53:30We cannot miss it.
53:31Should we try, like, loop around the back, baby?
53:34It's all in Japanese, right?
53:37Come on, Mum.
53:38Come on.
53:38I'm trying, Isabel.
53:40Yeah, I know.
53:41But we can do it.
53:42Do you think it's through here?
53:45I think it's one more.
53:46I think it's one more.
53:47Because this is the road we started on down there.
53:50Yeah?
53:53Mum!
53:54I'm here.
53:54Come on, come on.
53:55Is it here?
53:56I think so.
53:57Gangoji Temple.
53:58Gangoji Temple.
54:01It's here somewhere.
54:05Perched on a hill overlooking the city,
54:06the Nara Hotel was your first checkpoint.
54:10Nara Hotel?
54:11Nara Hotel?
54:12Nara Hotel?
54:13Nara Hotel.
54:14Okay.
54:17I don't understand.
54:18Yeah, neither.
54:19I don't...
54:19Look, we know it's there, but I just...
54:20I don't know where any other entrance will be.
54:21We're now just walking...
54:22We're just now walking away from it.
54:23If we go left, we're looking around the back of it,
54:25and there might be an entrance there.
54:27And I bet that's where the other two have gone.
54:29I don't know what other side to try.
54:31Like, we've done three.
54:31But this isn't the side.
54:34South...
54:35West...
54:35Corner of Sarasawa.
54:37Pond.
54:38Never eat shredded wheat.
54:40Come on, darling.
54:41Hey, come here.
54:42Not far now.
54:43This looks like a pond.
54:45Something pond-like.
54:46I think it's down there.
54:49Oh, God.
54:50Now a station.
54:51And it needs to come down.
54:53Do you reckon down that way?
54:54Yeah.
54:55Yeah.
54:58Over there, look.
55:00Absolutely crazy.
55:01Why is it all the way up there?
55:04Yeah, there you go.
55:06It's up there.
55:08How do we go up there?
55:09Let's just get to it and then find a way.
55:12There's quite a few steps, Mum.
55:13No stairs!
55:15Nara Hotel, this is it.
55:19I think this is the entrance.
55:21Oh.
55:22Mum, come on.
55:23Mum, they're behind us.
55:25F***.
55:31Nish you are.
55:33Nish you are.
55:35Ah!
55:36I see! I told you!
55:38OK.
55:38Oh, my gosh!
55:40Oh, my gosh.
55:43I'm getting all emotional.
55:44Isabel, she's a smart cookie.
55:46She said we shouldn't really go through Tokyo.
55:50OK.
55:51Oh, wow!
55:52Our money is, like, very low.
55:54The main thing we need to do on the next leg is work.
56:00Good to see you.
56:01Hello.
56:04I'll tell you that.
56:05Two minutes behind first.
56:06Unbelievable.
56:08It's not just second.
56:10It's second...
56:10Just by two minutes.
56:11By two minutes.
56:11So it's as close to joint first as you get.
56:13Yeah, as you're going to get.
56:14Yeah, no, it's really solid.
56:15Eugenie and Isabel were low-key at the start line and they're high-key at the finish line.
56:20Yeah, they're one to watch out for, definitely.
56:22We made it.
56:23It's here.
56:24Oh, good.
56:25Perfect.
56:26Nice.
56:27I am pleasantly surprised at how well that we've worked together.
56:31Pits of batter, pits of batter, pits of batter.
56:33Right, come on.
56:34Yeah.
56:34Last bit.
56:35We'll take the glasses off.
56:37Come on, let's give it a round.
56:39Are you OK, Mum?
56:40Yeah, I'm good.
56:42Oh!
56:43We're not last.
56:44Yes!
56:46This leg, we have focused more on the enjoyment side.
56:49The leisurely pace, seeing the scenery.
56:52Eugenie and Isabel won!
56:54Wow!
56:54Wow!
56:56We were quite convinced that we would be last place.
56:59So it was so lovely to be within two hours of the leading team.
57:03Yes.
57:03That big shock, actually.
57:04Big shock.
57:05It's actually quite a boost to the confidence.
57:08Oh, you are.
57:11Thank you, sir.
57:11Good night.
57:12Good night.
57:13We need a bath.
57:16Hello.
57:17Hello.
57:18Oh, we're fifth.
57:20That's all right.
57:21I'm happy with that.
57:21Same.
57:22We've got time to catch up.
57:23Yeah.
57:23I mean, unless it's Karen being ours.
57:25And keep being nice, people.
57:26Yeah, definitely.
57:29After five days and 1,600 kilometres, just four hours and 14 minutes separate the teams.
57:37I think the most exciting thing is that there's a long way to go.
57:41We've got to win the next election.
57:42The fire has been reignited.
57:47Can we cut in?
57:49We're in a race.
57:51The unknown.
57:52Probably the most exciting part and the most terrifying part.
57:55Go on, overtake him.
57:56Go on.
57:57My responsibility is being strong when Betty's not so strong.
58:01I can't care for this.
58:03Oh, ****.
58:04All right.
58:05Go out.
58:05In a blaze of glory.
58:07It's hard.
58:08Really hard.
58:08Flipping it.
58:09Mum, speed up.
58:10Got a race to win it.
58:12Try to beat the death.
58:14I don't see the emotional side of you often.
58:17And I think that's what's made it harder in the past.
58:20Absolutely bonkers.
58:21Oh, my God.
58:22It's safe.
58:22We're determined.
58:24Strong-minded.
58:24I think we've got this.
58:26Oh, now you're running.
58:27It's not just like a new job.
58:29It's not like a new hobby.
58:30This is a new life.
59:00You're right.
59:01What are you doing?
59:03You..
59:03It's so fucking funny.
59:03It's fun to know as an English audiobook book.
59:03You need a man to justify the Gotta Identify.