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In Tokyo, a city of over 24 million, James tries not to get lost in the crowd as he attempts to conquer his fear of seafood, meets a blind breakdancer, and learns how the sighted and blind alike prepare for the city's next natural disaster.

The bullet train takes James to Osaka and toward his ultimate goal: to climb Mount Fuji; outside the big cities, James searches for peace in Kyoto's temples; sacred traditions and a mountain covered in monkeys offer a new perspective on life.

James returns to his former home city of Los Angeles, where he reconnects with old friends working in accessibility in the entertainment industry, enjoys Korean BBQ, street food, and hits the beach for a little surfing.

After a surprise invite to visit the head of accessibility at Microsoft's headquarters in Seattle, James heads to Vancouver, known for its breathtaking natural beauty and self-proclaimed title of "most accessible city in the world.".

James sets out to discover what it's like to travel blind in the Big Apple, to see if someone like him can make it there.

Francesca Chiorando visits one of the UK's premier custom electric guitar makers, Crimson Guitars, and the iconic Marshall Amplification factory in Milton Keynes.

Francesca Chiorando hits the racetrack for a test drive in one of the fastest motorsport cars in the world, a Prodrive Aston Martin.

Francesca Chiorando goes inside the largest tractor factory in the UK, New Holland Agriculture, to see how they build their newest bespoke tractor.

Going inside the Vespa factory in Italy to see how they build their iconic scooters.

Francesca Chiorando finds out how Waterford crystal is made and gets to try glassblowing.

Investigating how the AW 101, one of the world's most advanced search and rescue helicopters, is designed and built.

Francesca Chiorando visits one of the UK's premier custom electric guitar makers, Crimson Guitars, and the iconic Marshall Amplification factory in Milton Keynes.

Francesca Chiorando hits the racetrack for a test drive in one of the fastest motorsport cars in the world, a Prodrive Aston Martin.

Francesca Chiorando goes inside the largest tractor factory in the UK, New Holland Agriculture, to see how they build their newest bespoke tractor.

Going inside the Vespa factory in Italy to see how they build their iconic scooters.

Francesca Chiorando finds out how Waterford crystal is made and gets to try glassblowing.

Investigating how the AW 101, one of the world's most advanced search and rescue helicopters, is designed and built.

A close up view of the most destructive recent volcanic eruptions around the world.

Exploring the devastating impact of earthquakes.

The inside story of pandemic outbreaks including SARS and the African Ebola outbreak in Sudan.

Examining a natural phenomenon that is both a friend and a foe to humankind, fire; dangerous and deadly fires are a fact of life, as immutable as the wind, the rain or the seasons.

The devastating power of wind from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; the destructive Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.

Flash floods in Brazil, the deluge that followed Hurricane Katrina, and the overflow after the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2015 are all, to some extent, natural phenomena; examining if a changing climate is making them worse and more frequent.

Most natural disasters, including volcanoes and earthquakes, are geological disasters; avalanches, landslides, blizzards and heatwaves don't usually cause fatalities in the tens of thousands.

Exploring a range of nuclear disasters and industrial accidents from across the globe.

Exploring sagas of death and misadventure at sea, from the loss of the Titanic -- a supposedly unsinkable luxury liner -- to a routine ferry trip in South Korea that ends with heartbreaking losses.

Behind the scenes stories of major airline and space shuttle disasters.

Disasters in the air and misfortunes at sea have a large number of fatalities involved; rail journeys can be fraught with disaster.

Environmental disasters threaten life on land, on sea and in the air.

A close up view of the most destructive recent volcanic eruptions around the world.

Exploring the devastating impact of earthquakes.

The inside story of pandemic outbreaks including SARS and the African Ebola outbreak in Sudan.

Examining a natural phenomenon that is both a friend and a foe to humankind, fire; dangerous and deadly fires are a fact of life, as immutable as the wind, the rain or the seasons.