Canada AM host Seamus O'Regan shares his trip around Japan after Expos 2005 in these 2 - 3 minute vignettes:
1. A visit to Nagoya Castle, a Japanese historical landmark that is now a museum and provides a look at many aspects of the country's history-including traditional Samurai dress.
2. The Meiji village museum is a place to experience Japan as it was over a hundred years ago. Ride the 19th century locomotive to see original historical buildings that offer a taste of Japanese life in times past.
3. A brief look at the traditional Japanese tea ceremony and the rituals that surround it-the spiritualism of the experience, the detailed etiquette involved and the elaborate training required to become a tea server.
4. A venture into a Japanese public bath. Natural hot springs offer a relaxing experience that is part of Japanese tradition.
5. The Festival of Floats provides an opportunity to look at Karakuri marionettes, a craft steeped in Japanese tradition that has also influenced the development of robots.
6. A tour of the Toyota museum reveals the company's unexpected history, the significance of its historical inventions and some of its future projects.