into the sea or just walked across at low tide. spain's prime minister has vowed to restore order. it was a year ago now that a global movement erupted, prompted by the killing of one man. george floyd died after he was pinned to the ground by a police officer in the us state of minnesota. graphic video showed the nature of his arrest and treatment, the officer's subsequent trial returned a verdict of murder. it was a killing that magfnified the focus on racial equity and justice and notjust in the us. here in the uk there were more than 200 demonstrations. adina campbell reports now on why george floyd's death resonated with so many people. chanting. everyone here today can make a difference. whether you have privilege

or whether you don't. leamington spa, worlds apart from where george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. i thought 20 people were going to show up, never 700. but last summer, people in this leafy warwickshire town came together, calling for change. because it's ourjob to make sure this does not happen again. shianne williams organised the protest. she was 17 at the time. i hadn't seen that many people in leamington coming together for one cause. so, and when you've grown up in a place where you thought people didn't really like you... i have been a victim of racism all my life. i've been spat on, i've been racially abused in the streets, bullied in school. there was an incident where someone threw dirt over me. those things have kind of made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matter. chanting. hundreds of thousands of people in the uk took part in anti—racism marches in the aftermath of george floyd's

murder, raising questions about policing. less than 2% of officers in england, wales and scotland are black, a disproportionate representation. as a young, black man i was stopped and searched. i know the struggles and difficulties. it's helpful for the community to see police officers that look and sound like them and to acknowledge what the community are saying. in coventry, campaigners have been reflecting on the last 12 months. but the conversations are changing. before, it was just, racism is bad because it's "i hate black people." but now we are beginning to understand that racism is a system and there's levels to it. things like, "oh, sorry, can i shorten your name, it's too hard to pronounce?" the reason why we're even here in the first place is because people are either uneducated or wrongly educated.

when i try and talk about these things to other white people my age, they go, "well, i can't be racist because i'm a good person." but there are things that you do, because of the society that we live in, that discriminate against black people. adina campbell, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show... we're approaching the first rapid, and it's meant to be whoa! imitating a drunk monkey driving a car. and, that's it? i do kind of feel ninja—like here. laughter.

hello and welcome to the travel show. coming to you this week from tokyo, a city that's been my home for a little over seven years, and where the big talking point is whether this summer's olympic games will definitely go ahead, and if they do, what form will they take? it was back at the end of march last year that the ioc and the japanese authorities decided to postpone which were due to kick off with a spectacular opening ceremony in the capital's new national stadium on the 23rd ofjuly 2020. since then, japan and the rest of the world have been through a series of lockdowns, and most countries still have international travel restrictions in place. and although the postponed

games are due to go ahead at the end ofjuly, rising infection rate injapan, coupled with the recent extension of the state of emergency here in tokyo means that everyone is closely watching the news, waiting for a definitive answer. in the meantime, why not join me as we take a look back at some of our favourite travel show stories from here? last year, there was a big campaign here injapan for people to holiday at home, with lots of discounts and incentives on offer, and not wanting to miss out, i headed around 5,000 kilometres south—west of tokyo on the main island of honshu, to the countryside surrounding wakayama to try a rafting adventure with a different. for centuries the wood here was so sought—after that it was used in buildings all around the country, but transporting it was no easy task.

they came up with a novel solution, and today travellers can experience the old journey downstream. it does look quite strange by today's standards. i don't know what i was expecting but it really is just a bunch of logs strung together. it must float ok, it's been around long enough. speaks japanese. so what's it like to drive and steer such a long raft like this?

in the past, once the trees had been felled in strung together, the rafters would ride them down the river to the destination. today, with travellers on board, the rafts are safer. there are life jackets, handrails, and a bench, plus additional measures for coronavirus, like masks and reduced capacity. but it's still very open to the elements. so, we're approaching the first rapid and it's meant to be the steepest and most exciting. hang on!

woo! whoa! this is great! laughter. i'm totally soaked from my waist down. laughter. whoa! this is the slower part of the ride, so to speak, but it's just fascinating to think this is what they would have been doing 600 years ago to transport all the logs down to the city to make the temples and the shrines. so, we're approaching a rapid now and we stand up so we don't get too wet. here we go! woo! laughter. whoa!

0n the side! so, that was our last rapid. it so interesting to watch these four guys navigate this seven—tonne log raft down a riverjust like they would have 600 years ago. it's amazing! definitely a unique way to travel, if you don't mind getting your feet wet. well, each big japanese city has its own particular and distinctive feel and if you're looking for a laugh, then you better head to osaka, which over the generations has earned itself a reputation of being the comedy capital of japan. and back in 2015, rajan headed there to get in on the journey. 0saka is japan's mecca

of comedy. these guys are really famous here. this theatre claims to be the busiest and most popular comedy venue in all ofjapan. the demand is phenomenal, so it's open 365 days a year to full houses of up to four shows a day, that's around i million people a year. fans travel from all over the country to see the stars live on stage. cheering. the show includes many types of comedy, but one of the most common and popular is manzai, a double act with a straight guy and a funnyguy trading jokes, and it's this style that in 0sa ka.

i wanted to find out more about the roots of comedy in the city. hello! konnichiwa! nice to meet you! katsura kaishi practices the traditional story telling, rakugo, and he says it evolved from 0saka's trading history. speaks japanese. i'll go to your show tomorrow,

we'll see, i'll find out. rakugo comedy was invented by buddhist monks to make their teachings more entertaining. speaking english: there was a car accident, mother, father and children were all hospitalised, but a monkey was the only one left, with the police. the police said i wish this monkey could talk... it's a storytelling tradition that obviously resembles stand—up comedy, but this is some 200 years older. what would the father do? he was drinking, maybe he was drinking and driving. what were you doing, monkey?

after the show, i wanted to get some tips from the expert. "monkey, what was the father doing?" "hang on a minute, what were you doing, monkey?" and that's it? they laugh. you should maybe move to japan and should be laughter. packing a punchline, japanese—style, in osaka back in 2015. well, stay with us, because still to come on the travel show... this wall is as tall as me! i get put through my paces as i visit a ninja training camp in nagoya.

it's dance moves upon dance moves upon dance moves, it's very complicated! and we set out to wow the crowds in a traditional festival in hokkaido. so don't go away. when you think ofjapan, things like cherry blossoms, tea ceremonies, temples and karaoke will spring to mind. but if you're a film or comic book fan, then ninjas will also be high on your list. back in 2016, i travelled to nagoya to meet some martial arts fans to become modern ninjas, and i even gave it a go myself. needless to say i did not get hired. the ninja, a mysterious, undercover agent in feudal japan, skilled in espionage and assassination, living in the shadows, and now, you can apply to be one. farfrom hiding in the dark, the next generation of ninjas

answered a job ad. full—time, centraljapan, salary around 1600 us dollars per month. hundreds of people applied and auditioned for the jobs, including many from overseas. this is the nagoya castle, and these are some of the chosen few. the new ninjas. every kid dreams about becoming a ninja at some point in their life. for me i held onto the dream a bit longer than most people. i know you have just started but what's it like to be the only foreign ninja? it's a challenge! i thought that i could come tojapan, find a ninja clan, become a ninja, and then that would be it, but it is a constant progression of learning, studying, and struggling with japanese, but i love it, i've never been happier.

it's not just physical. there is also history to be learned. it will be an intensive month ahead of this modern day ninja team's debut. it's only a training session, but there is already a lot of media interest, and for me it feels like there's a reality tv or talent show element to this project. but not everyone is buying into the hype. some purists are worried that this sort of campaign is sending a distorted image of the japanese icon to the rest of the world. two hours from nagoya, i've been told this is the heart of ninja country. so, hundreds of years ago, real—life ninjas trained in the very mountains here, in akamedaki.

so, i've come to this ninja training camp to try and get an authentic ninja experience. �*ninja no mori', or �*ninja forest', has been set up to cater to tourists in a natural setting. i might look the part, but can a cut it as a real—life ninja? to my relief, we started the day with some prayers and meditation. then it was time to leave the safe surrounds of the temple and head to the training corps. first, it was onto the wire. what would this be used for? speaks japanese. so, if there was a castle and a moat? yes, yes. speaks japanese.

oh, so, the rope would help you get over the water? yes, yes. i — i do kind of feel ninja—like here. laughter. this is the — it's quite difficult! laughter. 0h! 0k. i don't think ninjas are meant to giggle. 0k. oh, my goodness! and then, the skill of scaling walls undetected. you don't expect me to do that, do you? speaks japanese. ganbatte? hai, ganbatte, yarimashou. ah! this wall�*s as tall as me! i wouldn't say it was easy, and i definitely didn't say it was pretty.

but i managed it. so, they upped the ante. time to let go of any dreams i have of becoming a true ninja. i still defy anyone my size without superhuman powers to get over that wall. well, to finish off this week's look back at some of our favourite japanese adventures, we head to the far north of the country, to the island of hokkaido, where in 2018, rajan headed there to take part in an annual local festival based on the island's seafaring history. and he even managed to pick up a few dance moves along the way. yosakoi soran is one of the region's biggest international dancing competitions. teams dance to music which is all inspired by the hokkaido folk

song soran. traditionally, this folk song was about hokkaido fishermen. it's come a long, long way since then! i'd arranged to meet someone who'd taken part in this festival many, many times since she was a child. but finding one dancer on long 13,000 others was proving a little trickier than i expected. hi! konnichiwa! so, you are a veteran of this — of soran, of this dance festival? yeah. excellent. you're going to teach me about all of this? what makes this festival unique? this yosakoi soran festival in hokkaido has two rules, yes, yes, just one — every team, every dancer as this — �*naruko'. do you know soran music? yeah. so, even though the music

might sound different, and there's this — they have the same melody? yes, yes, yes. how does the melody go? sings �*yosakoi soran'. and while it is something that clearly takes a lot of practice, i'm told in my case one hour should do it. this is what i have to wear? yes! wearing happi. ah. 0k. # choi! a very public training session for newbies like me before taking part in the main festival parade around the streets of the city. tell me about the first time you entered the festival, tell me about how it felt

for you and what you did? hah! yeah! that's what you need, attitude. just, ok, from top. 0h, from the top? it's just dance move upon dance move upon dance moves, it's so complicated! many of these moves are based on the tasks old fisherman performed, like dragging nets, pulling ropes and lifting luggage over their shoulders. can't you tell?

0k! that looks difficult. that's only the practice! and we haven't even started the real thing yet. thunderclap. so, i'vejust had a rigourous workout and lesson and i supposedly know my moves. and now, to cap it all off, we're going to do the whole dance around the square in front of the crowds. help! thanks to your wonderful teaching, ifeel quite confident now. 0h, we're sprinting? ok, let's start! yeah! fantastic. the nerves have all gone. who cares how good you are? this is about community, the festival. i'm getting in there. are you tired? i'm not! yes, because it's exciting.

�*soran bushi' plays. not a bad effort there from rajan back in 2018. well, that's all we've got time for this week. coming up next week: mike heads to the maasai mara in kenya

to find out how the coronavirus pandemic forced lodges to lower their prices, meaning that more kenyans got the chance to go on safari for the very first time. we are excited and now we can afford the rates, that's why we're here. well, join us for that, if you can. but in the meantime, let me leave you with some pictures of the climax of that festival in hokkaido in 2018. sadly, it was cancelled in 2020, but fingers crossed the festival can go ahead again later this year. in the meantime, from all of us here from the travel show team here injapan, it's goodbye, and see you next time.

hello. although the weather will be a little quieter across the uk overall today, in contrast to recent days, it's not settling down properly any time soon. the end of the week looking very stormy indeed, and that will be thanks to this area of low pressure barreling in on thursday and friday. we've kind of got a weak area of low pressure still with us for today. it's going to feed in a band of more organised showers to the south for first thing. this should clear the south—east, though, by the time we get to lunchtime. cloud and some patchy rain drifting south across scotland, and then through the afternoon, livelier, thundery showers develop, particularly across eastern scotland and the eastern side of england. a few elsewhere towards the west, but generally much drier for wales and the south—west and many parts of the midlands than it has been of late. as we move through the overnight period, clear skies and light winds, actually pretty chilly into the small hours

of thursday with a risk of a few pockets of ground frost, particularly for central and eastern areas. in the west, the wind will already, though, be starting to pick up, the cloud piling in and this deep area of low pressure starts to make itself felt first thing on thursday. wind and rain into the west, spreading to all areas through the day. yes, there will be some heavy rain, but potentially not as heavy as some of us have seen out of the recent showers. the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gusting 45—50mph, strong enough to do some damage and cause some disruption. 0ur temperatures still very unremarkable for the time of year, at least a couple of degrees below where we'd expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday. perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers

still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. very strong gusts across southern britain on friday. and still our temperatures, well, we're barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday.

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