hello, hokkaido.this relatively recent migration, the island that was developed by those first japanese settlers took on its own distinct characteristics, making it markedly different from the mainland. one of the immediate issues was how to live alongside what many agree to be the island's indigenous inhabitants — the ainu. i had come to meet monbetsu, who had recently returned to his heritage, following in the footsteps of the ainu. for his ancestors, hunting animals was key to survival. today, this means a fusion of modern and traditional hunting techniques, like making use of every part of the hunted animal. when the japanese settled here, the ainu were made to assimilate into japanese society. their traditional lifestyle was banned, and so today, little of their old way of life remains. konnichiwa. so, we're going hunting? hunting. excellent, let's do it. there are bears in this forest. i'm sticking close to him. so tell me, you go hunting every day? until recently, those who openly showed their

that's mash it. 0thers hokkaido rate in terms of its mochi? —— how does hokkaido.hands for the rest of his life. one... use of his hands for the rest of his life. one. .. all use of his hands for the rest of his life. one... all right, agape. 0ne! it takes 100 strikes of the mochi jamaica just right. and this is not just about speed. —— to make itjust right. i don't want to outshine my hosts. the proof, as they say, is in the pudding, or the tasting, so let us see the pudding, or the tasting, so let us see what the judges have his say. —— have to say. that was not in the script. i reckoned that was a fix. and after all that exertion, it's time for a well earned rest. i'm heading south, where my trip comes to an end in hokkaido's man city of sapporo. it is a fitting place to finish the trip around hokkaido, because here in sapporo, they are hosting a jazz festival, that plays hosting a jazz festival, that plays host to the whole city. —— main city of sapporo. just under a sweaty festival ta kes of sapporo. just under a sweaty festival takes place. this is one of the

how does hokkaido rate in terms of its mochi?e risks the use of his hands for the rest of his life. 0ne... all right. 0ne! it takes 100 strikes of the mochi to make itjust right. and this is notjust about speed. i don't want to outshine my hosts. the proof, as they say, is in the pudding, or the tasting, so let's see what the judges have to say. that was not in the script. i reckoned that was a fix. and after all that exertion, it's time for a well earned rest. i'm heading south, where my trip comes to an end in hokkaido‘s main city of sapporo. it is a fitting place to finish the trip around hokkaido, because here in sapporo, they are hosting a dance festival, that pays homage to the whole city's connection to the sea. just down there is where the festival takes place. yosakoi soran is one of the biggest international dancing competitions. teams dance to music inspired by the hokkaido folk song soran. this folk song was about fishermen traditionally. it has come a long way since then. one of the teams here with their own take on

how does hokkaido rate in terms of its mochi?or the rest of his life. 0ne! all right, 0k. 0ne! it takes 100 strikes of the mochi to make itjust right. and it is notjust about speed. i'm told how you hit it will affect that all—importa nt final taste. now, i'm obviously holding back here for fear of not wanting to outshine my hosts. the proof, as they say, is in the pudding — or the tasting — so let us see what the judges say. that was not in the script. i reckon that was a fix. and, after all that exertion, it's time for a well—earned rest. i'm heading south, where my trip comes to an end in hokkaido's main city of sapporo. it is a fitting place to finish the trip around hokkaido, because here in sapporo, they are hosting a dance festival, that pays homage to the whole island's connection to the sea. just down there is where the festival takes place. yosakoi soran is one of the biggest international dancing competitions. teams dance to music inspired by the hokkaido folksong soran. traditionally this folksong was about fishermen.

how does hokkaido rate in terms of its mochi?f his hands for the rest of his life. now then, this is where he risks the use of his hands for the rest of his life. one! and, after all that exertion, it's time for a well—earned rest. i'm heading south, where my trip comes to an end in hokkaido's main city of sapporo. it is a fitting place to finish the trip around hokkaido, because here in sapporo, they are hosting a dance festival, that pays homage to the whole island's connection to the sea. just down there is where the festival takes place. yosakoi soran is one of the biggest international dancing competitions. teams dance to music inspired by the hokkaido folksong soran. traditionally this folksong was about fishermen. and one of the teams here with their own take on this dance is the russians. interesting, considering the history between the two nations. hats off to them. really good. i'd arranged to meet someone who had taken part in this festival many times, since she was a child. but finding one person among 30,000 others w

how does hokkaido rate in terms of its mochi? notjust about speed. i'm told how you hit it will affect that all—importa nt final taste. now, i'm obviously holding back here for fear of not wanting to outshine my hosts. the proof, as they say, is in the pudding — or the tasting — so let us see what the judges say. that was not in the script. i reckon that was a fix. and, after all that exertion, it's time for a well—earned rest. i'm heading south, where my trip comes to an end in hokkaido's main city of sapporo. it is a fitting place to finish the trip around hokkaido, because here in sapporo, they are hosting a dance festival, that pays homage to the whole island's connection to the sea. just down there is where the festival takes place. yosakoi soran is one of the biggest international dancing competitions. teams dance to music inspired by the hokkaido folksong soran. traditionally this folksong was about fishermen. it's come an awfully long way since then. and one of the teams here with their own take on this dance is the russi

rajan in is travelling through hokkaido, japan's northern island, where he gets hands—on with the striking honour of meeting one of its hungriest residents. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on social media, the links to those accounts are found on our website. from me, mike corey, and the rest of the travel show team here in sarajevo, it's goodbye. good afternoon, after yesterday's sunny spells, today brings more in the way of cloud and that cloud is producing heavy, showery rain, this is the picture in swansea, big heavy showers around there, western parts of the uk, heavy showers rattling in. through the rest of the day, still heavy showers, many places, not everywhere, more sunshine developing in the west later on. this one producing rain across scotland, down to the south—east of england and behind that, from the west, sister moving in, bringing heavy and thundery showers. this radar picture shows where the rain has been falling, particularly across parts of scotland, eastern england and then from the west, heavy showers returning. bit of sunshine as well, arts of northe

rajan in is travelling through hokkaido, japan's northern island, where he gets hands—on with the strikinghonour of meeting one of its hungriest residents. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on social media, the links to those accounts are found on our website. from me, mike corey, and the rest of the travel show team here in sarajevo, it's goodbye. hello. in the outbreak of the given way to heavy and in places thundery showers which will work eased through the early hours of monday morning. that is all due to serious low pressure which first thing, is still lingering in them and in scotland, still generating showers. for most, a few sunny spells and a scattering of showers. if you catch one of those, it could be heavy and thundery. looking at four o'clock in the afternoon in more detail, a fair amount of sunshine across much of england and wales. more than we saw on sunday. but noticed these blobs of blue and green indicating showers pushing their way west to east. maybe thunder or lightning. a few showers for northern ireland will dry. the few breaks in the cloud for murray

rajan is travelling through hokkaido, japan's northern island.g local food culture. and has the dubious honour of meeting one of its hungriest residence. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on social media, the links to those accounts are found on our website. from me, mike corey, and the rest of the travel show team here in sarajevo, it's goodbye. it's been a sunny but somewhat chilly start to the day. with the weather going downhill, there will be rain across western areas later, but nothing on the scale of the rain we had yesterday, which across eastern england brought 49 millimetres into herstmonceux in east sussex. that's over three quarters of a months worth of rain here. in contrast to that, many of us have had skies like these this morning. plenty of sunshine, some contrails crisscrossing the sky coming out of the backside of aeroplanes, if you like. for the rest of the day, we will see cloud continuing to work in from the south—west. we've already seen the cloud arrive across parts of the south west and south—west england. th

rajan in is travelling through hokkaido, japan's northern island, where he gets hands—on with the strikingus honour of meeting one of its hungriest residents. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on social media, the links to those accounts are found on our website. from me, mike corey, and the rest of the travel show team here in sarajevo, it's goodbye. hello. whilst many of us saw some sunshine yesterday, today has been a different story. cloudy, breezy, outbreaks of rain. this was the picture in lincolnshire earlier this afternoon. there have been some spells of sunshine around across parts of wales, south—west england and northern ireland, but the lion's share has been across shetland and 0rkney, and that's because they have been to the north of these fronts, which continue their very slow progress eastwards overnight. so further spells of rain and also some locally heavy and thundery showers pushing their way eastwards through wales and into england. behind them, we'll see a few clearer spells developing across parts of wales, south—west england and northern ireland. the ch

rajan in is travelling through hokkaido, japan's northern island.ing local food culture. and has the dubious honour of meeting one of its hungriest residence. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on social media, the links to those accounts are found on our website. from me, mike corey, and the rest of the travel show team here in sarajevo, it's goodbye. hello. it stays fairly changeable over the next few days, and as a general rule of thumb, if you saw some sunshine on saturday, like here in north yorkshire, there's a good chance you'll see a bit of rain around on sunday. and it's all connected to this area of low pressure to the west of the uk, which through the early hours of sunday will continue to push fronts and outbreaks of rain eastwards through northern ireland, england, wales, into southern parts of scotland. clearing fairly early on on sunday morning from northern ireland, so after some initial rain here, turning brighter, some spells of sunshine. outbreaks of rain continuing to work their way eastwards through england and wale

rajan in is travelling through hokkaido, japan's northern island, where he gets hands—on with the striking meeting one of its hungriest residents. in the meantime, don't forget you can follow us on social media, the links to those accounts are found on our website. from me, mike corey, and the rest of the travel show team here in sarajevo, it's goodbye. hello there. well, we should get off to a pretty sunny start across eastern areas of the country, before things generally turn cloudier later today, and that cloud will hang around into the weekend as well. weather front brought the rain yesterday. that's clearing out into europe, clearer skies following, but then we've got this next wodge of cloud. this weather front, this warm front, is going to be bringing warmer air across the uk, yes, but also we'll have outbreaks of rain spreading in as well. so, the forecast in a bit more detail. for the early risers, clear skies to start the day across england and wales, but further north and west, the clouds that bit thicker, and there'll be a few showers for western scotland and northern ireland.

the travel show visits hokkaido injapan, looking at how indigenous culture onjapan‘s northernmost island fused with the mainland traditions. a massive relief operation is under way in southern india to help hundreds of thousands left homeless by the worst floods in the area in 100 years. the south western state of kerala has been most severely hit. at least 170 people have died there in the last ten days. katy austin reports. rain comes to kerala every year. not like this. people are walking miles to safety through what officials say are the worst floods for a century. translation: after 36 years, it is the first time that such flooding is happening here. it is a disaster for the whole population. a third more rainfall than usual has fallen this season with devastating effects. boats and helicopters are being used to rescue people, including this pregnant woman. hundreds of thousands are now homeless and living in 1,500 emergency relief camps, waiting and hoping while volunteers cook for them. men, women and children forced to flee to safety but the camps are increasingly crowded and som

premier li was in japan and met with akio toyota, the ceo of toyota, and got a tour of a facility in hokkaido commuted to toyota that hybrid will play an important role in its environmental goals. that's one very important part of this story. the other, as we have been hearing about, is the trump administration going the other way to china, threatening to put up barriers to trade. toyota may have realized they have been too dependent on the u.s. for too long. they sell twice as many cars in the u.s. as in china, whereas volkswagen and gm have had china as the biggest market for several years. nissan should see china become either biggest market this year. toyota has not followed the trend the other automakers have taken. maybe now with the trump administration threatening trade barriers, that could be a catalyst. yvonne: thank you. kevin buckland, asia autos reporter joining us from tokyo. a closer look at the auto industry in china as earnings season kicks off in july. car sales fell a second consecutive month, with the slowing economy and the trade war having consumers out of showrooms. us