Japan Walkthrough- Down the Spine of Japan, with Stephen Pern 

Wow! I saw it when it aired on PBS in 1990! I taped it on VHS and watched 100’s of times! But I lost the tape years ago. Thanks for uploading this gem!

Having watched and enjoyed the delightful Hooks and recent Time on Legs I was late catching up with this adventure in Japan. I enjoyed it enormously and, again, with admiration for the miles covered and the varied encounters with remarkable landscapes and people. A delight.

"A good journey never really ends". Another Pern gem. Thank you for making this available.

I've just read Stephen's account of walking the Continental Divide in the early 1980s and enjoyed his responsive and sensitive writing so much - one of the best. Good to now be able to put a face to the words and understand his ability to form relationships with different lands and peoples.

craig mod brought me here. thanks!

Thank you for posting this remarkable film which like the comment from Joel below I saw in the early 1990's one night on British Television. I was mesmerised. You can see that Stephen Pern is very much happier up in the mountains than the urban areas (but they make a great contrast) - "I feel like japan is walking through me, not me walking through Japan" - a brilliant comment.

If anybody has another Stephen pern video, please send me the link. What a great documentary. Thank you so much. Really enjoyed it.

Those shorts!

Ultimate Dad shorts traveling. I had no idea they went so well with boots.