Why Did You Come to Japan?: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Hosted by the comedic duo "Bananaman", the programme features teams of interviewers following close reporting around various locations in Japan, asking non-Japanese people the golden question, "Why did you come to Japan?" Each episode is packed with surprises and introduces many parts of Japanese culture that attracts foreign tourists , some of which even the Japanese natives themselves were not aware of. Keep your eyes out the next time you visit Japan, who knows you might be approached by the interview team at the airport?

Series details

• Title: Why Did You Come to Japan?
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2018-11-12
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 65 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 43821
• IMDb ID: tt2832926
• TVDB ID: 319809

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2018: premiered 2018-11-12; final listed air date 2018-11-12.
• Season 2019: premiered 2019-01-01; final listed air date 2019-04-15.
• Season 2020: premiered 2020-01-03; final listed air date 2020-05-11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Why Did You Come to Japan? on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.