i believe that this journey that i'm about to embark on is going to be one of the best of my lifetime. this is japan: the way i see it. i'm kicking off the second leg of myjourney in tokyo, home to 37 million people. tokyo being the biggest city in the world, there are definitely sirens around, a hustle and bustle to the air. people injapan are so techie, and it's really cool. and for me, i think tech really does help me when i'm travelling as a blind person. it allows me to have a much more fulfilling experience. i think when you first go blind, you rip up the rule book of anything you've learned. you know, the sighted world doesn't apply. so making toast and buttering it is a massive achievement. those little wins that i had were just so amazing. and i want them here injapan. i walked up to the vending machine, had high hopes that i could take a picture with my ai app, and it lets me know everything that's in front of me. i love the fact that it can translate japanese. it says, "the picture you sent was a vending machine "located on a street." it's telling me i'm in tokyo. there's fanta and coca—cola. because i'm not used to vending machines in this country. i'm used to the set—up being really different. 0k. that is where the drinks come out of. how much is the coca—cola, question mark? 130 yen, right. what button do i press? "in the picture, the coca—cola is second row from the top. "third button from the left." "give it money." it's not talking. two, three. 0k — yay! i've got something, and it's dinging at me. 0h, 0k. this doesn't feel like coca—cola. what's this drink, question mark? ooh, it's a latte! why not? i don't care, i've got a drink. never had a latte in a bottle. that is so good. i would've went with that, to be fair. i can't believe i'm standing on a street in tokyo, and i've just managed to get myself a drink independently. that achievement will stay with me for the rest of my life. i haven't been able to do that for ten years, since i lost my vision. so, yeah, ifeel quite emotional, and i love this latte. guys, was there actually coke in the vending machine? producer: no. laughs ai has completely changed the game for me. at first, i was quite freaked out that a computer could tell me what a sighted guide could tell me. but now i think it's so cool. i'm going to meet an extraordinary inventor who's pioneering tech for accessibility. nice to meet you. hi, lucy, nice to meet you. dr chieko asakawa is developing what could become the world's first robot guide dog. oh, my gosh, is it a navigation tool? is it like a different aid, other than a long white cane? yes, yes. 0h, brilliant! a mobile phone app is used to programme a destination into the suitcase, which plans a route and directs the user. just hold the handle — not too tight. which button? ai voice: resume navigation. yeah, resume navigation. - just hold. 0h! 0k, bye. bye! i've never been guided by an ai before, this is so cool! ai voice: push the elevator button on your front. .. - push the elevator button on your front left. no way — no way! it's moving me round the lift! we're going down. go! it's not a guide dog. forward ! no, door�*s not closing! no, suitcase! ok, i'm out the lift — go! faster, faster, faster, faster, faster. i think he's possibly going slow because there's loads of stuff around me. he's just being careful. he cares about my wellbeing. come on, robot, you can do it. there's amazing people out there developing al to change the lives of our community. and now a! is allowing me to see the world again. this is so cool. i know i keep saying that, but it's just insane. you have arrived at - exhibition number one — how your body is made. hi, lucy. hello, i made it! why was it your mission, when it wasn't anyone else's, to make the world accessible? it was my first priority to be independent. i didn't want to give up anything because i cannot see. you might think your options, choices are limited compared to sighted people, but that's when you take a fresh approach, act, and never give up. it will lead to chances you never imagined. i, for so long, felt that i couldn't really have a lot of hope, because i never believed that the world would ever accept me for who i am any more. and when you have to grow up overnight and you don't have any vision any more, that really does shape your view of the world. my time in tokyo has come to an end, and i am on the move again. i have to ration my energy levels when i'm in a new place. understanding and navigating that environment, and then, trying to hear all of the different sounds around me, that is so overwhelming. whoa... may i help you? is that ok? that would be amazing. i think there's like... i was always telling myself, "i've got to be independent." and then independence became a really, like, negative word. in here? in there, yes, put in there. 0k. and then i realised that, you know, everyone on earth relies on someone. yeah, thank you — thank you so much. your train departing from track number 19. i9? 19. hiroshima. thank you so much. thank you. have a nice day. you too. in some ways, i feel much more confident coming through tokyo station because of the tactile paving. it is absolutely incredible. no matter how many people went in front of me, behind me, i had my line and i had a sense of direction. i always say that i live in a sighted world that isn't made for me. and i'm in a city that accepts blindness so much. voice breaks: and i can't quite let myself believe... ..that i'll ever be truly accepted. but it feels like it here. feeling quite low—energy, to be honest. and i think i was so elated about getting on the train, the shinkansen, and feeling happy about the platform being accessible, it'sjust hit me like a ton of bricks that i'm now going to a new place and have to learn a new hotel room and a new environment. it's actually really hard, being in a new place when you can't see it. i've taken the bullet train from tokyo about 500 miles to hiroshima. it's impossible to come here without acknowledging its past. gong clangs but first, i'm going to stay overnight in a buddhist temple on the outskirts of the city. the majority of japanese people are buddhist, so i want to understand what i can learn from this religion's teachings. good afternoon. konnichiwa! welcome to the kokubunji accommodation. oh, thank you for having me — i'm lucy. my host is shoko, the wife of the head monk. together, they run the temple. can i take your arm? mm—hm, yes. lovely. watch the steps. 0k. when i first heard that i was going to a buddhist temple, i was like, "am i going to sleep on the floor? "am i going to be able to plug in my straighteners?" but then the innerjournalist within me was like, "you know, can you be a buddhist monk "if you've lost your eyesight?" hi, lucy, thank you very much for waiting. the temple for me is somewhere that you can really be with nature. i love that i can hear so much of the wilderness because it is in such a remote destination. have you ever slept in a futon before? no. 0h! it's the first time! yeah! oh, i love it! perfect. perfect! cooing it's 5am. i slept so well on this futon, it's so nice. just getting ready for my 6am meditation. i realised i've hardly opened my eyes. good morning. bell clangs monks chant i went to listen to the monks�* morning service, and the chanting really does relax you to the core. bells chime it's something about being in fight—or—flight all the time, and having a stress response to different environments around me. i feel like it really centred my nervous system. thank you, arigato. this has definitely helped with my sensory overload of being in a new country and experiencing different things because, at the end of the day, i am just relying mainly on my hearing, so coming here, it's like a reset button for me. thank you so much for preparing this. i'm so excited to try it all. itadakimasu! first time using chopsticks! 0k... 0k, like that. i'm a chopstick novice. ijust could not get the hang of them. no! chuckles. but i was pleased because i've been taught by a monk. i got a little grain then! i actually felt really proud that i was eating with them. i was very slow, but i'm going to use them at home. i'm a very confident person but i don't believe that my hope is still shining in the same way that it did before i lost my vision. i still do see hope as a glass half—empty, rather than half—full. i think this self—exploration injapan is teaching me a different way to view hope and acceptance of myself. is buddhism accepting of disability in — you know, just being in this temple, i feel like it is. it's my last day, and i've come to meet mariko higashino in hiroshima peace park. ever since i learned about the disaster there, i felt compelled to find out about how people from the blast and the families that have followed actually deal with the aftermath of that. nice to meet you, lucy! konnichiwa! konnichiwa. could you audio describe where we are, mariko? 0k, mm—hm. mariko's mother and grandmother lived in hiroshima at the time of the bombing, and mariko has been sharing their story with the world. mariko's mother and grandmother lived in hiroshima at the time of the bombing, and mariko has been sharing their story with the world. wow. i'm so sorry. is it this here as well? they were so young. they were the same age as me when i lost my eyesight. 0h... stifles sobs. there's so many names. does it keep going? sobs. yeah. oh, my god — i didn't know it was this big. thank you for showing me. even though i've lost one of my main senses, they didn't have the chance to start again and to figure out what their future was. you know, i owe it to them to have a future that is bright. 0h, 0k — to there? mm—hm, hold there — press? oh, wow! giggles. meeting mariko—san and learning about her family story and history... is this the symbol of hope? ..made me believe that you can have a massive trauma in your life and still — and still have hope. meeting everyone that i've met on this trip has been in your life and still — and still have hope. meeting everyone that i've met on this trip has been a true blessing. go! yeah. squeals. i can't wait to take a new sense of hope back home. i'm going to remember what the monk has taught me, how to meditate, understand that being with nature is one of the best things you can do for your mental health. understanding that hope comes, even from the darkest of times — mariko taught me that. and... woman calls out in japanese. ..a tactile experience is a beautiful one. sighted experiences don't have to always come first. hey, i'm zof with the catch—up. tonight: oscar pistorius set to be released. reading and leeds festival reveal all. and a rare rhino birth. first, our top story, the red cross says 2a people who were held hostage by hamas in gaza have been released and fighting has been paused. they've arrived in israel for hospital check—ups before being reunited with their families in exchange for the release of the israeli hostages. 39 palestinian detainees are freed. huge crowds have turned out in the west bank to welcome the women and children. some other stories now. former paralympic champion oscar pistorius is going to be freed from jail on parole — that's nearly 11 years after he murdered his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. he shot her multiple times through a bathroom door in 2013, later saying that he mistook herfor a burglar. he's set to be released in january. and you may have noticed the streets were extra chaotic today because of black friday deals. this tradition started in the us but now, the uk participate in the yearly event, too. time for christmas shopping, then! and it's a big week for reading and leeds festival fans as they've announced fred again, lana del rey and catfish and the bottlemen as headliners for next year's festival. it will be the only time lana and fred again will play uk festivals in 202a. and now for ten seconds of rhino cuteness at chester zoo as they celebrate the birth of the eastern black rhino. this is one of the world's rarest mammals. this is so adorable! i cannot cope! please, where can i get a pet baby rhino? you're all caught up now. see you later. hello again. many of you will have had a dry day of weather on friday with plenty of sunshine around. blue skies like these pretty commonplace across the country. however, it certainly was quite chilly, wasn't it? temperatures on thursday reached 15 degrees — well above average. but compared with that for some, temperatures were seven degrees lower on friday and actually quite a bit below average for the time of year. now, what followed from that sunny day is these clear skies which took us into the first part of the night. temperatures have been dropping like a stone and already are well below freezing in many areas underneath these clear skies. the exception to that really cold theme is across northern and eastern scotland and the eastern side of england, where there's a bit of a breeze around and that mightjust keep the frost at bay. however, i think in the very coldest areas in the countryside, we could see temperatures as low as minus six. that's potentially even the case across our very coldest areas of southern england. so, a freezing cold start to the day on saturday but your weekend getting off to a sunny start as well and for most, that's the way the weather's going to stay all day — just blue skies and sunshine overhead with barely a cloud in the sky. the exceptions — again northern and eastern scotland, down the eastern side of england. there'lljust be a few showers which occasionally could graze some of our coastal areas but otherwise, it's dry and it's cold with temperatures typically between about five and seven degrees celsius. we are going to see some change in the weather picture as we head, though, into the second part of the weekend as this area of low pressure moves in off the atlantic. a cold and frosty start to the day. and as this cloud comes over the top of that really cold air near the surface, it's going to be one of those days where temperatures are very slow to rise and actually, most of the day it will stay really, really cold. for scotland and a good part of eastern england, should stay dry with sunshine for most of the day but out west, you'll see some thicker cloud working in. a bit of damp weather for northern ireland, wales and western england and eventually, you might see temperatures climb to about 9—11 degrees — but really late in the day. the area of low pressure, then, pushes eastwards sunday night, bringing some rain. that clears off into the continent. as it does so, it will shove back our way some cold air that originates from europe and scandinavia. so, next week, it stays very cold. into that cold air, occasionally, there'll be some weather systems, probably mostly bringing outbreaks of rain, but i can't completely rule out a few flakes of snow as well. live from london, this is bbc news. 2a hostages freed by hamas have now returned to israel, while 39 palestinian prisoners are also released under the hostage agreement. these are live pictures from gaza, where the truce appears to be holding. much—needed aid is flowing into the strip, with more expected in the coming hours. and the former minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering george floyd has been reportedly stabbed in a us prison. hello, i'm lucy grey. the temporary ceasefire agreed between israel and hamas appears to be holding, paving the way for a second day of hostage exchanges to take place on saturday. israel says qatar, which is mediating the deal, has given it a list of the names of the next i3 israelis to be released — most of them are children. 2a hostages released on friday have spent the night in hospitals in israel — they are said to be in good health. the israelis have been reunited with their families and are undergoing further medical and psychological checks, as are the filipino and thai hostages freed under a separate deal. the united nations says 137 trucks carrying urgently needed aid crossed into gaza on friday. it's the biggest humanitarian convoy to enter the territory since the conflict began early last month. similar quantities of aid are scheduled to follow over the next three days of the truce. thousands of displaced palestinians have used
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