July 19 is a national holiday, "Umi no Hi (Day of the Sea)" to be exact, and Nippon TV will celebrate large bodies of water with a special afternoon travel program (4 p.m.) about the Amazon River, specifically where it meets the ocean.
Hidekazu Akai and Noriko Kato will travel through the Amazon forest, which accounts for one-third of all the rain forests in the entire world and is said to produce one-fifth of the Earth's oxygen supply. The two Japanese travelers will hook up with native people who will teach them how to live within nature.
The pair will also attend a number of nature-based local festivals, including one that is held on a reservation for an indigenous tribe. They will also learn about the rich flora and fauna of the area and play with dolphins that swim up the Amazon from the sea.