The show opens with Kelly taking a train out of Tokyo to work as a teacher for a day. Teaching English in a Japanese school is the most common job for young Brits on a gap year and Kelly is determined to see what she can offer the excited and expectant youngsters. In her first class she finds out what the children would like to be when they grow up. Most want to be office workers, but one bright spark bucks the trend by wanting to be a God.

In her next and slightly older class, Kelly enlists the help of 80’s tunesmiths Kagagoogoo to make the English lesson come alive. She sings along karaoke style to the words of ‘Never Ending Story’, and gets the students to fill in the blank words of the chorus. Kelly is clearly moved by the eagerness and openness of her students and returns to Tokyo energised for her final challenges.

Next up, Kelly works in a Dog Hotel for a day, where pampered Tokyo pooches go through a full beauty salon routine. The dogs can get everything here from temperature controlled baths to full drying ovens. Despite losing a dog or two during walkies, Kelly has a blast and proves a dog handling natural. She also reveals her deep love of animals and the special role of her own four legged friend in helping ground her after she came out of rehab early in 2006.

Kelly’s final challenge in Japan will ascertain whether she really has ‘Turned Japanese.’ She has secured unprecedented access to join a highly respected Geisha house in Kyoto. Kelly will train for a week to see if she can take part in a special tea ceremony with important paying clients.

Geisha is a highly revered, almost mystical art in Japan with roots deep in its history. Kelly throws herself into an intensive training regime of dancing, learning how to walk, how to use a fan and how to ritually prepare the tea.

Kelly’s experience at the Geisha house is a rare glimpse into a secretive world that is usually only seen in the movies. Kelly learns that even holding her head the wrong way can be frowned upon. After a tough seven days, the moment of truth arrives. Kelly is fitted with a beautiful kimono which alone is worth £10,000 as well as a jet black Japanese wig. Add the white make up and Kelly’s outer transformation is complete. However, will Kelly have achieved the inner transformation necessary to become a believable Geisha girl?

With her heart racing, Kelly steps up to entertain some high profile guests, one of whom has been frequenting the tea house for over 40 years. It is instantly clear that Kelly has a natural charm and willingness to engage that transcends any language difficulty. She performs an intricate dance and carries herself with exceptional style. She is judged a resounding success and leaves Kyoto to return home to the UK on a high.

Reflecting on her journey, Kelly says “This is one of the best things I’ve ever done�. Although the path to understanding the country has been a rocky one at times, Kelly has found many aspects of Japan deeply stimulating and fascinating, and it has led her to a new understanding of her host country. In the end Kelly has, with hard graft and determination, gone a long way to truly turn Japanese.

ITV2 Thursday 15 February 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM

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Manga (cartoon) magazines are huge in Japan. Japanese youngsters like nothing better than to dress up as their favourite character and show off to other lovers of fantasy. Of course, its something Kelly can’t resist.

With the help of a new Japanese friend Mai, Kelly has just 24 hours to pull something spectacular together. They hit the town and buy a manga doll for inspiration, on which Kelly will model her look. A purple wig, several metres of shiny fabric and a hilarious fitting session later, Kelly hits the stage before several hundred other similarly dressed hopefuls.

It’s a great morning out, until a Japanese photographer suggests she strikes a pose that is less than innocent and all her reservations about the role of women resurface. Dejected, Kelly gets out of her costume and heads home. She tries to cheer herself up by doing what any self respecting Japanese youngster would do after a bad day – go and lose herself in Tokyo’s spectacular games arcades, but it only worsens her mood.

It is said that modern Japan is a window to the future and Kelly’s next job is thoroughly 21st century – she will be working in an oxygen bar. Instead of having a couple of beers in a conventional bar, customers can plug into a pure oxygen tank, a setting that looks more like a sci fi movie. The experience is supposed to relax and revitalise and can even help to burn fat. Despite still struggling with the language, Kelly loves working at the oxygen bar and she even puts an oxygen unit on her Christmas wish list. Back home, Kelly continues her mission to learn the language, taking in vital phrases such as “vodka and cranberry, please� and soon she puts all of her new found knowledge into good effect, with a well earned night out.

Kelly and Yumi visit a Host club, a nightspot where hard working Japanese women go to be courted by young Japanese men, who have a strong line in shiny tuxedos and cheesy chat up lines. The men feed Kelly strawberries, pay her compliments and then take the courtship to the next level with a Japanese drinking game, Pit Pat Pong. The climax is a series of baffling, but hilarious impressions of Robert De Niro and Mr Bean. Kelly is won over and hits the surreal dance floor with her new male companions.

The next day Kelly returns to the traditional and spiritual side of her quest, when she leaves Tokyo and heads for the beautiful mountains to become a Buddhist Nun. Midway through a lengthy sermon on impermanence Kelly dissolves into a fit of giggles. She spends the rest of day out of uniform and applying herself to a series of Buddhist tasks.

Back in Tokyo, she takes part in a mass Buddhist and uniquely Japanese event – the Burning Doll festival where people of all ages queue to burn their treasured childhood dolls. It is said to release emotion, be symbolic of life’s transience and bring good luck. Kelly is strangely moved by the whole event and reflects on her mum’s battle with cancer. It seems as if Kelly is finally settling into the country she loves.

ITV2 Thursday 8 February 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM

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Kelly told Britain’s Daily Sport newspaper: “Because they have small living quarters in Japan they don’t have anywhere to go to have sex, so they rent a room in a ‘love hotel’.

“I worked there as a receptionist, so everyone assumed I was a prostitute, which I found really hard.”

Seems like you didn’t enjoy the experience much Kelly!

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Kelly has just spent two months iun the country filming her new ITV2 show ‘Turning Japanese’ and told The Sun:

“In public toilets you don’t have to touch anything. A machine gives loo roll and makes birdie noises so you can’t hear the person next door break wind,”r

“It spoils the fun!” she added.

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