January 6, 2021 • 15m
A city known for its soy sauce production, Choshi lies 100km east of Tokyo, in Chiba Prefecture. Soy sauce production began during...Read more
January 20, 2021 • 15m
Appearing at festivals and weddings, the red sea bream is an auspicious fish in Japan. A freshly caught sea bream isn't simply red...Read more
January 27, 2021 • 15m
The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, or the "Watari-um," is a privately-owned museum in Tokyo's central Shibuya Ward. In 1990, i...Read more
February 3, 2021 • 15m
Deep in the countryside is the peaceful area of Maru-bashira in Iga in southern-central Japan. This tiny village of only about 650...Read more
February 10, 2021 • 15m
"It's kami (gods) that have helped us for generations." So says Sato Akihito (82), a 19th-generation Ai, or indigo, producer. Digg...Read more
February 24, 2021 • 15m
Yamamoto Yasuo (age 48), a 5th-generation soy sauce producer on Shodoshima Island in western Japan, started crafting wooden barrel...Read more
February 24, 2021 • 15m
The threat of COVID-19 infection is just around the corner. Anyone can be infected at any time. If someone was infected in the sch...Read more
March 3, 2021 • 15m
Last December, the Hawaii state government decided to accept Japanese tourists, and flights to Hawaii were resumed. The airline in...Read more
March 10, 2021 • 15m
The fall 2020 campaign to boost domestic travel helped bring old and new hotels back to life. But late in the year, infection figu...Read more
March 17, 2021 • 15m
At the foot of the Nikko mountains lives Yamamoto Yuichiro (age 70) and his son Jin-ichiro (45), who, without relying on any machi...Read more
October 27, 2021 • 15m
Summer in Japan is the season to catch a prized river dweller called Sweetfish, and the method to do so is quite unique. Instead o...Read more
November 10, 2021 • 15m
Since ninja were engaged in espionage, they had to gather information and accurately convey it without anyone knowing. Typical mea...Read more
November 17, 2021 • 15m
The Hojo clan was a warrior clan that ruled the Kanto region from the 15th to 16th century. Supporting their efforts to defeat ene...Read more
November 24, 2021 • 15m
The clear waters of the Akigawa River course through a verdant gorge, just 90 minutes west of Tokyo. They are home to a treasured ...Read more
December 8, 2021 • 15m
The Ground Detective is back! In this episode, he travels to Kagawa Prefecture on Shikoku Island. People come here from all around...Read more
December 15, 2021 • 15m
Japan's world-famous lacquerware is prized for its versatility, beauty and shine, which is due to the varnish made from the sap of...Read more
December 29, 2021 • 15m
We venture to the sandy coastline southwest of Tokyo where the water remains shallow far into the sea - perfect conditions for sur...Read more