Season 6 (2018)

Mountain Restaurant: Creating and Reliving Memories
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January 16, 2018 • 25m

Is this a restaurant or an amusement park? When the mountains in western Japan are enveloped by the darkness of night, this unique...Read more

Life Without a Smartphone
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February 6, 2018 • 25m

Could you get by if your smartphone stopped working? Our stage this time is a smartphone repair shop in Shibuya, Tokyo. The custom...Read more

Born to be Wild: Motorcyclists' Road to Happiness
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February 20, 2018 • 25m

Riding a motorcycle might be hot in summer and cold in winter, but many riders would never consider any other mode of transport. S...Read more

When a Man Shines His Shoes
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March 13, 2018 • 25m

It's said that a man's shoes reflect his pride. This time, we spend 3 days in a street side shoeshine shop, a rare sight in modern...Read more

Printing Shop: Lives in Print
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April 10, 2018 • 25m

In this age where the shift toward digitization and going paperless seems irresistible, one business in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district...Read more

Bento Tales from a Northern Fishing Town
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April 24, 2018 • 25m

When the herring season starts and winter's icy grip tightens on northern Japan, the locals in the fishing town of Nemuro turn to ...Read more

Christmas at a 24-Hour Bakery
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May 8, 2018 • 25m

In a residential area in Koto Ward, Tokyo, is a bakery open 24 hours a day. Their Danish Bread, rich with butter and fresh cream, ...Read more

Heading Home on the Strait Ferry
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May 29, 2018 • 25m

It's midwinter at Tsugaru Strait, where a huge ferry connects the 120 kilometers between Aomori Prefecture and Hakodate, Hokkaido....Read more

A Park Where Dreams Take Wing
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June 26, 2018 • 25m

Located near Narita International Airport, Sakuranoyama Park offers visitors close-up views of planes arriving at and taking off f...Read more

Lives Along Route 45
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July 10, 2018 • 25m

Route 45, a national highway that snakes along the Pacific coast of the Tohoku region, is a vital link between areas devastated by...Read more

The Traveling Library Truck
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July 24, 2018 • 25m

For 3 days, we follow a library truck stocked with 2,800 books. In Matsuyama City, a public truck service has been delivering book...Read more

A Spring Miracle: The Firefly Squid of Toyama
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August 7, 2018 • 25m

For a few days in spring, the normally quiet fishing town of Toyama Prefecture becomes festive as people gather from throughout th...Read more

The Women on the Cosmetics Floor
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August 21, 2018 • 25m

Sales at department stores have been sluggish in recent years, but the stores' cosmetics sections are providing a ray of light wit...Read more

The Race Before the Japanese Derby
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September 18, 2018 • 25m

The Japanese Derby is an annual race that draws over 100,000 spectators. Many fans start lining up near the entrances to Tokyo Rac...Read more

The Great Hospital Move
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October 9, 2018 • 25m

We cover an old hospital, built in the year of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, as it moves to a new building. The new hospital is only 25...Read more

Relaxing in a Nagoya Café
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October 23, 2018 • 25m

From reasonable breakfasts to ice cream sodas to sweet bean paste on toast, our stage this time is a Nagoya café. Tea culture has ...Read more

Hooked on Fishing in Tokyo Bay
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October 30, 2018 • 25m

In a corner of a major industrial zone on Tokyo Bay sits a park from which people can fish at any time of the day or night. More t...Read more

The Sight Beyond the Undersea Tunnel
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November 20, 2018 • 25m

It is 780 meters long, dead straight and has few distinguishing features, but the undersea pedestrian tunnel running 60 meters und...Read more

Surviving the Summer with Fresh Juice
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December 4, 2018 • 25m

Shimbashi, Tokyo, where office workers thrive. When they need refreshment, they head to a local, long-running juice stand. Ingredi...Read more

From the Remittance Office with Love
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December 18, 2018 • 25m

Our stage this time is a remittance office in Okubo, Tokyo, where 40% of the population is international. Foreign workers visit th...Read more