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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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