January 15, 2019 • 25m
About 5 million people visit Hakodate in Hokkaido Prefecture, but in recent years this picturesque northern city has become known ...Read more
February 5, 2019 • 25m
Each day, more than 1.8 million people pass through Tokyo Station. For 50 years, the Gin-no-suzu (silver bell) waiting area inside...Read more
February 19, 2019 • 25m
In a quiet mountain town in Kumamoto Prefecture, there's a flight of 3,333 stone steps. Measuring 2.1 kilometers, it's the longest...Read more
March 12, 2019 • 25m
Our stage this time is one of the largest home centers in Japan, located in a suburb east of Tokyo. From daily necessities to buil...Read more
April 8, 2019 • 25m
In this episode, the scene takes place at a so-called table-sharing lounge in Sendai City, where men and women of all ages and bac...Read more
April 22, 2019 • 25m
Since opening in 2015, Narita Airport's Terminal 3 for low-cost carriers has attracted more passengers each year as travelers swoo...Read more
May 6, 2019 • 25m
If you start with a charm that supposedly brings good luck and offer to barter it with passersby on a bridge in Osaka Prefecture's...Read more
May 28, 2019 • 25m
This episode focuses on a small real estate agency near Fukuoka Prefecture's Nakasu entertainment district, the biggest in Kyushu....Read more
June 24, 2019 • 25m
A gym in a residential area of Tokyo offers classes for a slightly unusual activity where going backward is actually a sign of pro...Read more
July 8, 2019 • 25m
Spring in Japan is a time of new beginnings and also goodbyes. On Fukue Island, the largest of the Goto Islands in the far west of...Read more
July 22, 2019 • 25m
At a large cemetery in a Tokyo suburb, cherry trees grow in between rows of traditional gravestones. The trees themselves are also...Read more
August 5, 2019 • 25m
Takadanobaba is home to dozens of universities, university preparatory schools, and vocational colleges, making it one of Tokyo's ...Read more
August 19, 2019 • 25m
A few minutes' walk from the famous intersection in Shibuya, Tokyo, is a 24-hour post office. In recent years, this post office ha...Read more
September 16, 2019 • 25m
Amid the ongoing health boom, many people have been tempted to try "short-term fasting" to improve their physical and mental condi...Read more
October 7, 2019 • 25m
A few minutes' walk from Asagaya Station, Tokyo, is a traditional goldfish fishing pond that has been operating in a quiet residen...Read more
October 22, 2019 • 25m
For some people, a wig is a "secret item" that dramatically transforms their appearance and mood. An underground shopping mall in ...Read more
November 4, 2019 • 25m
A huge footwear store in Kobe attracts customers from far and wide. About 100,000 pairs of shoes, sandals, and boots fill the shel...Read more
November 18, 2019 • 25m
Japan's population continues to gravitate to the Tokyo area, but some people long to move from the capital to different corners of...Read more
December 2, 2019 • 25m
As Japan's society continues to gray, the nation's hospitals are facing a chronic shortage of beds. At the same time, a growing nu...Read more
December 16, 2019 • 25m
We follow a blood donation bus on its journey from town to town in Hokkaido Prefecture. Japan as a whole faces a chronic shortage ...Read more
December 24, 2019 • 25m
As Christmas approaches, Narita Airport's immigration inspection area heaves with visitors flying in. For 3 days, we spoke to trav...Read more