January 12, 2021 • 25m
The closure of Tokyo's Toshimaen amusement park in August 2020 marked the end of an era. For decades, El Dorado, the park's wooden...Read more
January 26, 2021 • 25m
As many people have spent more time at home during the coronavirus pandemic, gardening has become a popular hobby. Tokyo's garden ...Read more
February 2, 2021 • 25m
A Tokyo store selling cheap, good-quality kitchen equipment is a boon for restaurant owners, especially during the coronavirus pan...Read more
February 16, 2021 • 25m
It's small and has only a few large animals, but a hilltop zoological park in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, has captured the hear...Read more
March 9, 2021 • 25m
With over 40 kinds of handmade sandwiches including egg, mince cutlet and even fruit available, it could be the wide selection tha...Read more
April 6, 2021 • 25m
A major furniture outlet store in Chiba Prefecture boasts a stock of roughly 1,400 items from beds, sofas to tables. Customers are...Read more
April 20, 2021 • 25m
The 70-kilometer Shimanami Kaido cycling route, which links Honshu and Shikoku via a chain of bridges and islands, is a magnet for...Read more
May 4, 2021 • 25m
Tanga Market, a century-old market of 120 shops in western Japan, is known as the "kitchen of Kitakyushu." Although the market wil...Read more
May 25, 2021 • 25m
The Umihotaru parking area in the heart of Tokyo Bay offers 360-degree views of the surrounding area. Among the visitors we met ov...Read more
June 22, 2021 • 25m
It has been 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami occurred, and nuclear meltdowns forced the town of Namie to...Read more
June 29, 2021 • 25m
In Japan, spring is a time when many people move for school or work. A highway bus terminal linking Osaka Prefecture with over 60 ...Read more
July 20, 2021 • 25m
A convenience store inside a major hospital in Kamakura City, just south of Tokyo, is open around the clock for doctors, nurses, p...Read more
August 3, 2021 • 25m
A small dry cleaner in a western Tokyo commuter town is known for removing stubborn stains from garments and items that are precio...Read more
August 17, 2021 • 25m
For the approximately 1,100 residents of Kakeroma Island in southern Japan, water taxis that travel to Amami Oshima, a nearby larg...Read more
September 14, 2021 • 25m
Near the towering apartment buildings in Tokyo's Tsukuda area is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it alley. But tucked away down the narrow...Read more
October 5, 2021 • 25m
A uniform specialty store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, sells an exhaustive range of attire for medical staff, chefs, security guards and va...Read more
October 19, 2021 • 25m
Meeting in person isn't easy these days, so sending a written message is a personal way to stay in touch. A stationery shop in Gin...Read more
November 2, 2021 • 25m
A small, unmanned train station on the Noto Peninsula facing the Sea of Japan, is quiet for most of the year. But each spring, the...Read more
November 16, 2021 • 25m
On a cold winter day in Japan, a piping-hot sweet potato baked so a natural sweet syrup oozes from its skin is hard to beat. An ol...Read more
December 14, 2021 • 25m
From handheld sparklers to skyrockets and novelty fireworks, a small shop in Yamanashi Prefecture sells over 400 kinds of firework...Read more