Hometown Stories

E1. Questioning Nuclear Power

50 min

E2. The Luminous Forest

50 min

E1. A Watchmaker's Tale

50 min

E2. Learning to Survive: Three Days in Kamaishi

50 min

E3. Letter from Cherry Blossom Village

50 min

E1. School of Hope: Ogijima, Seto Inland Sea

50 min

E2. The Sky We Share - Friendship at the End of an Osaka Runway

30 min

E1. A Hiroshima Family's Prayer

30 min

E2. For the Sake of the Classmates We Lost

30 min

E3. Young Thunder: School Taiko Team

30 min

E4. Pearl Wedding: 30 Years' Worth of Thanks

50 min

E5. Back to Grandma's Land: Chiemi's Story

50 min

E6. A Life of Service: The Station Barber of Obama

50 min

E7. One of Us

50 min

E8. One Big Happy Family

50 min

E9. Uniting the People of the Sea: Kumejima, Okinawa

50 min

E10. Hang in There!

50 min

E11. Finding Yourself on the Open Road

50 min

E1. Melody of Daisen

E2. Bank of Glorious Blossoms

E3. Our Waves, Our Dreams

E4. Misako's All-Night Diner

E5. Looking Back, Moving On

E6. The Calligraphy Boys

E7. Designs on Life

E8. Another 'Home': A Boy Traces His Roots

E9. Shoeshine Star

E10. The Three Grannies' Cookie Challenge

E11. Pioneer Villages: Forgotten Postwar History

E12. Wrestling with a New Job

E13. Sharing Life Together: An 81-Year-Old Caregiver

E14. Grandma's Picture Cards

E15. Kasuga Taisha: A Divine Shrine for Daily Life

E16. Island of Compassion

E17. A Hands-on Designer

E18. What Brought You to Hiroshima?

E19. Carving out a New Path with Wood

E20. The High-Rises We Build

E21. Countdown to Business Lift-off!

E22. Our Town's Bookstore

E23. One Heart, One Beat

E24. Hooked on a New Fishing Career

E25. Our Flower Field

E26. Cakes on Wheels

E27. A Journey in Design

E28. Joining Hands with Newcomers

E29. Like a Trusty Garden Hoe

E30. A Passion for Fashion

E31. Hitoshi's Bento Shop

E32. Finding My Way on the Okugakemichi

E1. From the Slopes to the Playroom

E2. Living Positively with Dementia

E3. Uncovering Precious Life Stories

E4. Old House, New Hope

E5. Finding Poetry in Cancer

E6. Once Lost, Now Found: A Brother's Journey Home

E7. Once Lost, Now Found: Dancing for My Future

E8. Once Lost, Now Found: Student Actors' Challenge

E9. Sharing a Manga Dream

E10. A Truckful of Food and Smiles

E11. Forging On: Master and Apprentice

E12. Learning to Teach

E13. A Guesthouse's Unexpected Beginning

E14. Sharing Zao's Wonders

E15. Dancing Beyond Disabilities

E16. Giving Dreams a Boost

E17. Sweet Taste of Hope

E18. Mr. Grandpa in Nursery School

E19. A Teacher's Passion

E20. The Colors of the Forest

E21. Opening Doors to Newcomers

E22. Remembering Our Railway

E23. Soaking Up a Hot Spring Dream

E24. Grandmas' Goodbye to an Old Market

E25. Auntie's Candy Store – Sweets & Life Lessons

E26. Brewing a Future for Local Tea

30 min

E27. Pursuing the Ultimate Awa Indigo

30 min

E28. Sculptures with Soul

30 min

E29. A Budding Forestry Career

E30. The 100km Walk: Two Life-Changing Days

E31. "Crazy Mike" the Artist

E32. Making Udon to a Different Beat

E33. Onikenbai: the Demon Sword Dance

E34. Tears, Laughter and Motherhood

E35. The Maturing Sake Expert

E36. Apprentice Geisha: Making Dreams Come True

E37. Night School - Learning for Living

E1. Finding Happiness in Bathhouses

E2. Yuka and Her New Classmates

E3. From Handsome to Beautiful

E4. "Super Volunteer": Driven to Help in Disasters

E5. Drawing to Find a New Me

E6. For the Love of Lettering

E7. Sharing Their Stories

E8. Fukushima Ramen: Bowlful of Spirit

E9. Stories of Fukushima: Giving Their All

E10. The Revival of "Mikan Valley"

E11. A Geisha in Nara: Bridging Past and Future

E12. Yuko Kuroda's Legacy of Care

E13. A Community in the Sky

E14. Praying for Flowers, Praying for Life

E15. Serving Up Memories

E16. A 26-Year-Old's Breast Cancer Diary

E17. Two Worlds, One Dream: Vying for Powerlifting Glory

E18. Where Are My Roots? - One Orphan's Search

E19. A Late Dreamer

E20. Why We Dance - Children's Kagura Troupe

E21. Fukushima's Grandpa Troop: Restoring a Deserted Town

E22. Home for Good - Health Care at the End of Life

E23. Welcome to Maru-chan's Café

E24. A Will to Survive

E25. Soap That Gives Hope

E26. Paddling Our Hometown Lake

E27. The Bounty of the Mountains

E1. Look to the Night Sky

E2. Strength and Hope - The Power of Azaleas

E3. A Young Soba Chef's Challenge

E4. Expressing the Ainu Spirit

E5. No Going Back: New Ideas from a Tsunami-hit Fishing Town

E6. Revealing the Final Moments

E7. Rock Ptarmigans: Reviving the Divine Birds

E8. Fruitful Connections

E9. He Has a Dream: A Novice Fisherman's Challenge

E10. Avatar Robots Open New Doors

E11. Being There for Foreign Patients

E12. Bitter and Sweet: A Strawberry Farming Family

E13. Uncle and Nephew in a Tsunami-Hit Town

E14. Bullfights & Big Dreams

E15. The Shadow of Nagasaki: Nurses' Stories

E16. A-Bomb Paintings

E17. Community Newspaper

E18. Unread Messages

E19. A Pillar for Brazilians in Japan

E20. Breast Cancer Diary 2020: Keeping a Dream Alive

E21. Steering Through Tough Times

E22. The Treasures of Toyama Bay

E23. Drawing Our "New Normal"

E24. Follow Your Heart: The Green-haired Gardener

E1. Why She Runs

E2. Connecting People in a Pandemic

E3. A Haven Called Bethesda

E4. Analog Buddies in a Digital Age

E5. Rescuing Pre-Disaster Memories

E6. Selfie Diary of Mr. "One Team"

E7. The Power of Giving Up

E8. Spring Splendor in Hirosaki

E9. A Place for Every Child

E10. Why Did She Pose in a Bikini?: Challenges of an "Ostomate" Doctor

E11. A Legendary Chef's Last Lessons

E12. Haircut Magic

E13. The Deities of Gion

E14. Rediscovering Ainu Heritage: Part 1

E15. Rediscovering Ainu Heritage: Part 2

E16. Sushi with Heart and Soul

E17. Building Robots, Fostering Happiness

E18. Baseball Heals Kids

E19. The Unorthodox Karuta Champion / Ruludaisy: Drag Queen Farmer

E20. Light on a Raging River

E21. Shared House, Shared Lives

E22. Being LGBT+ in a Small Town

E23. Living Alongside Disaster

30 min

E24. Crisis in “Japan's Kitchen”

30 min

E25. A 94-Year-Old Culinary Wizard

25 min

E26. Fond Farewell for a Beloved Train

27 min

E27. Making Peace With My Father

30 min

E28. Mending Your Cherished Clothes

25 min

E1. A Toast to the God of Sake

27 min

E2. Life Lessons From the Homeless

29 min

E3. Conversations Without Words

24 min

E4. Behind the Artist's Hand

25 min

E5. Longing for the Power of Touch

27 min

E6. Rapping for Fukushima

30 min

E7. A Small Village with Big Ideas

27 min

E8. Swordfish Fishing With My Father

30 min

E9. The Power of Memories

27 min

E10. Many Vines, One Family

30 min

E11. Bomb Disposal Quest in Okinawa

30 min

E12. Rebuilding Lives After the Kumamoto Earthquake

49 min

E13. When the Sea Turned Red

29 min

E14. Finding Freedom in the Pool

25 min

E15. Auntie Baseball

27 min

E16. The Future of Fukuoka's Food Stalls

25 min

E17. Nuclear Waste Splits a Town

49 min

E18. A Blind Teacher's Farewell

29 min

E19. Building On a Sacred Tradition

25 min

E20. Saving Lives on an Isolated Island

25 min

E21. The Drumbeat of a Mother's Heart

25 min

E22. The Future of an Ancient Ritual

45 min

E23. Discovering Myself Through Dementia

29 min

E24. A Burger Hangout in Okinawa

25 min

E25. Building Bonds With Books

25 min

E26. Building a Thatched-Roof, Building New Bonds

27 min

E27. Okinawan Dance Flowers Far From Home

27 min

E28. Ainu: Engaging the Power of Dialogue

43 min

E29. Lighting the Way for Tradition

27 min

E30. A Fresh Start on a Small Island

25 min

E1. Stable Fishing Jobs Steer a Community

25 min

E2. A Float Artisan & His Muse

27 min

E3. Magical Forest: Okinawa's Natural World Heritage Site

50 min

E4. Soccer Team Raises Community Spirit

25 min

E5. Seeking a Chance to Learn: Students with Overseas Roots

25 min

E6. Small Factory Reaches for the Stars

25 min

E7. Flying Like an Arrow

25 min

E8. Modern Methods Sustain Metalwork Tradition

25 min

E9. A World Heritage Town: Past and Future

30 min

E10. Hard Rain: A Village Divided

26 min

E11. Bonding Through Soba: A Story of Four Grannies

25 min

E12. Amashi: Japan's Freediving Fishers

25 min

E13. Our New Classmate from Ukraine

25 min

E14. Waiting for the God's Crossing

28 min

E15. Mailing Letters to the Lost

25 min

E16. Kintsugi: Mending Memories with Gold

25 min

E17. A Cut Above the Rest

28 min

E18. The Final Journey

25 min

E19. Life on a Sloping Farm

30 min

E20. A House-call Doctor in Fukushima

27 min

E21. A Song for a New Fukushima School

25 min

E22. Reviving a Fukushima Brewery

25 min

E23. Japanese Paper Supports War-torn Ukraine

26 min

E24. Egg Wars – Father vs. Son

25 min

E25. Countryside Diaries

20 min

E26. A Heart-Warming Tokyo Veggie Stand

25 min

E27. Sparking a Chain of Kindness

28 min

E28. Grandma's Hands Reap Nature's Bounty

28 min

E29. Inheriting a Thousand-Year-Old Craft

31 min

E1. Korean Family Meals for Rural Japan

25 min

E2. A School for Two

27 min

E3. A Mosque in a Japanese Community

26 min

E4. Nagasaki's Long-Forgotten Choir

26 min

E5. Conquering Peaks on One Leg

25 min

E6. Nepalese Students Find a Taste of Home

26 min

E7. Taxi Drivers in a Tsunami-hit Town

27 min

E8. Life Lessons by a Crystal-Clear River

26 min

E9. Hiking Guide Connects Hearts

25 min

E10. New Approach to an Old Festival

25 min

E11. Navigating a World with Words

26 min

E12. Pearls for Remembrance

25 min

E13. Forging Bonds Under a Starry Sky

25 min

E14. From Seed to Shop: Grandma's Pickles

25 min

E15. New Face for a Centuries-Old Dance

27 min

E16. Mending Hearts with Mandarin Oranges

26 min

E17. Holy Fire on the Mountain

28 min

E18. A Ranch for Retired Racehorses

26 min

E19. Hiroshima's A-Bomb Survivor Trees

25 min

E20. A Year as a Young Rural Doctor

25 min

E21. Carrying on in a Quake-hit Town

25 min

E22. Modern Maiko Diaries

25 min

E23. Leaving No Stone Unturned: A Potter's Quest

26 min

E24. Reviving a Pottery Tradition in Fukushima

25 min

E25. A Country Town's Woolly Heroes

26 min

E26. Making a Home in Osaka

28 min

E27. Together Through Dementia

25 min

E28. Living with the Bounty of the Sea: 13 Years on from the Tsunami

27 min

E29. Making Art with Autism

25 min

E30. Plum Promoter-in-Chief

25 min

E31. Sailing the Seas on a Sabani

25 min

E1. Searching for Closure: 10 Years Since a Deadly Eruption

25 min

E2. Framing Family Memories

25 min

E3. Bull Battles – A Community's Beloved Tradition

27 min

E4. Planting Seeds of Peace in Hiroshima

25 min

E5. An Island Stays Awake for Sumo

25 min

E6. Chasing the Dream of Being a Jockey

25 min

E7. Unfolding a Life with Origami

26 min

E8. Life in a Land of Grass

25 min

E9. Calligraphy Creating Hope for Revival

27 min

E10. Puppet Tale: Foxes, a Princess and a Sacred Lake

27 min

E11. Becoming Gods for a Night

27 min

E12. An Ace Soccer Player Lights Up a Small Town

25 min

E13. Loved Ones Reunited on Canvas

25 min

E14. Factory Groove: Wakayama's Textile Industry

20 min

E15. Reinventing a Small Town Supermarket

25 min

E16. Lasting Memories of a Vanishing Town

25 min

E17. A Doc's Best Friend

25 min

E18. Holding on to Peace: Atomic-bomb Survivor's Message

25 min

E19. The Future of an A-bombed Shrine

25 min

E20. Revitalizing Cherry Trees in Fukushima

25 min

E21. A Rookie Fisher & His Grandpa in the Sanriku Seas

25 min

E22. Following in the Footsteps of a National Treasure

25 min

E23. A Beloved Local Paper in a Flood-hit Village

25 min

E24. Tuning a Piano to the Sound of the Heart

25 min

E25. Playing Ping Pong with Parkinson's

25 min

E26. Chasing a Dream With a Horse

25 min

E27. Survivors: Capturing Life After the Atomic Bomb

25 min

E28. Preserving the Site of a Plane Crash

25 min

E29. Talking With the Eyes

25 min

E30. A Place to Prepare for Dementia

25 min

E1. Aiming for Glory: Japan's Senior Esports Team

25 min

E2. The Island of Boze Deities

26 min

E3. Tradition and Innovation: Tochigi's Sake Masters

26 min

E4. Hope at Your Fingertips

26 min

E5. A Doctor Duo: Songs to Comfort the Heart

26 min

E6. A Ten-Year-Old Takes the Reins

26 min

E7. A Morning Market in Early Winter

25 min

E8. Breaking Barriers by Farming

25 min

E9. Soul-Searching in a Mikan Orchard

25 min

E10. Moments of Happiness: Living with Younger-Onset Dementia

29 min

E11. Preserving a Midwinter Tradition

25 min

E12. A Musical Rivalry Between Two School Bands

25 min

E13. Learning Japanese One Step at a Time

25 min

E14. Pulling Together for a Dream

25 min

E15. A Teacher's Words of Wisdom

25 min