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Beauty of Japan Series- Season 2

TRAVEL 2018 30 mins Episode(s): 12 none: None Japanese
There are 2.5 million people from all over the world currently living in Japan. How did they end up there? What drew them to come to Japan in the first place? Or more importantly, what made them want to stay? In this series, we take a look at various non-Japanese residents living in different prefectures all around Japan. We present what each individual considers to be the true "Beauty of Japan", and how such aspects of beauty have convinced them to choose Japan as their second home. With detailed and vivid images filmed in 4K, this program depicts the importance of communal bonds that transcend time and even national borders.

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Episode List Part 1 (2018): 

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    Mieruhi
    2009 70 mins

    Kosuke (Shigeru Izumiya) struggles to carry on a family tradition of lamprey eel fishing on the Ishikari River. Discouraged by dwindling catches, his constant quarreling with his wife leads her to leave him. After their divorce, his only son Tsuyoshi (Ken Yasuda) grows to detest his father and also abandons...
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    The Onagawa Protect the Lives Association ~ A message for the next millennium
    2016 25 mins

    When the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, waves as high as 14.8 meters ravaged Onagawa Town.  827 lives, nearly 10 percent of the population, were lost and 70 percent of the town buildings were destroyed. However, with reconstruction, memories of the earthquake are slowly fading.  The seventh graders of Onagawa...
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    Kiraigo -800 Years of Performing Hell Theater-
    2018 30 mins

    The stage is set in hell. Demons curse and berate the sinner who has committed a terrible crime. The only play in Japan ever to be set in hell, the "Kiraigo" of Yokoshibahikari Town, Chiba Prefecture, has had a history of 800 years. Yet despite its impressive history, the small...
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    Over 30
    2009 24 mins

    Aiko is a 36-year-old housewife with a son and daughter. One day, she discovers that her husband is having an affair on his supposed business trips to Tokyo.  Shocked, but spurred to action, she moves to Tokyo with her children and confronts her husband and his mistress, Mika, at her...
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