TRAVEL

Beauty of Japan Series- Season 2
TRAVEL
2018
30 mins Episode(s): 12
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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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Episode List Part 1 (2018):
- Japanese sweets (Wagashi)- Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture
- The life in Kita-Shinano, Nagano Prefecture
- Shakuhachi Flute and Texas -Okayama Prefecture
- Tokoname Pottery, hopping to re-establish a long lost relationship- Tokoname City, Aichi Prefecture
- Oshima and Jacques the Baker -Niihama, Ehime Prefecture
- The City where German Pottery Lives- Miyazaki Prefecture
- Ogaki Festival seen through the viewfinder of Irene -Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture
- Angel, Living in a Loyal Dog's Home -Odate, Akita Prefecture
- Professor in a Spiritual City -Ise City, Mie Prefecture
- A French man striving to enrich a village with forestry -Totsugawa, Nara Prefecture
- Spellbinding Yotaka Festival -Tonami City, Toyama Prefecture
- A young girl Wisteria dance- Arakawa ward, Tokyo
Part 2 (2018-2019) - The Iki Sea that Enchanted a Hawaiian Man- Iki, Nagasaki Prefecture
- The Reason I Work Here- Shinagawa, Tokyo
- Yoga in Nature ~The Ultimate Healing Experience~- Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture
- Wonderful Dreams in a Monochrome World- Toyama Prefecture
- Our Lives as Immigrants- Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture
- Rice Pasta that Makes the World Smile- Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture
- Charmed by the Kindness of the Community- Izumo, Shimane Prefecture
- Enchanted by the San'in- Daisen, Tottori Prefecture
- The Eyes that Survey an Ever-Changing City- Shibuya, Tokyo
- Rene's Swimming Gems: The Nishiki Koi- Nagaoka, Niigata
- The Real Last Samurai: Katori Shinto-ryu- Narita, Chiba Prefecture
- The Second Bridge of Shinminato Uchikawa- Imizu, Toyama Prefecture
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