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A Town's Festive Refreshening
We visit Kochi City in Kochi Prefecture to meet US-native Owen Wade, a member of a local business owners' association. With the declining population, the opening of supermarket franchises and the pandemic, small shops have been struggling. We follow Owen in his efforts to reinvigorate his town of adoption, particularly with the popular Yosakoi Festival, held for the first time in three years. We also drop by a soba noodle shop in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, that's run by Bangladesh-born MD Chowdhury.
Aired: Oct 10, 2022 Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 27m Rating: 0 Country: Japan Production: NHK, NHK Global Media Services
Episodes
01: The Pie-oneer in the North02: Finding Hope Among the Rubble03: Sake Mastery Starts With Rice04: Bending Industry Back Into Shape05: Cultivating a Circle of Collaboration06: Giving Japanese Knives a New Edge07: Presenting Japanese Puppetry to the World08: Prayers for Peace from Okinawa to Ukraine09: Fostering a Future for Fishery10: A Helping Hand for Our Fellow Sri Lankans11: Far from Their Homeland, But Not in Heart12: Seeing Tokyo from the Trees13: Striving for a Barrier-free Society14: Alan's Cultural Center Without Borders15: An App to Support Women and Ukraine16: Supporting Childbirth in a Faraway Land17: No One Left Behind18: Pas de Deux for Peace19: A Ukrainian Boy's Martial Art Journey20: Tony's Canteen for Kids Hits the Road21: Welcome to the Village in the Sky!22: Children's Tales Cast in Shadows23: Kendama Connects the World24: May the Biwa's Beauty Live On25: Saving the Serpentine Soup of Ryukyu26: A Town's Festive Refreshening27: Concerto on a Stringed Survivor28: A Fresh New Start for an Old Cowboy29: Cultivating Land and Community30: Growing Tasty Shiny Jewels31: Farm-bot to the Rescue!32: Handcrafting the Beauty of Nature33: Climb a Tree, Change Your Life!34: Martial Arts Build Unbreakable Bonds