2011-02-06 0/10
Overview
Stories about people, stories about life. Intimate portraits of people from around Japan, each leading diverse lives while enriching lives of others.
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Seasons List
Season 1
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Season 2
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Season 3
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Season 4
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Season 5
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1. A Hiroshima Family's Prayer
2. For the Sake of the Classmates We Lost
3. Young Thunder: School Taiko Team
4. Pearl Wedding: 30 Years' Worth of Thanks
5. Back to Grandma's Land: Chiemi's Story
6. A Life of Service: The Station Barber of Obama
7. One of Us
8. One Big Happy Family
9. Uniting the People of the Sea: Kumejima, Okinawa
10. Hang in There!
11. Finding Yourself on the Open Road
Season 6
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1. Melody of Daisen
2. Bank of Glorious Blossoms
3. Our Waves, Our Dreams
4. Misako's All-Night Diner
5. Looking Back, Moving On
6. The Calligraphy Boys
7. Designs on Life
8. Another 'Home': A Boy Traces His Roots
9. Shoeshine Star
10. The Three Grannies' Cookie Challenge
11. Pioneer Villages: Forgotten Postwar History
12. Wrestling with a New Job
13. Sharing Life Together: An 81-Year-Old Caregiver
14. Grandma's Picture Cards
15. Kasuga Taisha: A Divine Shrine for Daily Life
16. Island of Compassion
17. A Hands-on Designer
18. What Brought You to Hiroshima?
19. Carving out a New Path with Wood
20. The High-Rises We Build
21. Countdown to Business Lift-off!
22. Our Town's Bookstore
23. One Heart, One Beat
24. Hooked on a New Fishing Career
25. Our Flower Field
26. Cakes on Wheels
27. A Journey in Design
28. Joining Hands with Newcomers
29. Like a Trusty Garden Hoe
30. A Passion for Fashion
31. Hitoshi's Bento Shop
32. Finding My Way on the Okugakemichi
Season 7
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1. From the Slopes to the Playroom
2. Living Positively with Dementia
3. Uncovering Precious Life Stories
4. Old House, New Hope
5. Finding Poetry in Cancer
6. Once Lost, Now Found: A Brother's Journey Home
7. Once Lost, Now Found: Dancing for My Future
8. Once Lost, Now Found: Student Actors' Challenge
9. Sharing a Manga Dream
10. A Truckful of Food and Smiles
11. Forging On: Master and Apprentice
12. Learning to Teach
13. A Guesthouse's Unexpected Beginning
14. Sharing Zao's Wonders
15. Dancing Beyond Disabilities
16. Giving Dreams a Boost
17. Sweet Taste of Hope
18. Mr. Grandpa in Nursery School
19. A Teacher's Passion
20. The Colors of the Forest
21. Opening Doors to Newcomers
22. Remembering Our Railway
23. Soaking Up a Hot Spring Dream
24. Grandmas' Goodbye to an Old Market
25. Auntie's Candy Store – Sweets & Life Lessons
26. Brewing a Future for Local Tea
27. Pursuing the Ultimate Awa Indigo
28. Sculptures with Soul
29. A Budding Forestry Career
30. The 100km Walk: Two Life-Changing Days
31. "Crazy Mike" the Artist
32. Making Udon to a Different Beat
33. Onikenbai: the Demon Sword Dance
34. Tears, Laughter and Motherhood
35. The Maturing Sake Expert
36. Apprentice Geisha: Making Dreams Come True
37. Night School - Learning for Living
Season 8
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1. Finding Happiness in Bathhouses
2. Yuka and Her New Classmates
3. From Handsome to Beautiful
4. "Super Volunteer": Driven to Help in Disasters
5. Drawing to Find a New Me
6. For the Love of Lettering
7. Sharing Their Stories
8. Fukushima Ramen: Bowlful of Spirit
9. Stories of Fukushima: Giving Their All
10. The Revival of "Mikan Valley"
11. A Geisha in Nara: Bridging Past and Future
12. Yuko Kuroda's Legacy of Care
13. A Community in the Sky
14. Praying for Flowers, Praying for Life
15. Serving Up Memories
16. A 26-Year-Old's Breast Cancer Diary
17. Two Worlds, One Dream: Vying for Powerlifting Glory
18. Where Are My Roots? - One Orphan's Search
19. A Late Dreamer
20. Why We Dance - Children's Kagura Troupe
21. Fukushima's Grandpa Troop: Restoring a Deserted Town
22. Home for Good - Health Care at the End of Life
23. Welcome to Maru-chan's Café
24. A Will to Survive
25. Soap That Gives Hope
26. Paddling Our Hometown Lake
27. The Bounty of the Mountains
Season 9
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1. Look to the Night Sky
2. Strength and Hope - The Power of Azaleas
3. A Young Soba Chef's Challenge
4. Expressing the Ainu Spirit
5. No Going Back: New Ideas from a Tsunami-hit Fishing Town
6. Revealing the Final Moments
7. Rock Ptarmigans: Reviving the Divine Birds
8. Fruitful Connections
9. He Has a Dream: A Novice Fisherman's Challenge
10. Avatar Robots Open New Doors
11. Being There for Foreign Patients
12. Bitter and Sweet: A Strawberry Farming Family
13. Uncle and Nephew in a Tsunami-Hit Town
14. Bullfights & Big Dreams
15. The Shadow of Nagasaki: Nurses' Stories
16. A-Bomb Paintings
17. Community Newspaper
18. Unread Messages
19. A Pillar for Brazilians in Japan
20. Breast Cancer Diary 2020: Keeping a Dream Alive
21. Steering Through Tough Times
22. The Treasures of Toyama Bay
23. Drawing Our "New Normal"
24. Follow Your Heart: The Green-haired Gardener
Season 10
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1. Why She Runs
2. Connecting People in a Pandemic
3. A Haven Called Bethesda
4. Analog Buddies in a Digital Age
5. Rescuing Pre-Disaster Memories
6. Selfie Diary of Mr. "One Team"
7. The Power of Giving Up
8. Spring Splendor in Hirosaki
9. A Place for Every Child
10. Why Did She Pose in a Bikini?: Challenges of an "Ostomate" Doctor
11. A Legendary Chef's Last Lessons
12. Haircut Magic
13. The Deities of Gion
14. Rediscovering Ainu Heritage: Part 1
15. Rediscovering Ainu Heritage: Part 2
16. Sushi with Heart and Soul
17. Building Robots, Fostering Happiness
18. Baseball Heals Kids
19. The Unorthodox Karuta Champion / Ruludaisy: Drag Queen Farmer
20. Light on a Raging River
21. Shared House, Shared Lives
22. Being LGBT+ in a Small Town
23. Living Alongside Disaster
24. Crisis in “Japan's Kitchen”
25. A 94-Year-Old Culinary Wizard
26. Fond Farewell for a Beloved Train
27. Making Peace With My Father
28. Mending Your Cherished Clothes
Season 11
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1. A Toast to the God of Sake
2. Life Lessons From the Homeless
3. Conversations Without Words
4. Behind the Artist's Hand
5. Longing for the Power of Touch
6. Rapping for Fukushima
7. A Small Village with Big Ideas
8. Swordfish Fishing With My Father
9. The Power of Memories
10. Many Vines, One Family
11. Bomb Disposal Quest in Okinawa
12. Rebuilding Lives After the Kumamoto Earthquake
13. When the Sea Turned Red
14. Finding Freedom in the Pool
15. Auntie Baseball
16. The Future of Fukuoka's Food Stalls
17. Nuclear Waste Splits a Town
18. A Blind Teacher's Farewell
19. Building On a Sacred Tradition
20. Saving Lives on an Isolated Island
21. The Drumbeat of a Mother's Heart
22. The Future of an Ancient Ritual
23. Discovering Myself Through Dementia
24. A Burger Hangout in Okinawa
25. Building Bonds With Books
26. Building a Thatched-Roof, Building New Bonds
27. Okinawan Dance Flowers Far From Home
28. Ainu: Engaging the Power of Dialogue
29. Lighting the Way for Tradition
30. A Fresh Start on a Small Island
Season 12
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1. Stable Fishing Jobs Steer a Community
2. A Float Artisan & His Muse
3. Magical Forest: Okinawa's Natural World Heritage Site
4. Soccer Team Raises Community Spirit
5. Seeking a Chance to Learn: Students with Overseas Roots
6. Small Factory Reaches for the Stars
7. Flying Like an Arrow
8. Modern Methods Sustain Metalwork Tradition
9. A World Heritage Town: Past and Future
10. Hard Rain: A Village Divided
11. Bonding Through Soba: A Story of Four Grannies
12. Amashi: Japan's Freediving Fishers
13. Our New Classmate from Ukraine
14. Waiting for the God's Crossing
15. Mailing Letters to the Lost
16. Kintsugi: Mending Memories with Gold
17. A Cut Above the Rest
18. The Final Journey
19. Life on a Sloping Farm
20. A House-call Doctor in Fukushima
21. A Song for a New Fukushima School
22. Reviving a Fukushima Brewery
23. Japanese Paper Supports War-torn Ukraine
24. Egg Wars – Father vs. Son
25. Countryside Diaries
26. A Heart-Warming Tokyo Veggie Stand
27. Sparking a Chain of Kindness
28. Grandma's Hands Reap Nature's Bounty
29. Inheriting a Thousand-Year-Old Craft
Season 13
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1. Korean Family Meals for Rural Japan
2. A School for Two
3. A Mosque in a Japanese Community
4. Nagasaki's Long-Forgotten Choir
5. Conquering Peaks on One Leg
6. Nepalese Students Find a Taste of Home
7. Taxi Drivers in a Tsunami-hit Town
8. Life Lessons by a Crystal-Clear River
9. Hiking Guide Connects Hearts
10. New Approach to an Old Festival
11. Navigating a World with Words
12. Pearls for Remembrance
13. Forging Bonds Under a Starry Sky
14. From Seed to Shop: Grandma's Pickles
15. New Face for a Centuries-Old Dance
16. Mending Hearts with Mandarin Oranges
17. Holy Fire on the Mountain
18. A Ranch for Retired Racehorses
19. Hiroshima's A-Bomb Survivor Trees
20. A Year as a Young Rural Doctor
21. Carrying on in a Quake-hit Town
22. Modern Maiko Diaries
23. Leaving No Stone Unturned: A Potter's Quest
24. Reviving a Pottery Tradition in Fukushima
25. A Country Town's Woolly Heroes
26. Making a Home in Osaka
27. Together Through Dementia
28. Living with the Bounty of the Sea: 13 Years on from the Tsunami
29. Making Art with Autism
30. Plum Promoter-in-Chief
31. Sailing the Seas on a Sabani
Season 14
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1. Searching for Closure: 10 Years Since a Deadly Eruption
2. Framing Family Memories
3. Bull Battles – A Community's Beloved Tradition
4. Planting Seeds of Peace in Hiroshima
5. An Island Stays Awake for Sumo
6. Chasing the Dream of Being a Jockey
7. Unfolding a Life with Origami
8. Life in a Land of Grass
9. Calligraphy Creating Hope for Revival
10. Puppet Tale: Foxes, a Princess and a Sacred Lake
11. Becoming Gods for a Night
12. An Ace Soccer Player Lights Up a Small Town
13. Loved Ones Reunited on Canvas
14. Factory Groove: Wakayama's Textile Industry
15. Reinventing a Small Town Supermarket
16. Lasting Memories of a Vanishing Town
17. A Doc's Best Friend
18. Holding on to Peace: Atomic-bomb Survivor's Message
19. The Future of an A-bombed Shrine
20. Revitalizing Cherry Trees in Fukushima
21. A Rookie Fisher & His Grandpa in the Sanriku Seas