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Three days in the life of...Stay in one location for 72 hours, catching glimpses into people's lives as they open up and share. NHK World English Broadcast Version
Episode 18 : An Iconic Hotel: Until We Meet Again
December. 15,2015
Each episode offers a three-day slice-of-life at a different location in Japan: chance encounters, unexpected dramas, and surprising insights into the "now" around us. Today: An iconic Hotel in Tokyo
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Episode 16 : Japans Northernmost Bus Stop
November. 10,2015
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Episode 15 : Tonkotsu Ramen Restaurant: Bowls for the Soul
October. 20,2015
Each episode offers a three-day slice-of-life at a different location in Japan: chance encounters, unexpected dramas, and surprising insights into the "now" around us. Today: Ramen Restaurant.
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Episode 13 : A Drive-In Restaurant in Okinawa: Hometown Flavor, American Style
September. 15,2015
Each episode offers a three-day slice-of-life at a different location in Japan: chance encounters, unexpected dramas, and insights into the "now" around us. Today: A Drive-in Restaurant in Okinawa.
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Episode 11 : Yakushima: Island of the Mystical Tree
August. 04,2015
Each episode offers a three-day slice-of-life at a different location in Japan: chance encounters, unexpected dramas, and surprising insights into the "now" around us. Today: Yakushima.
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Episode 8 : A Driving School: The Start of Many Journeys
June. 16,2015
There's a driving school in a suburb east of Tokyo that prepares learners for all kinds of vehicle licenses, from cars, trucks and buses to construction equipment. Each spring the school is packed with people of all ages; a high school student getting her driver's license, a former hairstylist starting a new career as a truck driver, a care worker from the Philippines. These are the stories of people who seek to gain new skills in order to grasp new opportunities in work and in life.
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Episode 4 : Lost and Found in Nagoya: Left Behind on a Holy Night
April. 21,2015
At Christmastime in Sakae, a busy district of Nagoya, people are rushing to an unexpected place: the lost and found office, where items left on buses and subways are collected. Each year more than 100,000 articles are turned in, ranging from the usual umbrellas and gloves to the amazing, like dentures and wooden grave tablets. The office's storage is awash with items forgotten by Christmas shoppers and year-end partygoers. Who will retrieve them? Hear some of the stories behind the lost articles.
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Episode 2 : General Hospital Store: Where Shopping Meets Healing
January. 13,2015
In southern Chiba Prefecture, a 24-hour convenience store opened 3 years ago in a huge general hospital. It offers everything from reduced-sugar snacks to loose clothing, and it's busy all the time. One young customer narrowly escaped death. Another patient comes first thing in the morning to buy a newspaper. Doctors working late at night slip in between surgeries to buy instant noodles. Get a unique look at the human condition in this "oasis" at a hospital isolated from our everyday lives.
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