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Episode 1

Kyoto: Coloring the season

air day: 2012-04-04

Kariyasu, kuchinashi, and moegi -all are Japanese phrases for colours. The Japanese language has a whole lot of phrases for expressing refined tints. Many have their origin in Kyoto and are nonetheless very a lot alive in the speech of the former capital. Historians recommend the Japanese didn’t make such inflexible colour distinctions in historic occasions however the change started when imports arrived from China and Korea, and the Japanese sensitivity to paint then blossomed as quite a lot of new tints have been produced right here as effectively.

Episode 2

Kakunodate: Stories of Old Families

air day: 2012-04-18

Kakunodate is the “Little Kyoto” of Tohoku, a citadel city and standard vacationer vacation spot the place the streets are lined with traditional-style buildings relationship from the Edo Period (17th to mid-19th century). We meet individuals who adhere to the outdated methods of life, similar to descendents of an outdated samurai household who nonetheless dwell in the Ishiguro Manor, a centuries outdated samurai home now open to public, and a girl descended from the Satake Kita clan that when dominated Kakunodate. The city is liveliest throughout the autumn pageant when nice floats are made to conflict towards one another in the parade. The bearers want energy, braveness and talent to triumph. We recorded the lives and traditions of samurai, service provider, farmer and lordly households on a 6 month sojourn in a spot the place distinctive outdated customs are nonetheless very a lot alive.

Episode three

Spirited Away to Tono

air day: 2012-05-02

The folklorist, Kunio Yanagita, wrote his “Tono Monogatari” (Tales of Tono) a couple of century in the past. The e-book associated how mysterious beings similar to the kappa river goblins, the zashikiwarashi youngster spirits, mountain gods and ghosts had their willful means, reporting the occasions as eye-witness accounts and present-day happenings. It led its readers – principally dwellers of the plains dealing with the first waves of modernization – to the psychological coronary heart of the humble Japanese individuals, hemmed in as they have been by mountains and rivers. Today, although, 100 years later, what has grow to be of these outdated beliefs in the wonderful creatures and gods described in the e-book? We observe the lives of individuals in Tono for a 12 months, from their religion in the tutelary Oshirasama gods comprised of staves of mulberry wooden to the rites of the Bon Festival of the Dead, rediscovering the outdated Japanese methods of pondering and reverence for the issues that surpass human powers.

Episode Four

Japanese Towers, Memories Past and Present

air day: 2012-05-16

Towers that attain to the skies. Towering vacationer points of interest round the nation have precursors in the stupas of Buddhism. Since the late nineteenth century, they’ve been constructed as home windows on the new age and symbols of native delight. The Japanese nonetheless love towers that pierce the heavens. We report on the individuals and native tales of Japan’s towers, together with the Tokyo Sky Tree that opens on May 22nd, 2012, discovering insights to the Japanese individuals’s non secular perception, love of their birthplace and in addition building expertise.

Episode 5

Matsushima: Islands of Beauty and Prayer

air day: 2012-05-30

The stunning islands of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture are often called one in all the three nice scenic spots of Japan. The view of the greater than 260 islands dotting the placid waters was left amazingly unspoiled even by the Great East Japan Earthquake final 12 months.

Episode 6

Suwa: A Celebration Down Through Time

air day: 2012-06-06

Suwa was a middle of tradition in Japan in the Jomon interval earlier than rice cultivation arrived. It is claimed that in these historic occasions, too, individuals transported many nice tree trunks for erection at their sacred locations in a lot the identical means as we see at the Suwa shrines right now. The atmosphere was harsh and life and dying so shut for the individuals of Jomon occasions. Their spirit lives on in Suwa right now. We introduce individuals who protect a religion at the roots of Japanese prayer.

Episode 7

Niyodo River: Living with Japan’s Clearest River

air day: 2012-06-20

With its glass-like translucency, the River Niyodo on Shikoku is famend for possessing the clearest water in Japan. 124km lengthy, it has its supply in the highest mountains of Western Japan and, swelled by many tributaries, flows out finally into the Pacific Ocean. The river helps wealthy plant- and wildlife and has additionally nurtured a particular river-based tradition for the individuals who reside amongst the sounds of the flowing water. On the higher reaches, there are cherry blossoms in spring after which the fishermen arrive when the sweetfish season opens in early summer season. The youngsters like to leap into the water from the highest attainable boulders. Nearer the mouth, there’s a city that flourished making tengujoshi, the very thinnest Japanese paper (washi) of all. We meet a younger craftsman who has inherited the methods from his forebears and nonetheless proudly makes paper beside the Niyodo right now. Crystal-clear waters and riverine surroundings… we depict the individuals and locations of this nice river.

Episode eight

Mt. Fuji

air day: 2012-07-04

Mt. Fuji is Japan’s highest peak at 3776m. Its magnificence and sweetness have impressed the Japanese over the millennia. Climbers flock there every night time as soon as it has been formally opened for climbing in July every year and stroll as much as witness the daybreak at the summit. Mt. Fuji is greater than an emblem of magnificence to the Japanese – it represents the greatness of nature and can also be an object of mystical religion. In gorgeous footage, we introduce the numerous faces of Mt. Fuji by the 4 seasons, the sacred, ethereal surroundings and the phrases of individuals whose lives have revolved round the mountain over the years. Discover the attract of the mountain that has gripped the minds of Japanese individuals for 1000’s of years.

Episode 9

Awa Dance: Obon Festival with 100,000 Dancers

air day: 2012-08-01

The Awa Odori dance is the spotlight of the Four-day Obon Festival of the Dead in Tokushima, Shikoku, in August every year. About 100,000 individuals take part the dancing and 1.three million come to look at this hottest of all Bon dances in Japan. The dance’s unique goal, in fact, is to honor the souls of the useless, but it surely has additionally developed as an exhilarating affirmation of the joys of life, and each the costumes and music are extremely distinctive. We bear in mind again to the individuals who began dancing once more in the post-war ruins in the cotton kimonos of summer season that had someway survived the flames, meet a girl who has elevated the dance into the realm of artwork, and in addition children dancing for the first time this 12 months. The video photos seize the full festive ardour.

Episode 11

Itsukushima, Island of the Gods

air day: 2012-09-19

Miyajima, an island 30 km round in the Seto Inland Sea, is named one in all the three most stunning spots in Japan. It has been thronging with greater than three.Four million vacationers a 12 months ever since the Itsukushima Shrine was registered as a World Heritage Site. Worshiped as a sacred isle since historic occasions, it is a place of wealthy nature, meals tradition and different various customs and traditions.

Episode 12

Hand-Made in Japan

air day: 2012-10-03

Our theme this time is conventional crafts. The Japanese have an extended historical past of constructing good handicraft use of pure supplies. From pottery and woodwork to textiles and metalwork, the Japanese have employed fireplace, water and generally additionally the wind to create on a regular basis utensils which are stunning and straightforward to make use of. Muneyoshi Yanagi, the father of the Japanese folkcraft motion, referred to as Japan “a land of the hand” and described handicrafts as one in all the forces which “provide enormous power for the preservation of Japan”. The program follows the handicraft theme in paper, knives, lacquer, ship’s chests, abaca fabric and different fields to depict the energy of Japan’s conventional crafts in addition to the local weather that nurtured them.

Episode 13

Dolls Bearers of Dreams

air day: 2012-10-17

The Japanese fascination with dolls extends by Neolithic clay figures to Girls’ Day pageant dolls, puppets and now cartoon character collectible figurines as effectively. The dolls embody various native traditions and beliefs, serving as prayers for good well being and wealthy harvests, or for the repose of the useless, as expressions of awe and respect for the deities, and as toys or excellent figures. The Girls’ Day pageant dolls signify the Emperor’s courtroom gathered for a marriage in Kyoto. This nationwide customized is a prayer for the wholesome progress of lady youngsters. In puppet theater, Bunraku and Ningyou-joruri flourished in Osaka throughout the Edo Period, which lasted from the 17th to the mid-19th century. The puppets categorical all the subtlety and emotions of actual human beings and it takes years of observe to grasp the puppetry methods. What do dolls imply to the Japanese individuals? We look again over this fond, stunning and extraordinary historical past.

Episode 14

Tracing Rice in Japan

air day: 2012-11-07

Rice is particular to the Japanese. Since rice cultivation arrived right here millennia in the past, it has molded Japanese society, the panorama and spiritual beliefs. That historical past is mirrored in archaeological websites and different stays throughout the nation and in on a regular basis existence right now. This is a journey to facets of the Japanese thoughts which have been nurtured by rice farming. We additionally meet individuals who nonetheless dedicate their efforts to this beloved crop right now.

Episode 15

Blowfish – A secret style from the deep

air day: 2012-11-21

The blowfish is an costly delicacy in Japan that has been eaten right here for 1000’s of years, judging from the presence of blowfish bones in prehistoric stays. The flesh is agency with virtually no fats and principally ignored in different nations. The fish can also be extremely poisonous and even a slight error in preparation can kill. The Japanese, although, have come to like the quintessential taste of its chicken and in addition the aesthetic of eating so near dying. Fugusashi – blowfish slices served uncooked – is a consultant approach to serve the fish. The chef slices the agency flesh extraordinarily skinny to acquire the good texture. The cooks of Shimoneseki City have developed particular methods for this by pleasant rivalry with one another. Another is the fugunabe hotpot. The collagen which makes the flesh so agency turns into tender with boiling on this extremely savory repast. We look at the improvement of Japan’s meals tradition by the lens of the quest for the most scrumptious preparation of this white fish.

Episode 16

Millennium Guardians The Buddhist Statues of Kyoto

air day: 2012-12-05

Kyoto is a treasure home of Buddhist statuary. The many statues there embody 37 designated nationwide treasures and 416 vital cultural properties, second solely in quantity to these of Nara. Jizo, the bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, is very carefully entwined with the individuals’s lives in Kyoto and small roadside shrines housing Jizo statues may be seen throughout the metropolis. Local residents sweep in entrance of the shrines every morning and it is just regular right here for individuals to pause and maintain their palms collectively in prayer as they go by on their approach to college or work. The metropolis has grown with the photos and people photos present the individuals with treasured moments of tranquility. This is the story of how a lot the statues to which they pray imply in the every day lives of Kyoto individuals.

Episode 17

Nights of Snow

air day: 2012-12-19

Areas of Japan expertise the heaviest snowfall in the world. The individuals there have provide you with numerous methods to spend these chilly, silent, fearful winter nights when human companionship turns into so vital, to not point out dishes born in the freezing climate that now rank amongst the consultant Japanese flavors. What did they suppose, really feel and create on these lengthy, snow-bound nights? Join us for a wide-ranging have a look at the snowy nights of Japan.