Season 16 episodes2025-01-10

2025

An unusual documentary series that delves into human dramas through chance encounters with ordinary people at selected spots. Filmed over 72 hours in a single location, the show captures glimpses into people's lives as they open up and share their stories.

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Episodes

Season 16

Episode 1

Multinational food store Living in Japan

30m

Episode 2

A Niigata Drive-Through Restaurant in Winter

30m

Episode 3

Seiya Nagasaki Daihodojo Hospital cake shop

30m

Episode 4

Close! Moving a huge hospital.

30m

Episode 5

A Supermarket in Snowy Iwate

30m

2025

Season 16

Multinational food store Living in Japan

A Niigata Drive-Through Restaurant in Winter

Seiya Nagasaki Daihodojo Hospital cake shop

Close! Moving a huge hospital.

A Supermarket in Snowy Iwate

Oku-Noto-Suzu Seaside public bath

Winter Sendai at midnight Nikuman Stand

Tokyo Botanical Garden My only winter

Kawasaki Taishu Shokudo Diary

The Lure of Token Games at an Amusement Arcade

Gifu-Nishiyanagigase “Shutter Town” Blues

Toast at “Japanese Izakaya” in Seoul, Korea

At a 24-Hour Ramen Restaurant in Fukuoka

Spring running bread moving sales car

Journeys Up and Down a Steep Road in Tokyo

Student Life in a Multicultural Dorm

At a Prefab Soba Restaurant in Aomori

Bonsai Village: Growing a Small Universe in a Pot

Yamagata At a small zoo

Lion Statue Donations at Shinjuku Station

Chiba 100 Years hardware store

Nagoya Shinkansen platform Kishimen store

The "Last" Newsstand Near Shibuya Station

Staring at Shohei Ohtani Los Angeles and Iwate

A 10-yen Pool in Midsummer Ehime

Giant cosmetics store

Nagasaki at the bus terminal in August

Karaoke Izakaya

Rolling Along on Kochi's Streetcars

Life in a Kagoshima Gold Mine

Dining Alone at a Shinbashi Yakiniku Restaurant

A Modern Shared Home in Kobe

Episode 33

Coming "Home" to a Maid Cafe in Akihabara

At a Tokyo Bookstore That Never Sleeps

Episode 36