Japan

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Hiroshima Going it Alone (2021)

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Hiroshima: Going it Alone (2021)
English | Size: 863 MB
Category: Documentary


In the city of Hiroshima we visit a community where the families who survived the devastation of the atomic bomb in the Second World War managed to revive their traditional farming specialty.

NHK Train Cruise – Fukuoka The Steely Backbone of Japan’s Modernization (2021)

NHK Train Cruise – Fukuoka: The Steely Backbone of Japan’s Modernization (2021)
English | Size: 553 MB
Category: Tutorial


The imperial steelworks established 120 years ago in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Pref., on the southern island of Kyushu, drove Japan’s modernization. And coal mined in the nearby Chikuho area fueled this industry. We visit old ironworks and coal mines along the railways that transported the coal, and eat a bento that has delighted travelers for a century. We meet a retired mechanic working to invigorate the area with railroad history and an ex-coal miner preserving its coal mining past for posterity.

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Cycle Bingo Tokyo (2020)

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Cycle Bingo Tokyo (2020)
English | Size: 748 MB
Category: Documentary


We send 2 cyclists to explore some lesser known parts of Tokyo as they compete in our special bingo game. They have 2 days to find typical items and places in the city that correspond to squares on their cards. Pursuing this quest they discover little known facts about the city, see how a popular traditional snack is made, visit a boatyard that’s been making wooden craft for 200 years and a family farm hidden among suburban houses, and play along with an ingenious drum maker.

NHK Cycle Around Japan – A Deeper Side to Tokyo (2020)

NHK Cycle Around Japan – A Deeper Side to Tokyo (2020)
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Category: Documentary


From Shibuya’s newest skyscraper to nearby Shinjuku, where a man in a tiger mask cycles the city streets. Why did he choose such a life? After he introduces us to Shinjuku’s lively back alleys, we ride west into a surprisingly natural landscape. By a tranquil river, we meet an artisan reviving a 200-year old dyeing craft and in a mountain forest a far-sighted woodsman explains his ecological approach. City and society change with the times, but these are people holding fast to their chosen paths in life.

NHK – Unsinkable Japans Lost Battleship (2019)

NHK – Unsinkable: Japans Lost Battleship (2019)
English | Size: 1.78 GB
Category: Documentary

October 24, 1944, the world’s greatest battle at sea begins in the Philippines. Japan’s navy gambles on a decisive victory against the United States to turn the tide of World War II. Instead, Musashi, its top-secret super battleship, ends up at the bottom of the ocean.