This episode introduces Japan's ultra-modern pubic rest rooms.
This episode focuses on Japanese manga culture and evolving techniques.
This episode features the close relationship Japanese people have with sushi.
This episode gives an overview of the station system around the metropolis.
This episode features amazing bath culture such as Onsen, household baths.
This episode introduces ingenious Japanese packaging for daily products.
This episode traces how ramen noodles became Japan's national food.
The "Sweets and snacks" episode introduces Japanese confectionery and nibbles, showing a wide variety of designs, the product story behind a popular chocolate snack, technologies for creating textures and the philosophy of a wagashi confectioner.
The episode, "Hairstyling", takes a look at unique Japanese hairstyling, from ancient to modern times, and features the background story of methods developed to increase the volume of thinning hair, and traditional hairstyling for a sumo wrestler and a geisha girl.
The episode, "Stylized movement", focuses on unique Japanese stylized movements, from everyday ojigi bowing, tejime handclapping used to close events, and the origins of do-age body-tossing, to the techniques of university cheerleaders and the daily routine of zen monks.
The episode "Water" focuses on water in Japan, showing how people use water daily, a product background story of the first canned green tea, a water operation system that provides a stable water supply, and a natural ice maker explains his craft.
The episode focuses on the room in Japan. A look at the culture and craft behind Japanese-style living, including a history of the tatami mat, an essential part of the Japanese-style room; the craft of accurate woodworking that goes into the making of sliding doors; and the unity with nature an artisan learns from the making of Japanese washi paper.
A look at the culture and craft behind Japanese rice, including the course of its progress from seedling to table, the secrets behind development of the automatic rice cooker, the crafts that utilize rice straw, and the philosophy of brewing sake.
The episode focuses on school in Japan. We observe how the unique cultural characteristics of Japanese schools, including the use of classroom space and desks, various extracurricular activities, and tasty, healthy school meals, help instill a sense of what is “Japanese.”
The episode focuses on Tokyo in Japan. We look at various aspects of Tokyo, Japan's best-known city, focusing on the birth of its ubiquitous subways, techniques by which the city mitigates its summer heat, and the sub-boss of one of its traditional festival teams.
