Seasoning the Seasons(2012)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2012-04-04
Average Runtime: 28m
Rating: 10.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 15
Episodes: 176
This program visits places across Japan to introduce the charms of their local daily life and festivals fostered by the nation's long history.
Keywords
japantraditionfestivalculturesatoyama
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 17E01
Kyoto: Coloring the Season
Air Date: 2012-04-04
Kariyasu, kuchinashi, and moegi -all are Japanese words for colors. The Japanese language has a lot of words for expr...
E02
Kakunodate: Stories of Old Families
Air Date: 2012-04-18
Kakunodate is the "Little Kyoto" of Tohoku, a castle town and popular tourist destination where the streets are lined...
E03
Spirited Away to Tono
Air Date: 2012-05-02
The folklorist, Kunio Yanagita, wrote his "Tono Monogatari" (Tales of Tono) about a century ago. The book related how...
E04
Japanese Towers: Memories Past and Present
Air Date: 2012-05-16
Towers that reach to the skies. Towering tourist attractions around the country have precursors in the stupas of Budd...
E05
Matsushima: Islands of Beauty and Prayer
Air Date: 2012-05-30
The beautiful islands of Matsushima in Miyagi Prefecture are known as one of the three great scenic spots of Japan. T...
E06
Suwa: A Celebration Down Through Time
Air Date: 2012-06-06
Suwa was a center of culture in Japan in the Jomon period before rice cultivation arrived. It is said that in those a...
E07
Niyodo River: Living with Japan's Clearest River
Air Date: 2012-06-20
With its glass-like translucency, the River Niyodo on Shikoku is renowned for possessing the clearest water in Japan....
E08
Mt. Fuji
Air Date: 2012-07-04
Mt. Fuji is Japan's highest peak at 3776m. Its magnificence and beauty have impressed the Japanese over the millennia...
E09
Awa Dance: Obon Festival with 100,000 Dancers
Air Date: 2012-08-01
The Awa Odori dance is the highlight of the 4-day Obon Festival of the Dead in Tokushima, Shikoku, in August each yea...
E10
Kamakura: Samurai and Zen
Air Date: 2012-09-05
Kamakura, like the two old capital cities of Nara and Kyoto, also served at one stage as the nation's political cente...
E11
Itsukushima: Island of the Gods
Air Date: 2012-09-19
Miyajima, an island 30 km around in the Seto Inland Sea, is known as one of the 3 most beautiful spots in Japan. It h...
E12
Hand-Made in Japan
Air Date: 2012-10-03
Our theme this time is traditional crafts. The Japanese have a long history of making good handicraft use of natural ...
E13
Dolls: Bearers of Dreams
Air Date: 2012-10-17
The Japanese fascination with dolls extends through Neolithic clay figures to Girls' Day festival dolls, puppets and ...
E14
Tracing Rice in Japan
Air Date: 2012-11-07
Rice is special to the Japanese. Since rice cultivation arrived here millennia ago, it has molded Japanese society, t...
E15
Blowfish: A Secret Taste from the Deep
Air Date: 2012-11-21
The blowfish is an expensive delicacy in Japan that has been eaten here for thousands of years, judging from the pres...
E16
Millennium Guardians: The Buddhist Statues of Kyoto
Air Date: 2012-12-05
Kyoto is a treasure house of Buddhist statuary. The many statues there include 37 designated national treasures and 4...
E17
Nights of Snow
Air Date: 2012-12-19
Areas of Japan experience the heaviest snowfall in the world. The people there have come up with various ways to spen...
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