Cycle Around Japan · SEASON 9
Fukushima - Taking Life Day by Day
Episode 10 · 2022-10-08

- Documentary
Episode overview
Fukushima Prefecture, with its beautiful mountains and coastline, is home to people who have survived disaster and come out stronger. We meet a peach grower thriving again after the great 2011 quake, a family that rebuilt their seaside hotel destroyed by the tsunami, shopkeepers organizing a summer festival after a two-year pandemic gap, highschoolers continuing Fukushima's samurai horse riding legacy, and three women friends who have staffed a tiny country station together for 35 years.
49 minutes
Season 9 episodes
1. Saitama Traditions - Tokyo's Scenic Neighbor2022-01-08
2. Selfie Ride in Iwate: A Home Away From Home2022-01-14
3. Tokyo to Chiba - Finding Art along the Way2022-02-12
4. Mie – A Cultural Crossroads2022-03-12
5. Tokushima - Where Teamwork Runs Deep2022-05-14
6. Gunma - An Unstoppable Energy2022-06-11
7. Fukui: The Strength to Succeed2022-07-08
8. Okayama - Sunshine and Smiles2022-08-13
9. Into the Kyoto Countryside2022-09-09
10. Fukushima - Taking Life Day by Day2022-10-08
11. The Old Hokuriku Kaido: Exploring a Forgotten Highway2022-12-10