Japanology Plus · SEASON 10
Japanophiles: Isabelle Sasaki
Episode 8 · 2023-05-25
- Documentary
- Talk
Episode overview
The Japanophile series looks at Japan through the eyes of long-term residents who were born in another part of the world. This time we meet Isabelle Sasaki, a karate instructor from France. She volunteered in Ofunato after it was hit hard by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Eventually she moved there and set up a branch of the Japan Karate Association, making her a rare instance of a woman from another country teaching karate in Japan. She also works in tourism promotion and helps her husband with his scallop farming. Isabelle Sasaki shares her enthusiasm for her adopted hometown and the martial art of karate.
28 minutes
Season 10 episodes
1. Kitchens2023-01-12
2. Satsumaimo: Sweet Potatoes2023-02-09
3. Dinosaurs2023-03-02
4. Japanophiles: Kyle Holzhueter2023-03-23
5. Camping2023-04-13
6. Male Aesthetics2023-04-27
7. Konnyaku2023-05-11
8. Japanophiles: Isabelle Sasaki2023-05-25
9. Ueno2023-06-08
10. Meteorological Data2023-06-22
11. Amami Oshima: Paradise Found2023-07-06
12. Amami Oshima: Shaped by Adversity2023-07-13
13. Japanophiles: Francesco Panto2023-08-03
14. Vacant Homes2023-08-17
15. Rokyoku: Musical Storytelling2023-08-31
16. Japanese Honeybees2023-09-14
17. Japanophiles: Martin Holman2023-09-28
18. Unused Fish2023-10-12
19. Garbage2023-10-26
20. Firefighting2023-11-09
21. Japanophiles: Benjamin Flatt2023-11-23
22. Izumo: Home of the Gods2023-12-07
23. Izumo: Land of the Supernatural2023-12-14
