Document 72 Hours · SEASON 13
Korokke Pan Shop: Happiness in a Bun
Episode 24 · 2022-10-07
- Documentary
Episode overview
Korokke pan, or bread rolls filled with deep-fried potato croquettes, topped with sauce are a specialty of a family-run shop in Minamisenju, a down-to-earth Tokyo suburb. Among the customers craving this cheap, filling snack made at the shop were a regular who has been coming here for over 50 years; a man buying some for himself and his friends; and a man currently between jobs. Why have locals become so fond of a snack made exactly the same way it was decades ago? For three days, we asked them.
30 minutes
Season 13 episodes
1. Episode 12022-01-07
2. Nursing School: Nurturing the Next Nightingales2022-01-14
3. Seeking a Sweet Finish to Another Busy Year2022-01-28
4. Bidding Farewell to an Amusement Park2022-02-25
5. Tsugaru Railway: A Midwinter Lifeline2022-03-18
6. The Supermarket on Wheels2022-04-08
7. Heartfelt Flowers from a Miyagi Florist2022-04-15
8. A Shinjuku Cell Phone Store2022-04-22
9. Capturing Happy Moments in a Photo Booth2022-05-13
10. Episode 102022-05-20
11. Plastic Model Shop: A Hobby Making Worlds Come Alive2022-05-27
12. Episode 122022-06-03
13. Episode 132022-06-10
14. Nature's Treasure Hunt on a Niigata Beach2022-06-17
15. The Vegetable "Vending Machine" in Tokyo2022-06-24
16. Asakusa's Rakugo Theater: Filling Lives with Laughs2022-07-15
17. Fluttering Yellow Handkerchiefs at a Seaside Station2022-07-22
18. Episode 182022-07-29
19. Episode 192022-08-26
20. Doronko Park" Children Running in the Rain2022-09-02
21. Osaka Shaved Ice Shop: Midsummer Memories2022-09-09
22. The Lure of a 24-Hour Fishing Shop2022-09-16
23. Udon Vending Machines on Route 9: An Oasis for Drivers2022-09-30
24. Korokke Pan Shop: Happiness in a Bun2022-10-07
25. Episode 252022-10-21
26. Episode 262022-10-28
27. Episode 272022-11-04
28. Gunma-Brazil Presidential Election2022-11-11
29. A Cat Temple: Soothing the Mind and Soul2022-11-18
30. Lifting Spirits in a Tokyo Liquor Store2022-12-16
31. Year-End Special 2022 Viewer Vote #2 On Location Special2022-12-30
32. Year-End Special 2022 Viewer Vote #1 On Location Special2022-12-30
