Document 72 Hours · SEASON 14
Saying Farewell to Once-Loved Dolls at Hofu Tenmangu Shrine
Episode 15 · 2023-04-28
- Documentary
Episode overview
Each year, Hofu Tenmangu shrine in Yamaguchi Prefecture holds a "doll appreciation festival" at which people can give their now-unwanted dolls a proper farewell. Among the shrine's visitors were a man bringing dolls he displayed to bring his daughter luck when she was young; a grandfather who displayed dolls for his grandchildren for 30 years; and a woman who made a doll as she prepared to marry decades ago. What do people feel as they say a final thank you and goodbye to their dolls? For three days, we asked them.
30 minutes
Season 14 episodes
1. University Art Festival: Portrait of Campus Days2023-01-06
2. Osaka: In an Apartment Building from the Showa Era2023-01-13
3. At a Small Kobe Okonomiyaki Shop2023-01-20
4. A Quiet Pier in Minamiboso2023-01-27
5. Amami Oshima: On the Radio2023-02-03
6. Fukushima - At a mountain lodge in the dead of winter2023-02-10
7. Ringing in the New Year at a Fukuoka Bus Terminal2023-02-17
8. Winter Stories of Ramen Stalls in Nagoya2023-02-24
9. Qualification Examination Preparatory School: My Path Forward2023-03-03
10. The Convenience Store in a Midwinter Hokkaido Village2023-03-10
11. Episode 112023-03-17
12. Akihabara Doll Store2023-04-07
13. At a 24-Hour Roadside Restaurant in Okayama2023-04-14
14. Behind the Headlines at Ofunato's Local Newspaper2023-04-21
15. Saying Farewell to Once-Loved Dolls at Hofu Tenmangu Shrine2023-04-28
16. Harajuku, 100 yen store, in spring2023-05-05
17. Sakura in the Seto Inland Sea2023-05-19
18. Osaka Post Office, in spring2023-05-26
19. The Aomori Shrine Where "Umineko" Soar2023-06-02
20. Okinawa All Night Bento Lunch2023-06-23
21. At a Hospital Roof Garden2023-06-30
22. Nishinomiya's "Manbow Tunnel" Under the Tracks2023-07-07
23. Early Summer on the Kisoji2023-07-14
24. Saraba, Nombe Yokocho (Farewell, Drinking Alley)2023-07-28
25. Episode 252023-08-01
26. National Udon Vending Machine Trip - Gunma2023-08-04
27. Episode 272023-08-25
28. See You in Osaka's Korea Town2023-09-01
29. At a Tokyo Insect Store2023-09-08
30. Fuji Rock On the long-awaited summer day2023-09-15
31. Part-time High School Koshien2023-09-22
32. Yomotsu Hirasaka: Between This World and The Next2023-10-06
33. At a Standing Bar Beside Fukuoka's Boat Racing Stadium2023-10-13
34. Kabukicho, Shinjuku, at the hair salon that never sleeps.2023-10-27
35. Nagano: Watching for Hawks2023-11-10
36. Farewell to a Hyogo Chairlift2023-12-08
37. 24-Hour Chinese Restaurant in Tokyo Suburbs2023-12-15
