Document 72 Hours · SEASON 14
National Udon Vending Machine Trip - Gunma
Episode 26 · 2023-08-04
- Documentary
Episode overview
About 300 yen per cup. Warm udon noodles from an old machine. This is a trip to visit the dwindling number of “udon vending machines” throughout Japan. This time, we will visit the eight remaining udon vending machines in Gunma, Japan, where we will have 72 hours to visit all of them. A man who has been a regular customer at a drive-in restaurant for 30 years. At a 24-hour store, young people and couples who love cars can be seen even late at night. What kind of drama will you encounter when you visit the udon vending machines born in the Showa period?
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
