Document 72 Hours · SEASON 4
A Giant Bookstore: Wandering in a World of Words
Episode 32 · 2013-12-20
- Documentary
Episode overview
Crammed together are magazines and novels, art books and technical treatises. In an era of increasing Internet book sales, streams of people are drawn to actual bookstores, in search of unexpected encounters. The bestsellers on display provide a glimpse of contemporary Japan. Books teaching "self-improvement" attract crowds of office workers on their way home; other shoppers, worn out by the daily grind, find themselves in the "spirituality" book section. All are wanderers in a forest of print.
25 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. Close contact: The Sleepless Flower Shop in Kabukicho2013-04-05
2. Farewell Shibuya, Kamaboko Station Building2013-04-12
3. Osaka Kushikatsu Elegy2013-04-19
4. Yokosuka Air Base, Operation Matchmaking2013-04-26
5. Points of Departure: New Chitose Airport2013-05-03
6. In the City of Closed Factories2013-05-10
7. Enthusiastic Singing! Hitori Karaoke2013-05-17
8. Kyoto Engiri Shrine2013-05-24
9. Night Clinic: An ER of Last Resort2013-05-31
10. The Live-Streamers: Interactive Webcasting2013-06-07
11. Familyless Life Theater2013-06-14
12. Underground Idols2013-06-21
13. Dreams Bloom at Kochi Racecourse2013-06-28
14. In Front of a Giant Manbow2013-07-05
15. From the Last Shelter2013-07-19
16. Climbing Mt. Fuji2013-07-26
17. The "Rain, then Fine" Coin Laundry2013-08-02
18. The Happiness Theory of Healthland2013-09-06
19. Home Is Where the Locker Is—The Day Laborers of Osaka2013-09-13
20. Yanaka Cemetery: Dialogs Between Death and Life2013-09-20
21. Fly! Epsilon2013-09-27
22. Yoshimoto: Summer Training Camp at the critical moment2013-10-04
23. Personal Glimpses at a 24-Hour Gym2013-10-11
24. The Game Center and the Prize Beyond the Prize2013-10-18
25. The Makeup Room2013-10-25
26. In Search of Hiroshima Taro2013-11-01
27. Hitchhiking in the Seto Inland Sea2013-11-08
28. The Call of the Dunes2013-11-15
29. A Giant Travel Agency: Destinations and Detours2013-11-22
30. The Post Office That Never Sleeps2013-12-06
31. Night Train to Izumo: Destination - Destiny2013-12-13
32. A Giant Bookstore: Wandering in a World of Words2013-12-20
