Document 72 Hours · SEASON 5
The 24-Hour Supermarket: Just Another Day
Episode 17 · 2014-07-04
- Documentary
Episode overview
Akune city is located in rural Kagoshima Prefecture. More than 40% of its population is over 65 years old. Its famous 24/7 supermarket is stocked with 390,000 items, from groceries, cars, tombstones to hoof trimming tools. 80% of the locals visit the supermarket each day including the elderly who come to socialize and young people who hang out there at night, lamenting the lack of job opportunities. While big cities thrive, people living in the countryside get a lot from simple pleasures.
25 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. Wrestlers on the Road2014-01-10
2. A 260-Person "Sharehouse"2014-01-17
3. The Fierce Battle! Entrepreneur Contest.2014-01-24
4. Japan's Northernmost Bus Stop2014-02-28
5. Okinawa: The Barbershop that Never Sleeps2014-03-07
6. Fukushima: From a Super Market in Early Spring2014-03-14
7. Printing Handheld Memories2014-04-04
8. The Voyage of Life on a Giant Ferry2014-04-11
9. A 24/7 Discount Store2014-04-18
10. One Tower, Many Lives2014-04-25
11. Youth "HelloWork" - A Job Agency2014-05-02
12. Ueno Park, Under the Cherry Trees in Full Bloom2014-05-09
13. An All-Night Eatery2014-05-23
14. Self Storage: Secrets and Memories2014-05-30
15. Mt. Osore: Between Life and Death2014-06-06
16. On the Road: “Happiness Theory” on Route 162014-06-13
17. The 24-Hour Supermarket: Just Another Day2014-07-04
18. Shonan, Reasons to Gaze at the Sea2014-07-18
19. At a Gas Station in a Downpour2014-07-25
20. What Dreams I Have at the Fishing Pond Late at Night2014-08-01
21. A 24/7 Animal Hospital: When a Pet Needs a Vet2014-08-22
22. Kabukicho Nail Salon: Behind the Scenes of a Woman's Dressing Room2014-08-29
23. At a Train Station in Fukushima2014-09-05
24. “On the Shore with a View of the Atomic Bomb Dome2014-09-12
25. General Hospital Store: Where Shopping Meets Healing2014-09-19
26. Haneda Airport: From Summer to Autumn2014-10-03
27. Deep Asakusa, Midnight Coffee Shop2014-10-10
28. The Ameyoko International Food Market2014-10-17
29. What to Hit: Boxing Gym in a Mixed-Use Building2014-10-24
30. Koenji, What to Expect at the Public Baths2014-10-31
31. Dreams Along the Yamanote Line2014-11-07
32. Kisarazu, Wangan, Big Lunch Box Store Blues2014-11-21
33. Wandering Shakebai2014-11-28
34. Osaka Minami, Midnight Underground Tenement2014-12-12
35. Shinjuku Ni-Chome: A Taste of Mother's Home Late at Night2014-12-19
