Document 72 Hours · SEASON 5

Japan's Northernmost Bus Stop

Episode 4 · 2014-02-28

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The far north of Hokkaido, with a view of Sakhalin in the distance. At Cape Soya, where a severe snowstorm blows, there is "Japan's northernmost bus stop. In winter, there are few visitors to the bus stop, and the only view is of the Sea of Okhotsk, but for a few days during the year-end and New Year's holidays, many people gather there. Company employees rethinking their lives, cab drivers returning from migrant work, motorcyclists who have traveled hundreds of kilometers in the snow...these are just a few of the people who gather at the bus stop. For three days, they put aside their usual titles and huddle together as "travelers. What are they seeking in their journey to the north?

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