Document 72 Hours · SEASON 9
The Traveling Library Truck
Episode 12 · 2018-05-18
- Documentary
Episode overview
For 3 days, we follow a library truck stocked with 2,800 books. In Matsuyama City, a public truck service has been delivering books to the surrounding mountains and islands for 45 years. Many locals use this service, including a retired couple looking for new hobbies, elderly islanders full of curiosity to keep learning, and a pair of friends reunited by the truck who now meet there regularly. We explore how books have touched the lives of the people who gather at the library truck.
25 minutes
Season 9 episodes
1. Shinjuku Hanazono Shrine: Dreams Come True at Night2018-01-12
2. Christmas at a 24-Hour Bakery2018-01-19
3. Heading Home on the Strait Ferry2018-01-26
4. Legendary Game Center: Adults' Battles2018-02-02
5. COOL! Downtown Asakusa Batting Center2018-03-02
6. Shibuya: Spring Flowers and Bartering2018-03-16
7. A Park Where Dreams Take Wing2018-04-06
8. Metropolitan Rat Patrol2018-04-13
9. Lives Along Route 452018-04-20
10. Street Corner Legal Consultation Office2018-04-27
11. Traveling Beauty Salon2018-05-11
12. The Traveling Library Truck2018-05-18
13. A Spring Miracle: The Firefly Squid of Toyama2018-05-25
14. Osaka, Nishinari: 24-Hour Family Restaurant2018-06-01
15. The Joys and Sorrows of 1-Yen Pachinko2018-06-08
16. The Women on the Cosmetics Floor2018-06-15
17. People Gathering at Akita's ‘Hot Spring of Life’2018-06-22
18. Flipping Backward, Looking Forward2018-07-13
19. The Race Before the Japanese Derby2018-07-20
20. The Great Hospital Move2018-07-27
21. Goodbye! My Beloved Department Store2018-08-03
22. Hooked on Fishing in Tokyo Bay2018-08-24
23. The Sight Beyond the Undersea Tunnel2018-08-31
24. Coast Guard Academy2018-09-07
25. Surviving the Summer With Fresh Juice2018-09-21
26. From the Remittance Office with Love2018-09-28
27. To Shibuya, the ‘Holy Land of Amura2018-10-05
28. Hakodate's Hamburgers of Happiness2018-10-26
29. Tokyo Station: Meet Me at the "Silver Bell"2018-11-02
30. Farewell to Tsukiji Market: At the Usual Standing Soba Noodle Shop2018-11-09
31. 3333 Stones: Japan's Longest Flight of Steps2018-11-16
32. Shiga/Kusatsu Giant Parking Area2018-11-30
33. The DIYers of the Suburban Home Center2018-12-07
34. Hiroshima Workwear Store2018-12-14
