Circle of Life in the Japanese dance

ゆう ～輪廻る命を舞踊り継ぐ～

A documentary of a dancer who dances Japanese traditional dance. Her name is Fujikawa Zuro. She has been studying dance since she was two years old. She is challenging to keep a tradition while making a new generation of dance.

Collection of Artisans

京職人手帖

Kyoto was the Imperial capital of Japan for over 1000 years until the mid 19th century. Because this was the Imperial center of Japan for that period, most of Japan's great traditions and culture grew and were nurtured here by dedicated artisans. Today those traditions and culture are still thriving...

MY SECOND HOME IN HOKKAIDO

A heartwarming documentary to show how people connect the hearts between rural and urban. Tokachi, eastern Hokkaido, is known as Japan’s largest farming area producing wealthy agricultural, dairy, and husbandry items. In this decade, farmers in Tokachi have been hosting more than 20,000 ...

Niigata Aquatics

わくわくマリンピア

TeNY’s announcer approaches the wonder of aquatic world and makes interesting discovery in the aquarium. Let’s enjoy a beautiful aquarium and unseen side of it!

Udo-chan’s Trip Special 2019

旅ゴメ特別編　冬の長良川鉄道　答エハナクトモ旅ハ流ルル

Udo-chan travels around Mino city in Gifu prefecture with a popular Japanese actor, Koji Yamamoto, and a former member of AKB48, Kayo Noro. They take a train on Nagara-gawa line and walk around wherever they wish. Mino city is famous for some traditional craft; one of them is edged tools like “Kat...

Wonder Garden

Wonder Garden～静謐の美・日本庭園と盆栽～

Whether it be Zen gardens, tea gardens or landscape gardens, a Japanese garden is renowned for it's sublime and tranquility. Bonsai, a Japanese art form using cultivation techniques to produce miniturized but realistic representation of nature in the form of a tree in small container, has been an in...

Life in Kitashinano: The Definition of Japan

北信濃に暮らして～日本を感じるとき

North Shinano in northern Nagano Prefecture is a place where many foreigners now call home.　Why do they live in North Shinano? Through the lives of 4 foreigners who have settled here, we rediscover the charms of Japan, the beauty of North Shinano and learn what makes Japan so special to them.

The secret of craftsmanship 2018

やまがた発!ニッポンものづくりの極意～後継者たちの未来戦略～

“Thinking nothing of trend but delivering their products to people who need”. This is the Yamagata craftsman’s spirit. We introduce their products and positive attitude toward the world markets from Yamagata. Here is the real secret of craftsmanship.

"Become the Landscape"

A Growth Diary of Young Craftman 90min ver.
やがて風景になる

Nishi Awakura Village is a small village north of Okayama Prefecture with a population of about 1,500 people. The forest occupies 96% of the village’s area, and half of it is made up of HINOKI (cypress). This village once thrived on forestry, but recently it has been losing it’s vibrancy due to ...

(4k) Takeki Fujito – Ainu engraver

Mr. Takeki Fujito is the Ainu people in Japan. He lives in Lake Akan in Hokkaido. He learned the professional skill of woodcarving from his father. He confronts the tree without drafting any drawings, and drilling at a stroke. "There are already the work in the trees, I only carve it out," he says...

Akita Hot Spring Journey Hachimori Isaribi Onsen Hatahata-Kan

湯めぐり旅気分「八森いさりび温泉ハタハタ館」

"Hachimori Isaribi Onsen Hatahata-kan"in Akita Prefecture is a hot spring with stunning views of the Sea of Japan. Not only the hot spring itself, but the tourist spots around it will also be introduced in the program.

Akita Hot Spring Journey Utto Onsen Matagi-no-Yu

湯めぐり旅気分「打当温泉 マタギの湯」

This hot spring is located in the northern part of Akita Prefecture, an area called Ani, Visitors can learn about the traditional Matagi culture in that area and get to know the attractiveness of the hot spring.

Japan, Thousand Year of Soup Stock

This is an amazing food documentary to show thousand-year history of soup stock. The soup stock is the fundamental essence in Japanese dishes, and kombuor sea kelp, harvested in the northern sea of Hokkaido is known as the best ingredient for the stock. Now a days, the sea kelp is used not only for ...

Koi-Baka

コイバカ

Narita Koi Farms raises and sells Nishikigoi (carp), or so-called the “swimming jewel”, in Komaki-shi, Aichi Prefecture. Narita Koi Farms is a small company with only seven employees, but has a unique and major characteristic. That is, they "polish（care）" the carp. They purchase young carp from farm...

Onchan goes to Asia!

The show covers closely on a big project in which “Onchan,” the mascot for HTB, brings snow from Hokkaido to Taiwan and Thailand respectively, together with a student from each country. The student from Taiwan made a snowman for the first time ever for her mother at home. With the help of a professi...

Seeking Utamaro – The Printer from Kyoto and Ukiyo-e in Paris

京の摺師～パリに渡った浮世絵～

There is one printer (surishi) in Kyoto, working on the rediscovery of woodblocks of ukiyo-e which have been buried, never seeing the light of day. His name is Kenji Takenaka. In Western art museums, there are “buried” ukiyo-e woodblock prints sent adrift from Japan during the unrest that followe...

Wonder Box！Shikoku The excellent one in Kochi Ⅱ

Wonder Box! 四国 土佐のスグレもの2

This program introduces Kochi's excellent works and taste.

“Koi-Baka” -from Aichi to the world-

コイバカ ～愛知から世界へ～

Narita Koi Farms raises and sells Nishikigoi (carp), or so-called the “swimming jewel”, in Komaki-shi, Aichi Prefecture. Narita Koi Farms is a small company with only seven employees, but has a unique and major characteristic. That is, they "polish" the carp. They purchase young carp from farms in H...

Creating “New Fukushima”

福島は今

Nearly seven years have passed since the massive earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan and caused the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Decommissioning the plant will take decades. But people’ s lives have recovered with an astonishing speed by putting together the wi...

Fun & learn Hokkaido !!

Let’s have fun and learn Hokkaido ! Dig in Hokkaido with together !! We timely delve into a lot of interested topics in Hokkaido. This documentary program is curiosity tickling your intellectual ! 【# 1 Take a spectacular view! Drone's world in Hokkaido】 Drone is called “Industrial revolution in...

I have Parkinson's disease ～ a story on a successful entrepreneur and what drives him ～

『私はパーキンソン病です』～あるカリスマ社長の足跡、信念、そして“熱狂”～

This documentary program features an entrepreneur who tries to overcome the hardship of Parkinson's desease, never giving up his dreams. Mr. Atsuhisa MATSUMURA , a 50-years-old business person, operates about 350 restaurants and the number is keeping going up. His business earns more than 30 billio...

news every.

“news every.” gives you frontline news while delivering some of the most informative, entertaining content in a vast array of topics. "news every." is one of NTV's popular evening news program, airing on week days from Monday to Friday. Its daily up-to-date program gives you frontline news while de...

Pursue The Finest Tuna!

追跡！極上マグロ完結編

An SATV Japanese TV crew spent over a month filming tuna fishing in the North Atlantic for the first time. A reporter, cameraman and 23 other fishermen departed from Las Palmas, off the northwestern coast of Africa in the Canary Islands, heading for the coast of Ireland. This documentary prese...

Shizuoka Locak Sake Part 1 & 2

吟醸王国 壱 & 弐

Drinking sake is a trend all over the world. This TV show focuses on Jizake (local sake) and Ginjo-shu (premium sake). Shizuoka prefecture, located in the center of Japan, is a beautiful place home to Mount Fuji and the Southern Alps. There, sake rice is grown using water from those mountains. T...