Hometown Stories

Hometown Stories (2011)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 2011-02-06
  • Last Air Date: 2024-10-27
  • Total Seasons: 13
  • Total Episodes: 259
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Company: NHK
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Network: NHK, NHK WORLD-JAPAN

Summary

Stories about people, stories about life. Intimate portraits of people from around Japan, each leading diverse lives while enriching lives of others.

  • Keywords: way of life, hometown, culture, community spirit, social awareness, life story, working life
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    Hometown Stories Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2011-02-06
    8 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2012-06-29
    2 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2013-01-06
    3 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2015-10-25
    2 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 2016-02-27
    11 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 2017-01-29
    32 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 2018-01-14
    37 Episodes

    Season 8

    First Air Date: 2019-01-06
    27 Episodes

    Season 9

    First Air Date: 2020-01-11
    24 Episodes

    Season 10

    First Air Date: 2021-01-10
    28 Episodes

    Season 11

    First Air Date: 2022-01-09
    30 Episodes

    Season 12

    First Air Date: 2023-01-01
    29 Episodes

    Season 13

    First Air Date: 2024-01-07
    30 Episodes

    Hometown Stories Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 2011Episode 1Night of the Dancing Fire God50 min
    Season 2011Episode 2The Mountain God Piggyback50 min
    Season 2011Episode 3A Millennium of Prayers50 min
    Season 2011Episode 4Kagura: The Passion for Dance50 min
    Season 2011Episode 5Eco-paddy: Bio-wonderland50 min
    Season 2011Episode 6Granny Loves You: The Probation Officer's Tale30 min
    Season 2011Episode 7Honoring the Dead: The Bone Washing Ritual of Yoronjima50 min
    Season 2011Episode 8Mother, I Want To See You50 min
    Season 2012Episode 1Questioning Nuclear Power50 min
    Season 2012Episode 2The Luminous Forest50 min
    Season 2013Episode 1A Watchmaker's Tale50 min
    Season 2013Episode 2Learning to Survive: Three Days in Kamaishi50 min
    Season 2013Episode 3Letter from Cherry Blossom Village50 min
    Season 2015Episode 1School of Hope: Ogijima, Seto Inland Sea50 min
    Season 2015Episode 2The Sky We Share - Friendship at the End of an Osaka Runway30 min
    Season 2016Episode 1A Hiroshima Family's Prayer30 min
    Season 2016Episode 2For the Sake of the Classmates We Lost30 min
    Season 2016Episode 3Young Thunder: School Taiko Team30 min
    Season 2016Episode 10Pearl Wedding: 30 Years' Worth of Thanks50 min
    Season 2016Episode 11Back to Grandma's Land: Chiemi's Story50 min
    Season 2016Episode 12A Life of Service: The Station Barber of Obama50 min
    Season 2016Episode 13One of Us50 min
    Season 2016Episode 14One Big Happy Family50 min
    Season 2016Episode 15Uniting the People of the Sea: Kumejima, Okinawa50 min
    Season 2016Episode 16Hang in There!50 min
    Season 2016Episode 17Finding Yourself on the Open Road50 min
    Season 2017Episode 1Melody of Daisen50 min
    Season 2017Episode 2Bank of Glorious Blossoms50 min
    Season 2017Episode 3Our Waves, Our Dreams50 min
    Season 2017Episode 4Misako's All-Night Diner50 min
    Season 2017Episode 5Looking Back, Moving On50 min
    Season 2017Episode 6The Calligraphy Boys50 min
    Season 2017Episode 7Designs on Life50 min
    Season 2017Episode 8Another 'Home': A Boy Traces His Roots50 min
    Season 2017Episode 9Shoeshine Star50 min
    Season 2017Episode 10The Three Grannies' Cookie Challenge50 min
    Season 2017Episode 11Pioneer Villages: Forgotten Postwar History50 min
    Season 2017Episode 12Wrestling with a New Job50 min
    Season 2017Episode 13Sharing Life Together: An 81-Year-Old Caregiver50 min
    Season 2017Episode 14Grandma's Picture Cards50 min
    Season 2017Episode 15Kasuga Taisha: A Divine Shrine for Daily Life50 min
    Season 2017Episode 16Island of Compassion50 min
    Season 2017Episode 17A Hands-on Designer50 min
    Season 2017Episode 18What Brought You to Hiroshima?50 min
    Season 2017Episode 19Carving out a New Path with Wood50 min
    Season 2017Episode 20The High-Rises We Build50 min
    Season 2017Episode 21Countdown to Business Lift-off!50 min
    Season 2017Episode 22Our Town's Bookstore50 min
    Season 2017Episode 23One Heart, One Beat50 min
    Season 2017Episode 24Hooked on a New Fishing Career50 min
    Season 2017Episode 25Our Flower Field50 min
    Season 2017Episode 26Cakes on Wheels50 min
    Season 2017Episode 27A Journey in Design50 min
    Season 2017Episode 28Joining Hands with Newcomers50 min
    Season 2017Episode 29Like a Trusty Garden Hoe50 min
    Season 2017Episode 30A Passion for Fashion50 min
    Season 2017Episode 31Hitoshi's Bento Shop50 min
    Season 2017Episode 32Finding My Way on the Okugakemichi50 min
    Season 2018Episode 1From the Slopes to the Playroom50 min
    Season 2018Episode 2Living Positively with Dementia50 min
    Season 2018Episode 3Uncovering Precious Life Stories50 min
    Season 2018Episode 4Old House, New Hope50 min
    Season 2018Episode 5Finding Poetry in Cancer50 min
    Season 2018Episode 6Once Lost, Now Found: A Brother's Journey Home50 min
    Season 2018Episode 7Once Lost, Now Found: Dancing for My Future50 min
    Season 2018Episode 8Once Lost, Now Found: Student Actors' Challenge50 min
    Season 2018Episode 9Sharing a Manga Dream50 min
    Season 2018Episode 10A Truckful of Food and Smiles50 min
    Season 2018Episode 11Forging On: Master and Apprentice50 min
    Season 2018Episode 12Learning to Teach50 min
    Season 2018Episode 13A Guesthouse's Unexpected Beginning50 min
    Season 2018Episode 14Sharing Zao's Wonders50 min
    Season 2018Episode 15Dancing Beyond Disabilities50 min
    Season 2018Episode 16Giving Dreams a Boost50 min
    Season 2018Episode 17Sweet Taste of Hope50 min
    Season 2018Episode 18Mr. Grandpa in Nursery School50 min
    Season 2018Episode 19A Teacher's Passion50 min
    Season 2018Episode 20The Colors of the Forest50 min
    Season 2018Episode 21Opening Doors to Newcomers50 min
    Season 2018Episode 22Remembering Our Railway50 min
    Season 2018Episode 23Soaking Up a Hot Spring Dream50 min
    Season 2018Episode 24Grandmas' Goodbye to an Old Market50 min
    Season 2018Episode 25Auntie's Candy Store – Sweets & Life Lessons50 min
    Season 2018Episode 26Brewing a Future for Local Tea50 min
    Season 2018Episode 27Pursuing the Ultimate Awa Indigo50 min
    Season 2018Episode 28Sculptures with Soul50 min
    Season 2018Episode 29A Budding Forestry Career50 min
    Season 2018Episode 30The 100km Walk: Two Life-Changing Days50 min
    Season 2018Episode 31"Crazy Mike" the Artist50 min
    Season 2018Episode 32Making Udon to a Different Beat50 min
    Season 2018Episode 33Onikenbai: the Demon Sword Dance50 min
    Season 2018Episode 34Tears, Laughter and Motherhood50 min
    Season 2018Episode 35The Maturing Sake Expert50 min
    Season 2018Episode 36Apprentice Geisha: Making Dreams Come True50 min
    Season 2018Episode 37Night School - Learning for Living50 min
    Season 2019Episode 1Finding Happiness in Bathhouses50 min
    Season 2019Episode 2A 26-Year-Old's Breast Cancer Diary50 min
    Season 2019Episode 3Yuka and Her New Classmates50 min
    Season 2019Episode 4From Handsome to Beautiful50 min
    Season 2019Episode 5"Super Volunteer": Driven to Help in Disasters50 min
    Season 2019Episode 6Drawing to Find a New Me50 min
    Season 2019Episode 7For the Love of Lettering50 min
    Season 2019Episode 8Sharing Their Stories50 min
    Season 2019Episode 9Fukushima Ramen: Bowlful of Spirit50 min
    Season 2019Episode 10Stories of Fukushima: Giving Their All50 min
    Season 2019Episode 11The Revival of "Mikan Valley"50 min
    Season 2019Episode 12A Geisha in Nara: Bridging Past and Future50 min
    Season 2019Episode 13Yuko Kuroda's Legacy of Care50 min
    Season 2019Episode 14A Community in the Sky50 min
    Season 2019Episode 15Praying for Flowers, Praying for Life50 min
    Season 2019Episode 16Serving Up Memories50 min
    Season 2019Episode 17Two Worlds, One Dream: Vying for Powerlifting Glory50 min
    Season 2019Episode 18Where Are My Roots? - One Orphan's Search50 min
    Season 2019Episode 19A Late Dreamer50 min
    Season 2019Episode 20Why We Dance - Children's Kagura Troupe50 min
    Season 2019Episode 21Fukushima's Grandpa Troop: Restoring a Deserted Town50 min
    Season 2019Episode 22Home for Good - Health Care at the End of Life50 min
    Season 2019Episode 23Welcome to Maru-chan's Café50 min
    Season 2019Episode 24A Will to Survive50 min
    Season 2019Episode 25Soap That Gives Hope50 min
    Season 2019Episode 26Paddling Our Hometown Lake50 min
    Season 2019Episode 27The Bounty of the Mountains50 min
    Season 2020Episode 1Look to the Night Sky50 min
    Season 2020Episode 2Strength and Hope - The Power of Azaleas50 min
    Season 2020Episode 3A Young Soba Chef's Challenge50 min
    Season 2020Episode 4Expressing the Ainu Spirit50 min
    Season 2020Episode 5No Going Back: New Ideas from a Tsunami-hit Fishing Town50 min
    Season 2020Episode 6Revealing the Final Moments50 min
    Season 2020Episode 7Rock Ptarmigans: Reviving the Divine Birds50 min
    Season 2020Episode 8Fruitful Connections50 min
    Season 2020Episode 9He Has a Dream: A Novice Fisherman's Challenge50 min
    Season 2020Episode 10Avatar Robots Open New Doors50 min
    Season 2020Episode 11Being There for Foreign Patients50 min
    Season 2020Episode 12Bitter and Sweet: A Strawberry Farming Family50 min
    Season 2020Episode 13Uncle and Nephew in a Tsunami-Hit Town50 min
    Season 2020Episode 14Bullfights & Big Dreams50 min
    Season 2020Episode 15The Shadow of Nagasaki: Nurses' Stories50 min
    Season 2020Episode 16A-Bomb Paintings50 min
    Season 2020Episode 17Community Newspaper50 min
    Season 2020Episode 18Unread Messages50 min
    Season 2020Episode 19A Pillar for Brazilians in Japan50 min
    Season 2020Episode 20Breast Cancer Diary 2020: Keeping a Dream Alive50 min
    Season 2020Episode 21Steering Through Tough Times50 min
    Season 2020Episode 22The Treasures of Toyama Bay50 min
    Season 2020Episode 23Drawing Our "New Normal"50 min
    Season 2020Episode 24Follow Your Heart: The Green-haired Gardener50 min
    Season 2021Episode 1Why She Runs50 min
    Season 2021Episode 2Connecting People in a Pandemic50 min
    Season 2021Episode 3A Haven Called Bethesda35 min
    Season 2021Episode 4Analog Buddies in a Digital Age30 min
    Season 2021Episode 5Rescuing Pre-Disaster Memories50 min
    Season 2021Episode 6Selfie Diary of Mr. "One Team"50 min
    Season 2021Episode 7The Power of Giving Up30 min
    Season 2021Episode 8Spring Splendor in Hirosaki50 min
    Season 2021Episode 9A Place for Every Child50 min
    Season 2021Episode 10Why Did She Pose in a Bikini?: Challenges of an "Ostomate" Doctor50 min
    Season 2021Episode 11A Legendary Chef's Last Lessons50 min
    Season 2021Episode 12Haircut Magic50 min
    Season 2021Episode 13The Deities of Gion50 min
    Season 2021Episode 14Rediscovering Ainu Heritage: Part 150 min
    Season 2021Episode 15Rediscovering Ainu Heritage: Part 235 min
    Season 2021Episode 16Sushi with Heart and Soul30 min
    Season 2021Episode 17Building Robots, Fostering Happiness50 min
    Season 2021Episode 18Baseball Heals Kids50 min
    Season 2021Episode 19The Unorthodox Karuta Champion / Ruludaisy: Drag Queen Farmer30 min
    Season 2021Episode 20Light on a Raging River30 min
    Season 2021Episode 21Shared House, Shared Lives30 min
    Season 2021Episode 22Being LGBT+ in a Small Town30 min
    Season 2021Episode 23Living Alongside Disaster50 min
    Season 2021Episode 24Crisis in "Japan's Kitchen"30 min
    Season 2021Episode 25A 94-Year-Old Culinary Wizard30 min
    Season 2021Episode 26Fond Farewell for a Beloved Train30 min
    Season 2021Episode 27Making Peace With My Father30 min
    Season 2021Episode 28Mending Your Cherished Clothes27 min
    Season 2022Episode 1A Toast to the God of Sake27 min
    Season 2022Episode 2Life Lessons From the Homeless30 min
    Season 2022Episode 3Conversations Without Words25 min
    Season 2022Episode 4Behind the Artist's Hand27 min
    Season 2022Episode 5Longing for the Power of Touch30 min
    Season 2022Episode 6Rapping for Fukushima30 min
    Season 2022Episode 7A Small Village with Big Ideas30 min
    Season 2022Episode 8Swordfish Fishing With My Father32 min
    Season 2022Episode 9The Power of Memories27 min
    Season 2022Episode 10Many Vines, One Family30 min
    Season 2022Episode 11Bomb Disposal Quest in Okinawa30 min
    Season 2022Episode 12Rebuilding Lives After the Kumamoto Earthquake50 min
    Season 2022Episode 13When the Sea Turned Red30 min
    Season 2022Episode 14Finding Freedom in the Pool27 min
    Season 2022Episode 15Auntie Baseball30 min
    Season 2022Episode 16The Future of Fukuoka's Food Stalls27 min
    Season 2022Episode 17Nuclear Waste Splits a Town50 min
    Season 2022Episode 18A Blind Teacher's Farewell30 min
    Season 2022Episode 19Building On a Sacred Tradition27 min
    Season 2022Episode 20Saving Lives on an Isolated Island27 min
    Season 2022Episode 21The Drumbeat of a Mother's Heart27 min
    Season 2022Episode 22The Future of an Ancient Ritual47 min
    Season 2022Episode 23Discovering Myself Through Dementia30 min
    Season 2022Episode 24A Burger Hangout in Okinawa27 min
    Season 2022Episode 25Building Bonds With Books27 min
    Season 2022Episode 26Building a Thatched-Roof, Building New Bonds30 min
    Season 2022Episode 27Okinawan Dance Flowers Far From Home30 min
    Season 2022Episode 28Ainu: Engaging the Power of Dialogue45 min
    Season 2022Episode 29Lighting the Way for Tradition30 min
    Season 2022Episode 30A Fresh Start on a Small Island27 min
    Season 2023Episode 1Stable Fishing Jobs Steer a Community27 min
    Season 2023Episode 2A Float Artisan & His Muse30 min
    Season 2023Episode 3Magical Forest: Okinawa's Natural World Heritage Site50 min
    Season 2023Episode 4Soccer Team Raises Community Spirit27 min
    Season 2023Episode 5Seeking a Chance to Learn: Students with Overseas Roots27 min
    Season 2023Episode 6Small Factory Reaches for the Stars27 min
    Season 2023Episode 7Flying Like an Arrow27 min
    Season 2023Episode 8Modern Methods Sustain Metalwork Tradition27 min
    Season 2023Episode 9A World Heritage Town: Past and Future30 min
    Season 2023Episode 10Hard Rain: A Village Divided25 min
    Season 2023Episode 11Bonding Through Soba: A Story of Four Grannies25 min
    Season 2023Episode 12Amashi: Japan's Freediving Fishers25 min
    Season 2023Episode 13Our New Classmate from Ukraine27 min
    Season 2023Episode 14Waiting for the God's Crossing30 min
    Season 2023Episode 15Mailing Letters to the Lost27 min
    Season 2023Episode 16Kintsugi: Mending Memories with Gold27 min
    Season 2023Episode 17A Cut Above the Rest30 min
    Season 2023Episode 18The Final Journey27 min
    Season 2023Episode 19Life on a Sloping Farm30 min
    Season 2023Episode 20A House-call Doctor in Fukushima27 min
    Season 2023Episode 21A Song for a New Fukushima School25 min
    Season 2023Episode 22Reviving a Fukushima Brewery27 min
    Season 2023Episode 23Japanese Paper Supports War-torn Ukraine27 min
    Season 2023Episode 24Egg Wars – Father vs. Son27 min
    Season 2023Episode 25Countryside Diaries20 min
    Season 2023Episode 26A Heart-Warming Tokyo Veggie Stand27 min
    Season 2023Episode 27Sparking a Chain of Kindness30 min
    Season 2023Episode 28Grandma's Hands Reap Nature's Bounty30 min
    Season 2023Episode 29Inheriting a Thousand-Year-Old Craft32 min
    Season 2024Episode 1Korean Family Meals for Rural Japan30 min
    Season 2024Episode 2A School for Two30 min
    Season 2024Episode 3A Mosque in a Japanese Community30 min
    Season 2024Episode 4Nagasaki's Long-Forgotten Choir30 min
    Season 2024Episode 5Conquering Peaks on One Leg30 min
    Season 2024Episode 6Nepalese Students Find a Taste of Home30 min
    Season 2024Episode 7Taxi Drivers in a Tsunami-hit Town27 min
    Season 2024Episode 8Life Lessons by a Crystal-Clear River26 min
    Season 2024Episode 9Hiking Guide Connects Hearts30 min
    Season 2024Episode 10New Approach to an Old Festival30 min
    Season 2024Episode 11Navigating a World with Words27 min
    Season 2024Episode 12Pearls for Remembrance30 min
    Season 2024Episode 13Forging Bonds Under a Starry Sky27 min
    Season 2024Episode 14From Seed to Shop: Grandma's Pickles25 min
    Season 2024Episode 15New Face for a Centuries-Old Dance30 min
    Season 2024Episode 16Mending Hearts with Mandarin Oranges25 min
    Season 2024Episode 17Holy Fire on the Mountain30 min
    Season 2024Episode 18A Ranch for Retired Racehorses27 min
    Season 2024Episode 19Hiroshima's A-Bomb Survivor Trees30 min
    Season 2024Episode 20A Year as a Young Rural Doctor27 min
    Season 2024Episode 21Carrying on in a Quake-hit Town27 min
    Season 2024Episode 22Modern Maiko Diaries27 min
    Season 2024Episode 23Leaving No Stone Unturned: A Potter's Quest27 min
    Season 2024Episode 24Reviving a Pottery Tradition in Fukushima27 min
    Season 2024Episode 25A Country Town's Woolly Heroes30 min
    Season 2024Episode 26Making a Home in Osaka30 min
    Season 2024Episode 27Together Through Dementia30 min
    Season 2024Episode 28Living with the Bounty of the Sea: 13 Years on from the Tsunami27 min
    Season 2024Episode 29Making Art with Autism27 min
    Season 2024Episode 30Plum Promoter-in-Chief27 min
    • lae astra

      as Self - Narrator (voice)

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