Japanology Plus

Japanology Plus (2014)


  • Genre: Documentary, Talk
  • First Air Date: 2014-04-03
  • Last Air Date: 2024-12-19
  • Total Seasons: 11
  • Total Episodes: 325
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 28 min.
  • Production Company: NHK
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Network: NHK WORLD-JAPAN
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Summary

Host Peter Barakan delves into various aspects of Japanese culture; exploring practices, history, and modern innovations in such areas as ramen, rice, sushi, geisha, bonsai, and so much more. Local experts discuss their passions at fascinating length, and American Japanophile Matt Alt experiences the food, practices, and cultures in each episode in depth. Viewers will finish each half hour episode with a new understanding of an area of Japanese life through demonstrative videos and explanations, all delivered respectfully and true to the Japanese way of life.

  • Keywords: japan, way of life, arts and culture, japanese folklore, arts and crafts, japanese history, japanese tradition, japanese culture, change vs tradition, japanese society
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    Japanology Plus Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 2014-11-08
    1 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2014-04-03
    30 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2015-01-08
    35 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2016-01-07
    34 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2017-01-05
    35 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 2018-01-09
    38 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 2019-01-08
    28 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 2020-01-07
    24 Episodes

    Season 8

    First Air Date: 2021-01-12
    27 Episodes

    Season 9

    First Air Date: 2022-01-06
    27 Episodes

    Season 10

    First Air Date: 2023-01-12
    23 Episodes

    Season 11

    First Air Date: 2024-01-04
    24 Episodes

    Japanology Plus Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 2014Episode 1Bathhouses30 min
    Season 2014Episode 2Ramen30 min
    Season 2014Episode 3Mt. Fuji30 min
    Season 2014Episode 4Shogi30 min
    Season 2014Episode 5Cherry Trees30 min
    Season 2014Episode 6Akihabara30 min
    Season 2014Episode 7Wagashi30 min
    Season 2014Episode 8Ninja30 min
    Season 2014Episode 9Rice30 min
    Season 2014Episode 10Castles30 min
    Season 2014Episode 11Japanophiles - Elizabeth Suzuki30 min
    Season 2014Episode 12Japanophiles - Everett Kennedy Brown30 min
    Season 2014Episode 13Japanophiles - Carolin Eckhardt30 min
    Season 2014Episode 14Karaoke Boxes30 min
    Season 2014Episode 15Bento30 min
    Season 2014Episode 16Bamboo30 min
    Season 2014Episode 17Taiko Drums30 min
    Season 2014Episode 18Tsukiji Market30 min
    Season 2014Episode 19Festivals30 min
    Season 2014Episode 20Japanese Gardens30 min
    Season 2014Episode 21Origami30 min
    Season 2014Episode 22Buddhist Statues30 min
    Season 2014Episode 23Yokai30 min
    Season 2014Episode 24Shinkansen30 min
    Season 2014Episode 25Lessons for Life30 min
    Season 2014Episode 26Robots30 min
    Season 2014Episode 27Sports Days30 min
    Season 2014Episode 28Bonsai30 min
    Season 2014Episode 29Sushi30 min
    Season 2014Episode 30Geisha30 min
    Season 2015Episode 1Japanophiles - Bartholomeus Greb30 min
    Season 2015Episode 2Japanophiles - Ivan Vartanian30 min
    Season 2015Episode 3Japanophiles - Alex Bennett30 min
    Season 2015Episode 4The Seikan Tunnel30 min
    Season 2015Episode 5Snow Country30 min
    Season 2015Episode 6Comedy30 min
    Season 2015Episode 7Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway30 min
    Season 2015Episode 8A Season of Change30 min
    Season 2015Episode 9Waste and Recycling30 min
    Season 2015Episode 10Period Dramas30 min
    Season 2015Episode 11Weight Loss Industry30 min
    Season 2015Episode 12Dams30 min
    Season 2015Episode 13Izakaya30 min
    Season 2015Episode 14Craft Beer30 min
    Season 2015Episode 15Fermented Foods30 min
    Season 2015Episode 16Umbrellas30 min
    Season 2015Episode 17Job Hunting30 min
    Season 2015Episode 18Japanophiles - Amir Takahashi30 min
    Season 2015Episode 19The English Conversation Business30 min
    Season 2015Episode 20English at School30 min
    Season 2015Episode 21Shrine & Temple Carpenters30 min
    Season 2015Episode 22Bunraku30 min
    Season 2015Episode 23Kids' Summer Holidays30 min
    Season 2015Episode 24Swimming30 min
    Season 2015Episode 25Haunted Houses30 min
    Season 2015Episode 26Onsen30 min
    Season 2015Episode 27Japanophiles: Andrew Mancabelli30 min
    Season 2015Episode 28Cameras30 min
    Season 2015Episode 29Wrapping and Packaging30 min
    Season 2015Episode 30Tokyo Housing30 min
    Season 2015Episode 31Japanophiles - Adam Zgola30 min
    Season 2015Episode 32Kombu30 min
    Season 2015Episode 33Hotels and Inns30 min
    Season 2015Episode 34Tidying Up30 min
    Season 2015Episode 35Mt. Takao30 min
    Season 2016Episode 1Japanophiles: Maud Archambault30 min
    Season 2016Episode 2Silk30 min
    Season 2016Episode 3Underground Tokyo30 min
    Season 2016Episode 4Earthquake Preparedness30 min
    Season 2016Episode 5Japanophiles - Jorge Cabeza Fernandez30 min
    Season 2016Episode 6Japanophiles - Pico Iyer30 min
    Season 2016Episode 7Okinawan Dance30 min
    Season 2016Episode 8Whisky30 min
    Season 2016Episode 9Quest for Perfect Skin30 min
    Season 2016Episode 10Bladed Tools30 min
    Season 2016Episode 11Family Crests30 min
    Season 2016Episode 12Breakfast30 min
    Season 2016Episode 13Footwear30 min
    Season 2016Episode 14Running30 min
    Season 2016Episode 15Emoji30 min
    Season 2016Episode 16Ekiben30 min
    Season 2016Episode 17Bicycles30 min
    Season 2016Episode 18Kimono30 min
    Season 2016Episode 19Kokeshi Dolls30 min
    Season 2016Episode 20Shinise: Long-established Businesses30 min
    Season 2016Episode 21Japanophiles: Rezaul Karim Chowdhury30 min
    Season 2016Episode 22Toilets30 min
    Season 2016Episode 23Bridges30 min
    Season 2016Episode 24A Nation of Singers30 min
    Season 2016Episode 25Restoring Castles30 min
    Season 2016Episode 26Volcanoes30 min
    Season 2016Episode 27School Club Activities30 min
    Season 2016Episode 28Smells30 min
    Season 2016Episode 29Paper30 min
    Season 2016Episode 30Japanophiles: Paul Lorimer30 min
    Season 2016Episode 31Katsuobushi30 min
    Season 2016Episode 32Day Care for Kids30 min
    Season 2016Episode 33Sweets and Snacks30 min
    Season 2016Episode 34Hairdressing30 min
    Season 2017Episode 1Japanophiles: Carine Lafitte30 min
    Season 2017Episode 2Noh Theater30 min
    Season 2017Episode 3Moving Services30 min
    Season 2017Episode 4Okinawan Karate30 min
    Season 2017Episode 5Sleep30 min
    Season 2017Episode 6Tokyo Rail Network30 min
    Season 2017Episode 7Denim30 min
    Season 2017Episode 8Japanophiles: Randy Channell Soei30 min
    Season 2017Episode 9Japanophiles: Zoe Vincent30 min
    Season 2017Episode 10Buddhist Altars30 min
    Season 2017Episode 11Driving Schools30 min
    Season 2017Episode 12Curry30 min
    Season 2017Episode 13Cafes30 min
    Season 2017Episode 14Japanophiles: Yoram Ofer30 min
    Season 2017Episode 15School Lunch30 min
    Season 2017Episode 16Capsule Toys30 min
    Season 2017Episode 17Buses30 min
    Season 2017Episode 18Traditional Music30 min
    Season 2017Episode 19Traditional Music in Modern Life30 min
    Season 2017Episode 20Japanophiles: Nsenda Lukumwena30 min
    Season 2017Episode 21Urban Renewal30 min
    Season 2017Episode 22Fireworks30 min
    Season 2017Episode 23Anthropomorphism30 min
    Season 2017Episode 242D Characters: Origins and Evolution30 min
    Season 2017Episode 25Children and Sports30 min
    Season 2017Episode 26Amusement Parks30 min
    Season 2017Episode 27Japanophiles: Tyler Lynch30 min
    Season 2017Episode 28Particle Physics Research30 min
    Season 2017Episode 29Shrine Duties30 min
    Season 2017Episode 30Special Rescue Teams30 min
    Season 2017Episode 31The Wonders of Air Travel30 min
    Season 2017Episode 32Japanophiles: Fernando Lopez30 min
    Season 2017Episode 33Changing Perceptions of Cars30 min
    Season 2017Episode 34The Way of Tea: Wellspring of Omotenashi, Part 130 min
    Season 2017Episode 35The Way of Tea: Wellspring of Omotenashi, Part 230 min
    Season 2018Episode 1Ocean Fishing30 min
    Season 2018Episode 2The Police30 min
    Season 2018Episode 3Japanophiles: Stephanie Tomiyasu30 min
    Season 2018Episode 4New Trends in Logistics30 min
    Season 2018Episode 5Game Arcades30 min
    Season 2018Episode 6Snow Removal30 min
    Season 2018Episode 7Shopping Streets30 min
    Season 2018Episode 8Japanophiles: Bjorn Heiberg30 min
    Season 2018Episode 9Regional Transport Crisis30 min
    Season 2018Episode 10Miniature Culture30 min
    Season 2018Episode 11Marriage30 min
    Season 2018Episode 12100 Yen Shops30 min
    Season 2018Episode 13Deep-fried Food30 min
    Season 2018Episode 14Lighthouses30 min
    Season 2018Episode 15Japanophiles: David E. Wells30 min
    Season 2018Episode 16Industrial Heritage30 min
    Season 2018Episode 17Graves30 min
    Season 2018Episode 18Rice Cultivation30 min
    Season 2018Episode 19The Ogasawara Islands: A Multicultural Heritage30 min
    Season 2018Episode 20The Ogasawara Islands: A Turbulent History30 min
    Season 2018Episode 21Japanophiles: Bruce Gutlove30 min
    Season 2018Episode 22Roadside Stations30 min
    Season 2018Episode 23Summer Resorts30 min
    Season 2018Episode 24Yurei: Japanese Ghosts30 min
    Season 2018Episode 25Radio Calisthenics30 min
    Season 2018Episode 26Underground Shopping Streets30 min
    Season 2018Episode 27Japanophiles: Jagmohan S. Chandrani30 min
    Season 2018Episode 28A Sense of the Divine30 min
    Season 2018Episode 29Earthquake-resistant Architecture30 min
    Season 2018Episode 30School Sports Days30 min
    Season 2018Episode 31School Satchels30 min
    Season 2018Episode 32Aquariums30 min
    Season 2018Episode 33Onigiri: Rice Balls30 min
    Season 2018Episode 34Japanophiles: David Stanley Hewett30 min
    Season 2018Episode 35Coffee30 min
    Season 2018Episode 36Meiji-era Advisors30 min
    Season 2018Episode 37School Uniforms30 min
    Season 2018Episode 38Soba Restaurants30 min
    Season 2019Episode 1Roof Tilers30 min
    Season 2019Episode 2Japanophiles: Thomas Bertrand30 min
    Season 2019Episode 3Hidden Christians: Part 130 min
    Season 2019Episode 4Hidden Christians: Part 230 min
    Season 2019Episode 5Wood: Culture30 min
    Season 2019Episode 6Wood: Carpentry30 min
    Season 2019Episode 7Japanophiles: Oussouby Sacko30 min
    Season 2019Episode 8Meat30 min
    Season 2019Episode 9Popular Theater30 min
    Season 2019Episode 10Oni: Japanese Ogres30 min
    Season 2019Episode 11Japanese Dog Breeds30 min
    Season 2019Episode 12Japanophiles: Peter MacMillan30 min
    Season 2019Episode 13Konamon: Flour-based Cuisine30 min
    Season 2019Episode 14Frozen Food30 min
    Season 2019Episode 15Slippers30 min
    Season 2019Episode 16Japanophiles: Ondrej Hybl30 min
    Season 2019Episode 17Tokyo: Water30 min
    Season 2019Episode 18Tokyo: Backstreets and Alleys30 min
    Season 2019Episode 19Mechanical Dolls30 min
    Season 2019Episode 20Swords30 min
    Season 2019Episode 21Bathrooms30 min
    Season 2019Episode 22Japanophiles: David Atkinson30 min
    Season 2019Episode 23Monkeys30 min
    Season 2019Episode 24Banknotes30 min
    Season 2019Episode 25Plasterwork30 min
    Season 2019Episode 26Japanophiles: Wolfgang Loeger30 min
    Season 2019Episode 27Insects30 min
    Season 2019Episode 28Donburi: Rice Bowls30 min
    Season 2020Episode 1Osechi: New Year's Food30 min
    Season 2020Episode 2Japanophiles: Thomas Ainsworth30 min
    Season 2020Episode 3Sunakku Bars30 min
    Season 2020Episode 4Tohoku Nine Years On: Living with Ghosts30 min
    Season 2020Episode 5Tohoku Nine Years On: Voices of the Deceased30 min
    Season 2020Episode 6Japanophiles: Harold George Meij30 min
    Season 2020Episode 7Laundry Services30 min
    Season 2020Episode 8Miso30 min
    Season 2020Episode 9Japanophiles: Johan Nilsson Bjoerk30 min
    Season 2020Episode 10Japan vs. Epidemics30 min
    Season 2020Episode 11Wasabi30 min
    Season 2020Episode 12Geisha: A Sunset Trade?30 min
    Season 2020Episode 13Expert Craft Skills30 min
    Season 2020Episode 14Japanophiles: Kim Seungbok30 min
    Season 2020Episode 15Aloha Shirts30 min
    Season 2020Episode 16Japanophiles: Gyoei Saile30 min
    Season 2020Episode 17Rice Snacks30 min
    Season 2020Episode 18Urban Workshops30 min
    Season 2020Episode 19Tokyo Rooftops30 min
    Season 2020Episode 20Tokyo Stories #1: Josh Grisdale30 min
    Season 2020Episode 21Tokyo Stories #2: Mateusz Urbanowicz30 min
    Season 2020Episode 22Japanophiles: Anna Bugaeva30 min
    Season 2020Episode 23Mushrooms30 min
    Season 2020Episode 24Kamishibai: Paper Theater30 min
    Season 2021Episode 1Moss30 min
    Season 2021Episode 2Libraries30 min
    Season 2021Episode 3Japanophiles: Sheila Cliffe30 min
    Season 2021Episode 4Ukiyo-e30 min
    Season 2021Episode 5Japanophiles: Richard Halberstadt30 min
    Season 2021Episode 6Cleaning Tools30 min
    Season 2021Episode 7Lacquerware30 min
    Season 2021Episode 8Suits30 min
    Season 2021Episode 9Emergency Goods30 min
    Season 2021Episode 10Japanophiles: Chad Mullane30 min
    Season 2021Episode 11Furoshiki: Wrapping Cloths30 min
    Season 2021Episode 12Japan vs. Epidemics, Part 2: Modern History30 min
    Season 2021Episode 13Tiny Houses30 min
    Season 2021Episode 14Watches & Clocks30 min
    Season 2021Episode 15Plastic Food Samples30 min
    Season 2021Episode 16Japanophiles: Asa Ekstrom30 min
    Season 2021Episode 17Cats and Japan30 min
    Season 2021Episode 18Personal Robots30 min
    Season 2021Episode 19Scissors30 min
    Season 2021Episode 20Japanophiles: Marty Friedman30 min
    Season 2021Episode 21Luck30 min
    Season 2021Episode 22Tatami30 min
    Season 2021Episode 23Chests & Cabinets30 min
    Season 2021Episode 24Japanophiles: Nicholas Rennick30 min
    Season 2021Episode 25Bamboo30 min
    Season 2021Episode 26Ainu: A National Museum of Ainu Culture30 min
    Season 2021Episode 27Ainu: A New Generation30 min
    Season 2022Episode 1Japanophiles: Tom Hovasse30 min
    Season 2022Episode 2Kotatsu: Heated Tables30 min
    Season 2022Episode 3VTubers30 min
    Season 2022Episode 4Traditional Homes30 min
    Season 2022Episode 5Jomon Period: The Sannai Maruyama Site30 min
    Season 2022Episode 6Jomon Period: Dogu30 min
    Season 2022Episode 7Japanophiles: Steve Tallon30 min
    Season 2022Episode 8Face Masks30 min
    Season 2022Episode 9Washi: Japanese Paper30 min
    Season 2022Episode 10Name Stamps and Seals30 min
    Season 2022Episode 11Showa Nostalgia30 min
    Season 2022Episode 12Japanophiles: Claudio Feliciani30 min
    Season 2022Episode 13Keitora: Tiny Trucks30 min
    Season 2022Episode 14Vinyl Records30 min
    Season 2022Episode 15Okinawa: The Ryukyu Kingdom30 min
    Season 2022Episode 16Okinawa: The Reconstruction of Shuri Castle30 min
    Season 2022Episode 17Frozen Food30 min
    Season 2022Episode 18Japanophiles: Gregory Khezrnejat30 min
    Season 2022Episode 19Goldfish30 min
    Season 2022Episode 20Welfare Goods30 min
    Season 2022Episode 21Water-related Disasters30 min
    Season 2022Episode 22Japanophiles: Andrew Dewar30 min
    Season 2022Episode 23The Moon30 min
    Season 2022Episode 24Cardboard30 min
    Season 2022Episode 25The Samurai of the Sea: Pirates or Protectors?30 min
    Season 2022Episode 26The Samurai of the Sea: The Murakami Legacy30 min
    Season 2022Episode 27Japanophiles: Colleen Schmuckal30 min
    Season 2023Episode 1Kitchens30 min
    Season 2023Episode 2Satsumaimo: Sweet Potatoes30 min
    Season 2023Episode 3Dinosaurs30 min
    Season 2023Episode 4Japanophiles: Kyle Holzhueter30 min
    Season 2023Episode 5Camping30 min
    Season 2023Episode 6Male Aesthetics30 min
    Season 2023Episode 7Konnyaku30 min
    Season 2023Episode 8Japanophiles: Isabelle Sasaki30 min
    Season 2023Episode 9Ueno30 min
    Season 2023Episode 10Meteorological Data30 min
    Season 2023Episode 11Amami Oshima: Paradise Found30 min
    Season 2023Episode 12Amami Oshima: Shaped by Adversity30 min
    Season 2023Episode 13Japanophiles: Francesco Panto30 min
    Season 2023Episode 14Vacant Homes30 min
    Season 2023Episode 15Rokyoku: Musical Storytelling30 min
    Season 2023Episode 16Japanese Honeybees30 min
    Season 2023Episode 17Japanophiles: Martin Holman30 min
    Season 2023Episode 18Unused Fish30 min
    Season 2023Episode 19Garbage30 min
    Season 2023Episode 20Firefighting30 min
    Season 2023Episode 21Japanophiles: Benjamin Flatt30 min
    Season 2023Episode 22Izumo: Home of the Gods30 min
    Season 2023Episode 23Izumo: Land of the Supernatural30 min
    Season 2024Episode 1Active Seniors30 min
    Season 2024Episode 2Forestry30 min
    Season 2024Episode 3Japanophiles: Matthew Headland30 min
    Season 2024Episode 420th Anniversary Special Part 130 min
    Season 2024Episode 520th Anniversary Special Part 230 min
    Season 2024Episode 6Washing Machines30 min
    Season 2024Episode 7New Roles for Vacant Homes30 min
    Season 2024Episode 8Japanophiles: Nicoleta Oprisan30 min
    Season 2024Episode 9Wakocha: Japanese Black Tea30 min
    Season 2024Episode 10Plastic Models30 min
    Season 2024Episode 11Food Tech Products30 min
    Season 2024Episode 12Kumano: The Practice of Shugendo30 min
    Season 2024Episode 13Kumano: Journey of a Maverick Scholar30 min
    Season 2024Episode 14Japanophiles: Lekh Raj Juneja30 min
    Season 2024Episode 15Eyeglasses30 min
    Season 2024Episode 16Service Areas30 min
    Season 2024Episode 17Tanuki30 min
    Season 2024Episode 18Japanophiles: Stephanie Crohin30 min
    Season 2024Episode 19Heavy Machinery30 min
    Season 2024Episode 20Graves and End-of-Life Planning30 min
    Season 2024Episode 21Under Elevated Train Tracks30 min
    Season 2024Episode 22Japanophiles: Adam Smith30 min
    Season 2024Episode 23Uesugi Yozan: An Economic Miracle30 min
    Season 2024Episode 24Uesugi Yozan: All for His People30 min
    • Peter Barakan

      as Self - Host
    • Emma Howard

      as Self - Narrator (voice)
    Sound Tetra Tanizaki Theme Song Performance
    Sound rocomoon Theme Song Performance

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