Documentary: Visiting Shodoshima in Japan’s Inland Sea
Here is the pilot episode for “Real Japan,” a documentary series about interesting people and places in Japan:
Anyone who knows Japan even a little will have visited Tokyo, or the temples in Kyoto, but what about the rest of the country? They very rarely get a mention, but we think it’s the people and places off the regular route where Japan’s real treasures are to be found.
For the pilot, we went to Shodoshima, a small island in the Inland Sea in central Japan, to visit a 200-year-old kabuki theatre, traditional soy-sauce and noodle factories, and Xerom, where they make minute, cutting-edge components for your camera or smartphone. And we stayed with the delightful Sasaki family, who have farmed on the island for generations.
Its creators are asking viewers to leave suggestions about locations for future episodes.
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