Where We Call Home
Season 3 Episode 16 - Supporting Childbirth in a Faraway Land
For women, giving birth abroad can be a daunting prospect. Luckily, the Brazilian expectant mothers of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture have an invaluable partner - fellow Brazilian Ludmilla Hirata. She's a doula, a profession still relatively unknown in Japan, who provides emotional support and advice to women before, during and even after childbirth. Join us to find out more. Later on, we also "shed light" on the work of French-born Jeff Rudge, who makes traditional Japanese paper lanterns in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Episodes in Season 3
The Pie-oneer in the North
27 min
Finding Hope Among the Rubble
27 min
Sake Mastery Starts With Rice
27 min
Bending Industry Back Into Shape
27 min
Cultivating a Circle of Collaboration
27 min
Giving Japanese Knives a New Edge
27 min
Presenting Japanese Puppetry to the World
27 min
Prayers for Peace from Okinawa to Ukraine
27 min
Fostering a Future for Fishery
27 min
A Helping Hand for Our Fellow Sri Lankans
27 min
Far from Their Homeland, But Not in Heart
27 min
Seeing Tokyo from the Trees
27 min
Striving for a Barrier-free Society
27 min
Alan's Cultural Center Without Borders
27 min
An App to Support Women and Ukraine
27 min
Supporting Childbirth in a Faraway Land
27 min
No One Left Behind
27 min
Pas de Deux for Peace
27 min
A Ukrainian Boy's Martial Art Journey
27 min
Tony's Canteen for Kids Hits the Road
27 min
Welcome to the Village in the Sky!
27 min
Children's Tales Cast in Shadows
27 min
Kendama Connects the World
27 min
May the Biwa's Beauty Live On
27 min
Saving the Serpentine Soup of Ryukyu
27 min
A Town's Festive Refreshening
27 min
Concerto on a Stringed Survivor
27 min
A Fresh New Start for an Old Cowboy
27 min
Cultivating Land and Community
27 min
Growing Tasty Shiny Jewels
27 min
Farm-bot to the Rescue!
27 min
Handcrafting the Beauty of Nature
27 min
Climb a Tree, Change Your Life!
27 min
Martial Arts Build Unbreakable Bonds
27 min
