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Season 10 Episode 5 - Winter in Tokyo: Taiyaki Elegy
The redevelopment of the area around the station in Yotsuya, Tokyo, is progressing. In an alley off the main street, there is a small taiyaki shop that has been in business for 60 years. Every day, dozens of people line up, and the colder it gets, the longer the line becomes. The flavor is “grain-based red bean paste” only. The taiyaki, baked using the same mold that has been in use since the shop's founding, sells for 150 yen per piece, with 2,500 pieces sold daily. As Tokyo undergoes constant transformation at the end of the Heisei era, this traditional taiyaki shop continues to operate without changing its style. What kind of people, with what kind of thoughts, enjoy eating it?
Episodes in Season 10
Shinjuku Music Studio: Why We Formed a Band
30 min
Sendai: Seeking Connections at the ‘Seating Lounge
30 min
Narita Airport's Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) Terminal
Winter Camping Ground with a View of Mount Fuji
Winter in Tokyo: Taiyaki Elegy
Bartering in Dotonbori, Osaka
Asahikawa Lottery Ticket Sales Office: Dreams Seen in a Blizzard
A Realtor in Fukuoka: Opening the Door to New Lives
Close-up! Giant Job Fair
Osaka Ferry: A One-Minute Journey Through Life
Close-up! ‘The Rental Do-Nothing Person
Nagasaki Goto Islands Farewell Ferry
Takadanobaba, the Student District: At the Rotary Where Youth Once Gathered
Tree Burial: To You Under the Cherry Blossoms
The Giant Cargo Terminal That Never Sleeps
Shibuya Post Office: The ‘Heisei Era’ at the Corner of the Street
People Who Live for ‘Saba-ge
Fasting: Beyond Hunger
Tokyo, Asagaya: By the Goldfish Pond
Shinjuku Wig Specialty Store
Walking Through Kobe's Bargain Shoe Store
Climbing Gym: Look Up and Climb
Okinawa Driving School: Dreams Beyond a Driver's License
Farewell Tokyo! Relocation Consultation Center
At a coin car wash after the rainy season
Visiting Nurses Walk the Streets
Kumamoto/Aso: A once-in-a-decade motorcycle photo shoot
The Blood Donation Bus Travels Across the Northern Lands
Tokyo Nagatacho Shared Office
30 min
The End of Summer: A Walk Around Osaka Castle Park
China, Yunnan Province: A City Park Where You Can See Seagulls
30 min
Fukuoka: 24 Hours of Laughter and Tears at the Dentist
30 min
The Story of a Liquor Store in Ginza
30 min
Small Wedding Story
30 min
