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Season 5 Episode 34 - Osaka Minami, Midnight Underground Tenement
There is a leisure building in Osaka's Minami district that is familiar to anyone in the Kansai region. The Ajien Building was once home to a huge cabaret that was said to be the best in Japan and a dance hall where Pink Lady used to take the stage every night before her breakthrough. The cabaret was closed due to the prolonged recession, but young people opened small izakaya (Japanese-style pubs) one after another in its place. It has become a center of Osaka's underground culture, including comedy and cosplay. Three days in the old and new “mecca of nightlife”.
Episodes in Season 5
Local Wrestling, 3-Day Traveling Tour
30 min
Huge Share House for 260 People
30 min
The Fierce Battle! Entrepreneur Contest.
30 min
At the Northernmost Bus Stop
30 min
Okinawa: The Barbershop that Never Sleeps
30 min
Fukushima: From a Super Market in Early Spring
30 min
Close Encounters! Street Corner Photo Printing Machine
30 min
Life route of a huge ferry
30 min
Consumption Tax Increase! 24 Hour Discount Store
30 min
At the Foot of the Skytree
30 min
Youth Hello Work Youth
30 min
Ueno Park, Under the Cherry Trees in Full Bloom
30 min
Midnight Public Restaurant in the Big City
30 min
Trunk Rooms: Another Secret Room
30 min
Osorezan: Place of the Dead
25 min
On the Road: “Happiness Theory” on Route 16
25 min
Tropical Nightless City, 24-Hour Supermarket
30 min
Shonan, Reasons to Gaze at the Sea
30 min
At a Gas Station in a Drenching Downpour
30 min
What Dreams I Have at the Fishing Pond Late at Night
30 min
Veterinary Hospital in the City that Never Sleeps
30 min
Kabukicho Nail Salon: Behind the Scenes of a Woman's Dressing Room
30 min
Summer: The Closest Station to the Nuclear Power Plant
30 min
“On the Shore with a View of the Atomic Bomb Dome
30 min
A Small Convenience Store in a Large Hospital
30 min
Haneda Airport: From Summer to Autumn
30 min
Deep Asakusa, Midnight Coffee Shop
30 min
Ueno Ameyoko, Multinational Underground Market
30 min
What to Hit: Boxing Gym in a Mixed-Use Building
30 min
Koenji, What to Expect at the Public Baths
30 min
A Walking Trip Around Yamanote Line - ”Happiness Theory“ in the Center of Tokyo
Kisarazu, Wangan, Big Lunch Box Store Blues
30 min
Wandering Shakebai
30 min
Osaka Minami, Midnight Underground Tenement
30 min
Shinjuku Ni-Chome: A Taste of Mother's Home Late at Night
30 min
