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Season 6 Episode 32 - In a Cemetery Looking Up at the Great Buddha
The 120-meter-high Daibutsu (Great Buddha) is located in Ushiku City, Ibaraki Prefecture. One of the largest cemeteries in the Kanto region spreads out at its foot. During Obon, many people come to visit the graves of their loved ones. Parents share their memories of their sons who passed away from cancer, young people visit the grave of a friend who died in an accident, and children polish the grave of their mothers who raised them alone with gratitude. The film closely observes the cemetery looking up at the Great Buddha for three days in midsummer before the fireworks display for the memorial service. We listen to the mysterious dialogue between the living and the deceased.
Episodes in Season 6
Birth Rush! Japan's Best Obstetrics and Gynecology
30 min
Farewell! Bowling Alley in the Center of Tokyo
30 min
Nagoya, Underground Streets, Lost and Found on a Holy Night
30 min
Student Dormitories in the Northern Land
30 min
Happiness Seized at Money Shops
30 min
Handyman, Running in the City
30 min
Akabane Oden Restaurant Elegy
30 min
Kobe, January, See you at Pai-Yama
30 min
Akita: In Front of a Vending Machine in the Midwinter
30 min
Driving school, each journey
30 min
Tanning Salon: The Reason for the Wheat Color
30 min
Capsule Hotel Wonderland
30 min
Taxi Honest Conversation - Fukushima Iwaki Version
30 min
A Building Exclusively for Cosplay: Their Dream Castle
30 min
Life Begins with a Used Car
30 min
Following the Cherry Blossoms Upstream: A Three-Day Trip Along the Tama River
30 min
Yakushima: People Gathering at Giant Trees
30 min
Candy Store: Children's Small Universe
30 min
Kebab Shop, Roppongi, Crossroads of Gentiles
30 min
Mt. Takao, Why wander into the mountains of the city?
30 min
Container Karaoke in a Seaside Town
30 min
Dreams to be drawn at a video rental store on a major holiday weekend
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American Drive-In of Okinawa and Reminiscence
30 min
Uwasa's cat and shopping street
30 min
“Hanacaba” Life Theater
30 min
Kurume, Fukuoka: The Story of Tonkotsu Ramen
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Dance Hall for Men and Women in Downtown Tokyo
30 min
Rocking on the Streetcar
30 min
Oasis Hotel in the Rice Paddies
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New York: Laundromat Theater
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Dalian, China - At a Japanese Foods Supermarket
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In a Cemetery Looking Up at the Great Buddha
30 min
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Summer's End: On the Streets in Front of the Diet
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Long-established Hotel: Till We Meet Again
30 min
Traveling Fisherman: A Life of Squid Fishing
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Deep Tokyo: In a Corner of Little Manila
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Street Corner Dubbing Shop: Reviving Images
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Cheap Airlines: At the Airport That Never Sleeps
30 min
Kabukicho Midnight Dispensing Pharmacy
30 min
Welcome to the World's Largest Labyrinth of Old Books
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Fortune Teller's House: Crossroads of Fate
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At Akihabara's Secret Workshop
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