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Season 8 Episode 27 - Midsummer Akita: Longing for Baba's Ice Cream
8.7 ?
2006
Documentary
It's the height of summer in Akita. From supermarket parking lots and national highways to tourist spots and even rocky areas where no one goes, colorful parasol stalls suddenly appear all over the prefecture. What they sell is ice cream served by women called “baba” using spatulas, commonly known as “baba-hera.” With over 50 years of history, Baba Hera is a summer tradition in Akita. What do people returning home for Obon think of this nostalgic taste of their hometown? A three-day documentary following the elusive Baba.
Episodes in Season 8
1
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2
Why Omiya? The Café is Waiting
3
The Sounds of Miyazaki's Street Piano
4
Beppu: A Century of Hot Springs
25 min
5
At a park in Yokosuka with a view of warships
25 min
6
Cheap Underwear: Searching for Warmth
7
Wishing Upon Golden Kushikatsu
8
A Walking Path Where You Can See Giraffes
9
Welcome to Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong
10
The Fateful Seven-Way Intersection
11
Spring at a Bag Store on the Street Corner
12
A Small Funeral in the City
13
Live Camera at the Summit of Mount Kongō
14
Yoru no Mori: Sakura Tunnel
15
Fabric, Buttons, and Me
16
I Tried Zen Temple Training
17
The Secret Marriage Counseling Room
18
Let's Meet at the Mosque in Shibuya, Tokyo
19
Enticed by the Gentle Movement of Jellyfish
20
Solo Truck Journey: Blown by the Wind
21
The Closed Room in the Sky: The Rooftop Ferris Wheel
22
Kitakyushu Kokura ‘100 Yen Bar’ Blues
23
Giant Housing Complex: Hello and Goodbye at a Secondhand Shop
24
The Elderly Care Facility with a View of the Sea
25
The Never-Sleeping Restaurant in the Mountains
26
Summer Koshien: Another Youth
27
Midsummer Akita: Longing for Baba's Ice Cream
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