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Season 9 Episode 29 - Tokyo Station: Meet me at the "Silver Bell"
Each day, more than 1.8 million people pass through Tokyo Station. For 50 years, the Gin-no-suzu (silver bell) waiting area inside the station has been a popular landmark and a favorite spot to meet up with others. Countless reunions and farewells take place under this huge bell that adorns the center of the waiting area. The people waiting there include a group of elderly men who meet there on each other's birthdays before heading off to celebrate, and far-flung fans of a pop band who met online and are going to a concert together. But for some, finding Gin-no-suzu inside the sprawling station is not so easy and rendezvous plans do not work out as expected. For 3 days, we talked to the people waiting at this iconic spot -- and to the people they were meeting.
Episodes in Season 9
Shinjuku Hanazono Shrine: Dreams Come True at Night
The Never-Sleeping Bakery: A Gift for Christmas Eve
30 min
Tsugaru Strait New Year's Eve Ferry
30 min
Legendary Game Center: Adults' Battles
COOL! Downtown Asakusa Batting Center
Shibuya: Spring Flowers and Bartering
A Park Where Dreams Take Wing
30 min
Metropolitan Rat Patrol
Searching for Spring in Tohoku: Traveling Along National Route 45
30 min
Street Corner Legal Consultation Office
Traveling Beauty Salon
Running Library to the Island and Mountains
Spring Japan Sea: Waiting for Firefly Squid”
30 min
Osaka, Nishinari: 24-Hour Family Restaurant
The Joys and Sorrows of 1-Yen Pachinko
The Women on the Cosmetics Floor
30 min
People Gathering at Akita's ‘Hot Spring of Life’
Backflip Class: Jump Toward Tomorrow!
The Japan Derby Grand Parade
30 min
Transporting Lives: The Relocation of a Large Hospital
30 min
Goodbye! My Beloved Department Store
Tokyo Bay Midsummer Sea Fishing Park
30 min
Kanmon Strait Undersea Tunnel
30 min
Coast Guard Academy
Surviving the Summer with Fresh Juice
30 min
From the Remittance Office with Love
30 min
