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Season 9 Episode 30 - Farewell to Tsukiji Market: At the Usual Standing Soba Noodle Shop
Last month, Tsukiji Market closed its doors after 83 years of history. The setting is a standing soba noodle shop located on a street outside the market. Despite the early morning darkness, the shop is packed with people. Men working at the market are slurping down soba noodles in preparation for the upcoming auction, heading off to work. Some have lived in Tsukiji for years, while others have ended up there for various reasons. What kind of place was Tsukiji Market for these workers? Over the final three days, we listen in at a nearby soba shop.
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