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Season 9 Episode 5 - COOL! Downtown Asakusa Batting Center
Just a short walk from Asakusa's Kaminarimon Gate, there's a new hotspot that's been getting more and more visitors over the past few years. It's a batting center with a giant glove sculpture as its landmark. For some reason, it's popular with foreigners too, with hundreds of people coming every day to the small space with only five batting cages. A man who visits for health reasons swings the bat at both left and right batting cages, saying, “Even if I miss, it's okay.” Next to him, a group of foreigners experiencing the batting cages for the first time cheer with each pitch. Discovering Cool Japan in an unexpected place, exploring its charm.
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