
Hometown Stories — Season 3
On an island in Hiroshima Prefecture, a seasoned watchmaker tends to a remarkable trade: he repairs virtually any antique timepiece, even those deemed irreparable by others. People bring their cherished clocks and watches to this skilled ar…
Faced with the devastation of a tsunami that has destroyed their home, seventeen junior high school students from Tanabe seek answers. They travel to Kamaishi, a town ravaged by the March 2011 tsunami, to understand how others responded to …
Nestled in the mountains of Shimane Prefecture lies the small village of Kanedani. Years of dwindling population have reduced the community to a mere handful – three women, aged seventy and eighty. Forty years ago, the village planted fou…
