Synopsis

Fukuoka Prefecture has long served as Japan’s portal to Asia and the birthplace of the nation’s rice cultivation. Here, we encounter a couple breathing new life into their community through sustainable tourism and organic farming; a boatman whose voice echoes through the canals of the city; and an artisan who crafts traditional fireworks. After assisting villagers in preserving a bridge of stone, a testament to a bygone era, we learn the story of coal – once the engine of Japan’s modernization –