A Quiet Pier in Minamiboso
A simple pier, almost at water level, extends 160 meters out into Tokyo Bay from a beach in Minamiboso, Chiba Prefecture. In the early 1900s the pier was used for landing fish, but that stopped decades ago when a new fishing port was built. Now it's a hidden gem for tourists. We encounter a local man walking his dog, a farewell party for a colleague and a couple who fell in love with the area and moved there. The pier attracts all sorts of people, and means something different to each of them.
Aired: Jan 27, 2023 Genre: DocumentaryRating: 0 Country: Japan Production: NHK
Episodes
01: University Art Festival: Portrait of Campus Days02: Osaka: In an Apartment Building from the Showa Era03: At a Small Kobe Okonomiyaki Shop04: A Quiet Pier in Minamiboso05: Amami Oshima: On the Radio06: Fukushima - At a mountain lodge in the dead of winter07: Ringing in the New Year at a Fukuoka Bus Terminal08: Winter Stories of Ramen Stalls in Nagoya09: Qualification Examination Preparatory School: My Path Forward10: The Convenience Store in a Midwinter Hokkaido Village11: Episode 1112: Akihabara Doll Store13: At a 24-Hour Roadside Restaurant in Okayama14: Behind the Headlines at Ofunato's Local Newspaper15: Saying Farewell to Once-Loved Dolls at Hofu Tenmangu Shrine16: Harajuku, 100 yen store, in spring17: Sakura in the Seto Inland Sea18: Osaka Post Office, in spring19: The Aomori Shrine Where "Umineko" Soar20: Okinawa All Night Bento Lunch21: At a Hospital Roof Garden22: Nishinomiya's "Manbow Tunnel" Under the Tracks23: Early Summer on the Kisoji24: Saraba, Nombe Yokocho (Farewell, Drinking Alley)25: Episode 2526: National Udon Vending Machine Trip - Gunma27: Episode 2728: See You in Osaka's Korea Town29: At a Tokyo Insect Store30: Fuji Rock On the long-awaited summer day31: Part-time High School Koshien32: Yomotsu Hirasaka: Between This World and The Next33: At a Standing Bar Beside Fukuoka's Boat Racing Stadium34: Kabukicho, Shinjuku, at the hair salon that never sleeps.35: Nagano: Watching for Hawks36: Farewell to a Hyogo Chairlift37: 24-Hour Chinese Restaurant in Tokyo Suburbs
