Deep Asakusa, Midnight Coffee Shop
Asakusa is a world-renowned tourist attraction. North of Sensoji Temple, in the deep “back Asakusa” area that does not appear in guidebooks, there is a coffee shop that has been in business for over 40 years. Its specialty is Neapolitan. The store opens at 9:00 a.m. and stays open until 5:00 a.m. The store is full of locals, including Asakusa entertainers who live nearby, former innkeepers, and rickshaw drivers. At midnight, the store is rented out to cab drivers who take a break.... This is a story of Edo nikko (people of Edo) whose true feelings are exchanged without any pretense of decoration.
Aired: Oct 10, 2014 Genre: DocumentaryRating: 0 Country: Japan Production: NHK
Episodes
01: Wrestlers on the Road02: A 260-Person "Sharehouse"03: The Fierce Battle! Entrepreneur Contest.04: Japan's Northernmost Bus Stop05: Okinawa: The Barbershop that Never Sleeps06: Fukushima: From a Super Market in Early Spring07: Printing Handheld Memories08: The Voyage of Life on a Giant Ferry09: A 24/7 Discount Store10: One Tower, Many Lives11: Youth "HelloWork" - A Job Agency12: Ueno Park, Under the Cherry Trees in Full Bloom13: An All-Night Eatery14: Self Storage: Secrets and Memories15: Mt. Osore: Between Life and Death16: On the Road: “Happiness Theory” on Route 1617: The 24-Hour Supermarket: Just Another Day18: Shonan, Reasons to Gaze at the Sea19: At a Gas Station in a Downpour20: What Dreams I Have at the Fishing Pond Late at Night21: A 24/7 Animal Hospital: When a Pet Needs a Vet22: Kabukicho Nail Salon: Behind the Scenes of a Woman's Dressing Room23: At a Train Station in Fukushima24: “On the Shore with a View of the Atomic Bomb Dome25: General Hospital Store: Where Shopping Meets Healing26: Haneda Airport: From Summer to Autumn27: Deep Asakusa, Midnight Coffee Shop28: The Ameyoko International Food Market29: What to Hit: Boxing Gym in a Mixed-Use Building30: Koenji, What to Expect at the Public Baths31: Dreams Along the Yamanote Line32: Kisarazu, Wangan, Big Lunch Box Store Blues33: Wandering Shakebai34: Osaka Minami, Midnight Underground Tenement35: Shinjuku Ni-Chome: A Taste of Mother's Home Late at Night
