Cycle Around Japan

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Niigata The Deep Green Summer (2019)

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Niigata: The Deep Green Summer (2019)
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A 250Km ride through Niigata Prefecture, its green rice fields shimmering under the summer sun. From an artisan in hammered copper we learn about the long road to mastery, while in the paddy fields we see the hottest, hardest part of the rice growing season. Climbing up into the mountains, we’ll experience a traditional style of river fishing and visit a breeder whose Nishikigoi carp are now world famous, 2 stories of hard work and cooperation rebuilding lives and businesses destroyed by natural disasters.

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Memories from the Road Spirit of the North (2020)

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Memories from the Road: Spirit of the North (2020)
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Selected moments from rides in the north country, cherry blossoms in spring and red leaves in fall. In Aomori Prefecture, northernmost part of Japan’s main Honshu island, we encounter its traditional tenacity of spirit in young children learning to master the local style of shamisen playing. In neighboring Akita Prefecture, children sing songs handed down for generations, tales of fishermen, their families and the sea. Finally, in Fukushima Prefecture, we see how Aizu still lives by the code of its mountain samurai clan, famed for staying true to their principles.

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Memories From the Road Life on the Islands (2020)

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Memories From the Road: Life on the Islands (2020)
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Selected moments from past trips to Japan’s smaller islands, exploring their unique cultures and ways of life. Riding a scenic cycling route spanning the Seto Inland Sea, we learn how an island community’s hopes for the future rest on the students of their tiny school. On the Oki Islands off Japan’s west coast, we stand atop its awesome cliffs before getting hands-on in an island sumo ring, and on southern Miyakojima, we taste the ocean in the local tofu and the island’s history in its traditional music.

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Tottori Grit and Grace (2020)

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Tottori: Grit and Grace (2020)
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Our New Zealand cyclist begins his ride through Tottori Prefecture with a fat bike tour of its spectacular 16-km long sand dunes. In the mountains, he drops in to a high school calligraphy club where he is hugely impressed by the way these young girls have created a powerful performance using traditional brush calligraphy and music. Returning to the coast, he’s amazed by hearing from farmers how their ancestors’ hard work and inventiveness produced techniques for growing food in sand. Join us, and discover this unique part of Japan.