Document 72 Hours

At a 24-Hour Roadside Restaurant in Okayama

A large parking lot and hearty servings make a 24-hour restaurant a haven for truckers in Okayama Prefecture. For three days, we spoke to diners taking a break before hitting the road again.
Aired: Apr 14, 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