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Osaka: In an Apartment Building from the Showa Era

Three old apartment buildings lined up near the Port of Osaka. Built in 1965, when the shipbuilding industry was thriving, about 70 households still live in these buildings. The apartments have a hangout where residents gather, and some even drink alcohol in the morning. An elderly woman who lost her husband and moved here a few years ago. A man chooses to live here alone so that his son and his family will not be troubled. There are couples who have lived here for more than 30 years because they feel comfortable here. In the midst of the changing times, we will spend three days looking at the days in the apartment, which continues to remain unchanged.
Aired: Jan 13, 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