Climbing Mt. Fuji
When summer comes, people from all over Japan flock to Mt. Fuji. After the mountain was designated a World Heritage Site in 2013, the crowds swelled even more. The Yoshida Trailhead is one point where those going up and those coming down cross paths. Conversations with climbers reveal some of the troubles and joys in their lives. An office worker comes seeking a sense of achievement... A college student comes with prayers of finding work... A tapestry of human drama unfolds on the mountainside.
Aired: Jul 26, 2013 Genre: DocumentaryRating: 0 Country: Japan Production: NHK
Episodes
01: Close contact: The Sleepless Flower Shop in Kabukicho02: Farewell Shibuya, Kamaboko Station Building03: Osaka Kushikatsu Elegy04: Yokosuka Air Base, Operation Matchmaking05: Points of Departure: New Chitose Airport06: In the City of Closed Factories07: Enthusiastic Singing! Hitori Karaoke08: Kyoto Engiri Shrine09: Night Clinic: An ER of Last Resort10: The Live-Streamers: Interactive Webcasting11: Familyless Life Theater12: Underground Idols13: Dreams Bloom at Kochi Racecourse14: In Front of a Giant Manbow15: From the Last Shelter16: Climbing Mt. Fuji17: The "Rain, then Fine" Coin Laundry18: The Happiness Theory of Healthland19: Home Is Where the Locker Is—The Day Laborers of Osaka20: Yanaka Cemetery: Dialogs Between Death and Life21: Fly! Epsilon22: Yoshimoto: Summer Training Camp at the critical moment23: Personal Glimpses at a 24-Hour Gym24: The Game Center and the Prize Beyond the Prize25: The Makeup Room26: In Search of Hiroshima Taro27: Hitchhiking in the Seto Inland Sea28: The Call of the Dunes29: A Giant Travel Agency: Destinations and Detours30: The Post Office That Never Sleeps31: Night Train to Izumo: Destination - Destiny32: A Giant Bookstore: Wandering in a World of Words
