An All-Night Eatery
Uguisudani is one of the least-frequented stops on Tokyo's Yamanote mass-transit loop line. But it's well known for its nightlife. The transition is a stark one, from sparsely traveled daytime sidewalks to a garish neon nighttime of "love hotels" and other establishments of the adult services industry. This episode focuses on an all-night eatery that for 3 decades has provided a welcome sanctuary for the weary, the hungry, the thirsty and the lovelorn. An intermission from the dramas of their lives.
Aired: May 23, 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
