Up and Away with Low-Cost Carriers
Kansai International Airport is a 24-hour gateway to western Japan. 16 low-cost carriers operate out of this airport in Osaka, making it Japan's largest hub for budget airlines. Cheap air tickets bring a wide spectrum of passengers traveling domestically and overseas to and from the airport, including a young woman on her first visit to Japan waiting alone to be picked up after midnight; a businessman returning on the day's last flight from a work trip that began early the same day; and a woman who had visited her elderly parents to take care of them. Passengers have their own unique reasons for traveling on low-cost carriers. For 3 days, we watched the diverse personal stories that unfold in the airport's terminals.
Aired: Nov 13, 2015 Genre: DocumentaryRating: 0 Country: Japan Production: NHK
Episodes
01: Birth Rush! Japan's Best Obstetrics and Gynecology02: Farewell! Bowling Alley in the Center of Tokyo03: Lost and Found in Nagoya: Left Behind on a Holy Night04: Student Dormitories in the Northern Land05: A Discounted Ticket to Happiness06: Handyman, Running in the City07: A Standing Oden Bar in Tokyo08: Kobe, January, See you at Pai-Yama09: A Taste of Home: A Soba & Udon Vending Machine10: A Driving School: The Start of Many Journeys11: Tanning Salon: The Reason for the Wheat Color12: Tokyo Capsule Hotel: Encapsulating Life13: Taxi Honest Conversation - Fukushima Iwaki Version14: A Building Exclusively for Cosplay: Their Dream Castle15: A Used Car, A New Life16: Following the Cherry Blossoms Upstream: A Three-Day Trip Along the Tama River17: Yakushima: Island of the Mystical Tree18: Candy Store: Children's Small Universe19: A Kebab Restaurant in Roppongi20: Mt. Takao, Why wander into the mountains of the city?21: Container Karaoke in a Seaside Town22: Dreams to be drawn at a video rental store on a major holiday weekend23: A Drive-In Restaurant in Okinawa: Hometown Flavor, American Style24: The Lucky Cat at the Shopping Street25: “Hanacaba” Life Theater26: Tonkotsu Ramen Restaurant: Bowls for the Soul27: Dance Hall for Men and Women in Downtown Tokyo28: Rocking on the Streetcar29: Oasis Hotel in the Rice Paddies30: New York: Laundromat Theater31: Dalian, China - At a Japanese Foods Supermarket32: In a Cemetery Looking Up at the Great Buddha33: Summer Comic! Japan's “Best” Convenience Store.34: Voices in Front of the Diet35: An Iconic Hotel: Until We Meet Again36: Life on the Squid Hunt37: Deep Tokyo: In a Corner of Little Manila38: A Video Transfer Shop: Replaying the Past39: Up and Away with Low-Cost Carriers40: Kabukicho Midnight Dispensing Pharmacy41: Welcome to the World's Largest Labyrinth of Old Books42: Fortune Teller's House: Crossroads of Fate43: A Secret Workshop in Akihabara
