

Drawn to Showa Songs
The stage is set at a store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, that specializes in Showa-era songs. The store is visited by a wide variety of people, including middle-aged and older adults who have overlapped their lives with idol songs, young people who discover new charm in the clarity of the songs and lyrics, and foreigners who become enamored with the rhythms of the Showa era. The store has 30,000 records and CDs. Rare songs are sometimes priced at tens of thousands of yen. While sales of new CDs are sluggish, Showa-era songs are once again attracting attention. What kind of feelings do people put into these songs? The program will look at the human patterns projected in the songs for 72 hours, along with nostalgic classics.
Aired: Apr 08, 2016 Genre: DocumentaryRating: 0 Country: Japan Production: NHK
Episodes
01: Yokohama All Night Tonkatsu02: Kappabashi: Tokyo's Kitchen Capital03: Christmas at the Bus Terminal04: The First Dream at Tokyo Tower05: Benches and People: An Osaka Shopping Arcade06: Tokyo in the middle of winter, the name is ”Hanako“07: Winter, Tsugaru at the 100 Yen Onsen08: Valentine's Day at the Shrine09: 72 Hours Japan-Korea Comparison SP10: Drawn to Showa Songs11: Daitokai: Dog and Cat Shelter in the Big City12: Farewell Funabashi Auto13: Akita: In front of a vending machine in midwinter, a regretful farewell14: Tales Over Rice Bowls15: Carrying a Stamp in a Foreign Country16: At the Food Court17: Route 439: Japan's Last Frontier18: The Ferry to Volcano Island19: A Nostalgic Roller Coaster Ride20: Kyoto's Kamo River Delta21: Trapped in the Magic of Go22: Hiroshima: On the Street Corner Waiting for the President23: Relaxing in a Nagoya Café24: Faces Behind an Online Auction25: Brazil: Prayer-Filled Secret Sanctuary26: A Women's Prison: Up-Close and Personal27: Obon with a Bang in Nagasaki28: Fukui: Unattended Ice Shop in Midsummer29: People-Watching at a Monster Hotspot30: Where Cultures and Meat Meet31: The Little Station and the Sea32: Golf Driving Range: Slices of Life33: Art Supply Heaven in Tokyo34: Starlit Tales from a Nagano Tent Village35: Daycare Center in Fukuoka's Nightlife District36: The Traveling Ballot Box37: Behind the Masks: Halloween in Roppongi38: From Okinawa to the World and Back





















