

The Sight Beyond the Undersea Tunnel
It is 780 meters long, dead straight and has few distinguishing features, but the undersea pedestrian tunnel running 60 meters underneath the Kanmon Straits in southwestern Japan attracts a steady stream of visitors. Many people use the tunnel to travel between Fukuoka Pref. and Yamaguchi Pref., but others have different purposes in mind. The visitors are diverse: from a woman in her 20's who brought her boyfriend to the tunnel that is filled with childhood memories, a man who comes to secretly train for a marathon, to a woman who walks there every week with old friends no matter how busy she is. What draws them to this nondescript tunnel that remains unchanged, day after day? We spend 3 days looking at who walks through this underground passage.
Aired: Aug 31, 2018 Genre: DocumentaryRating: 0 Country: Japan Production: NHK
Episodes
01: Shinjuku Hanazono Shrine: Dreams Come True at Night02: Christmas at a 24-Hour Bakery03: Heading Home on the Strait Ferry04: Legendary Game Center: Adults' Battles05: COOL! Downtown Asakusa Batting Center06: Shibuya: Spring Flowers and Bartering07: A Park Where Dreams Take Wing08: Metropolitan Rat Patrol09: Lives Along Route 4510: Street Corner Legal Consultation Office11: Traveling Beauty Salon12: The Traveling Library Truck13: A Spring Miracle: The Firefly Squid of Toyama14: Osaka, Nishinari: 24-Hour Family Restaurant15: The Joys and Sorrows of 1-Yen Pachinko16: The Women on the Cosmetics Floor17: People Gathering at Akita's ‘Hot Spring of Life’18: Flipping Backward, Looking Forward19: The Race Before the Japanese Derby20: The Great Hospital Move21: Goodbye! My Beloved Department Store22: Hooked on Fishing in Tokyo Bay23: The Sight Beyond the Undersea Tunnel24: Coast Guard Academy25: Surviving the Summer With Fresh Juice26: From the Remittance Office with Love27: To Shibuya, the ‘Holy Land of Amura28: Hakodate's Hamburgers of Happiness29: Tokyo Station: Meet Me at the "Silver Bell"30: Farewell to Tsukiji Market: At the Usual Standing Soba Noodle Shop31: 3333 Stones: Japan's Longest Flight of Steps32: Shiga/Kusatsu Giant Parking Area33: The DIYers of the Suburban Home Center34: Hiroshima Workwear Store





















