

Hakodate's Hamburgers of Happiness
About 5 million people visit Hakodate in Hokkaido Prefecture, but in recent years this picturesque northern city has become known for another down-to-earth attraction: a hamburger restaurant that offers huge servings. Its unique hamburgers include fillings such as deep-fried chicken and crumbed pork cutlets. Many customers who come for a hearty lunch get so full that they do not need to eat dinner. Although Hakodate often tops surveys of attractive places to visit, the city also suffers from a falling population and high unemployment rate. For 3 days, we asked customers at this restaurant that has been loved by locals for decades about what they define as happiness
Aired: Oct 26, 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





















