Season
Season 12 Episode
- Season 10 The Nagasaki Kaido: Japan's Sugar Road
- Season 10 Akita: The Wisdom of Nature
- Season 10 Tokyo's Islands Niijima and Hachijojima
- Season 10 Okinawa: A Unique Island Culture
- Season 10 Tokushima - Where Teamwork Runs Deep
- Season 10 Hiroshima - Going it Alone
- Season 10 Fukui - The Strength to Succeed
- Season 10 Tochigi - The Cycle of Life
- Season 10 Okayama - Sunshine and Smiles
- Season 10 Tanegashima and Yakushima - Inspired by Nature
- Season 10 Kagoshima - Legacy of Determination
- Season 10 Southern Nagano - Exploring Its Hidden Valleys
- Season 10 The Old Hokuriku Kaido - Exploring a Forgotten Highway
- Season 10 Sado - Island of Hidden Treasures
- Season 10 Fukushima - Taking Life Day by Day
- Season 10 Fukuoka - Always Thinking Ahead
- Season 10 Into the Kyoto Countryside
- Season 10 Kochi - Land of Rivers
- Season 10 Saitama Traditions - Tokyo's Scenic Neighbor
- Season 10 Nagasaki - Free to Enjoy Life
Cycle Around Japan - Season 10 Episode 8 Tochigi - The Cycle of Life
7.00 49 minutes Tochigi is a lush green inland prefecture on the Kanto Plain, north of Tokyo. It's the height of spring, fields glistening with snow melt from the mountains and nature returning to life as we ride through the Nasu Highlands under hundreds of streaming carp banners, catch spawning river fish fat with eggs, learn the secrets of clay making from a Mashiko potter, and join a local festival, helping carry a hand-crafted dragon through town to ward off misfortune. Our final encounter is with a young couple committed to farming in tune with the natural cycle, even making their own soil from gathered leaves.
