Season
Season 12 Episode
- Season 9 Saitama Traditions - Tokyo's Scenic Neighbor
- Season 9 Selfie Ride in Iwate: A Home Away From Home
- Season 9 Tokyo to Chiba - Finding Art along the Way
- Season 9 Mie – A Cultural Crossroads
- Season 9 Tokushima - Where Teamwork Runs Deep
- Season 9 Gunma - An Unstoppable Energy
- Season 9 Fukui: The Strength to Succeed
- Season 9 Okayama - Sunshine and Smiles
- Season 9 Into the Kyoto Countryside
- Season 9 Fukushima - Taking Life Day by Day
- Season 9 The Old Hokuriku Kaido: Exploring a Forgotten Highway
Cycle Around Japan - Season 9 Episode 8 Okayama - Sunshine and Smiles
7.00 49 minutes Okayama Prefecture, known as the Land of Sunshine, is a fertile farming region. At the coastal town of Kurashiki, we meet high school students revolutionizing its famous denim, then ride to Kojima Bay to use an old-style scoop net to fish for our dinner. Deep in the countryside we find a traditional rakugo storyteller, and discover how local volunteers have restored a millennium-old terraced hillside with over 1,000 rice paddies. And finally, in an old post town we meet an artisan making inkstones for calligraphy.
