Season
- Season 1 2006-10-03
- Season 2 2007-01-09
- Season 3 2012-07-03
- Season 4 2013-04-05
- Season 5 2014-01-10
- Season 6 2015-01-09
- Season 7 2016-01-08
- Season 8 2017-01-13
- Season 9 2018-01-12
- Season 10 2019-01-11
- Season 11 2020-01-10
- Season 12 2021-01-22
- Season 13 2022-01-06
- Season 14 2023-01-06
- Season 15 2024-01-05
- Season 16 2025-01-10
Season 16 Episode
- Season 8 Narita Airport Immigration Checkpoint on Christmas Eve
- Season 8 Why Omiya? The Café is Waiting
- Season 8 The Sounds of Miyazaki's Street Piano
- Season 8 Beppu: A Century of Hot Springs
- Season 8 At a park in Yokosuka with a view of warships
- Season 8 Cheap Underwear: Searching for Warmth
- Season 8 Wishing Upon Golden Kushikatsu
- Season 8 A Walking Path Where You Can See Giraffes
- Season 8 Welcome to Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong
- Season 8 The Fateful Seven-Way Intersection
- Season 8 Spring at a Bag Store on the Street Corner
- Season 8 A Small Funeral in the City
- Season 8 Live Camera at the Summit of Mount Kongō
- Season 8 Yoru no Mori: Sakura Tunnel
- Season 8 Fabric, Buttons, and Me
- Season 8 I Tried Zen Temple Training
- Season 8 The Secret Marriage Counseling Room
- Season 8 Let's Meet at the Mosque in Shibuya, Tokyo
- Season 8 Enticed by the Gentle Movement of Jellyfish
- Season 8 Solo Truck Journey: Blown by the Wind
- Season 8 The Closed Room in the Sky: The Rooftop Ferris Wheel
- Season 8 Kitakyushu Kokura ‘100 Yen Bar’ Blues
- Season 8 Giant Housing Complex: Hello and Goodbye at a Secondhand Shop
- Season 8 The Elderly Care Facility with a View of the Sea
- Season 8 The Never-Sleeping Restaurant in the Mountains
- Season 8 Summer Koshien: Another Youth
- Season 8 Midsummer Akita: Longing for Baba's Ice Cream
- Season 8 WheWhen Men Polish Their Shoes
- Season 8 The Base Town Adult Rock Festival
- Season 8 Born to be Wild: Motorcyclists' Road to Happiness
- Season 8 Life Without a Smartphone
- Season 8 Kyoto's Too Quiet Library
- Season 8 Spain's Canary Islands: Tuna Fishermen's Short Vacation
- Season 8 “See You Again at the English Conversation School
- Season 8 Guest House: A 3,000 Yen Per Night Oasis
- Season 8 Muscle Stiffness
- Season 8 “One More Copy Tonight: 24-Hour Print Shop
- Season 8 Ogasawara Islands: Weekly Delivery Service
- Season 8 Bento Tales from a Northern Fishing Town
Document 72 Hours - Season 8 Episode 16 I Tried Zen Temple Training
8.70 30 minutes Over 1,000 people a year come to this Zen temple in Kyoto to try training. The secret to its popularity is how easy it is to join. You can book from a few thousand yen per night for as many nights as you like, and since it shows up high in internet searches, modern people looking for a quick reset keep coming back. Monastic life runs from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., beginning with meal etiquette, followed by zazen meditation, and work duties (cleaning), creating a continuous series of cultural shocks. What is the mindset of those who seek to reflect on themselves through this somewhat rigorous training?
