Seasoning the Seasons (2012)

Kyoto: coloring the season

Kakunodate: stories of old families

Spirited away to tono

Japanese towers, memories past and present

Matsushima: islands of beauty and prayer

Suwa: a celebration down through time

Niyodo river: living with japan's clearest river

Mt. fuji

Awa dance: obon festival with 100,000 dancers

Kamakura - samurai and zen

Itsukushima, island of the gods

Hand-made in japan

Dolls bearers of dreams

Tracing rice in japan

Blowfish - a secret taste from the deep

Millennium guardians the buddhist statues of kyoto

Nights of snow

Ice monsters: the mountains of zao

Koreatown: ikuno, osaka

Tokyo by night

Following the sakura - a journey of cherry blossoms in japan

Tokyo in springtime - the taste of tradition

Spring in kyoto - a trip on a little local train

Asakusa celebration and devotion

Japan in full bloom - the flower gardens

The shrine of konpira-san - answering everyone's prayer

The forest of myths

Iya - living in the mountains

Wild shiretoko - world heritage site

Kusatsu: a town that warms the body and soul

Shonan: good vibrations on the beach

The miracle mile - kokusai street, okinawa

Gujo hachiman 400 years of all-night dancing

Sakurajima: volcanic island

Kiso: the forest of the japanese cypress

Nikko: world heritage and mountain of prayer

Autumn in tohoku

Yokohama - a harbor town full of spirit

Fireworks

Kumano pilgrimage routes

Nara: an ancient capital filled with the sound of prayer

Karatsu

Life with japanese dogs

Izumo - abode of the gods

Udon noodles - a wheat delicacy

Ekiben - a box of flavor and feeling

Echizen - taste of winter

Chichibu - home of the mountain gods and festivals

Modern architecture: giving form to dreams

Winter in tohoku

Spring in tohoku

Kyoto: the enigmatic entertainers of gion

Hozenji: the sentimental alley of osaka

Hakodate: the storied history of a port town

Kirishima: a town thriving on volcanic mountains

Sado island: into the mystic dreams

Oze: a mountain marshland

Ayu: treasures of the river

The islands of nagasaki

Karuizawa: a fleeting summer

Strolling the paths of onomichi

Shinsekai, osaka: a town guarded by a tower

Kujukuri: the endless beach

Nagasaki: hills and exotic atmosphere

Japanese yokai: ghosts, goblins or ghouls?

Kawagoe: keeping urbane traditions alive

Travelogue of mackerel road

On a moonlit night...

Japan's historic tramways

Aso: life in the caldera

Crossing the amagi pass

Kamo river: the waterway that created kyoto

Beppu: exploring the exciting hot springs

The tottori sand dunes, unity with nature

A journey to holy places

Tsugaru: enduring winter for the hot festival

Tosa: land of passionate people

The gods of japan: an infinite world of spirits

Aizu: land of the last samurai

Yakushima: island of primeval forests

Sanriku railway: back from the brink

Nihonbashi: the bridge at the center of japanese commerce

The shikoku pilgrimage

Dewa sanzan: mystic mountains of prayers

Hakata yamakasa: a festival to live for

A sushi tour around japan

Osaka: city of waterways

Owara kaze no bon: a festival to calm the wind gods

The kunisaki peninsula: mystical festivals in a spiritual land

Tsukemono: japan's pickled soul food

Kanazawa: an eternal love of beauty and culture

Notsuke peninsula: harsh winters and rich seas

Kinosaki onsen: a town of hot springs

Shirakawa-go: thatched-roofed world heritage site

Otaru: classic canal city

Mount tsukuba: the mysterious twin peaks

Cherry blossoms will bloom: miharu, fukushima

The iseji route: journey of the soul over passes

Hiroshima: a city of seven rivers

Ise-shima: women divers favored by the gods

Hagi and tsuwano: two castle towns

Furano: summer in the purple city

Haunted houses: the lure of the dark

Tokyo summer story: season of remembrance

Kamikochi: a sacred mountain paradise

Kobe: a city of cultural mosaic

Mikan: japan's favorite citrus fruit

The churches of nagasaki: prayers through the ages

Kiyomizu-dera temple: embracing all prayers

Boso peninsula: a carpet of flowers

Tsugaru strait: life stories of crossing the rough seas

Yufuin: a relaxing spa town

Summer on japan's southern alps

Tokachi: bounty of the northern lands

Shinjuku: a city close to deities

The secrets of tofu across japan

River ferries: bringing people together

Mt. hiei: the "mother mountain" of japanese buddhism

Hamamatsu: sunny city with positive spirit

Japanese-americans in hawaii, part 1: the women pioneers

Japanese-americans in hawaii, part 2: the proud families

Soba: japan's beloved noodle

Seasoning the seasons special: chita peninsula - a land that prospered by shipping

Sendai: a city founded by a legendary samurai

Kamaishi: the resilient city of steel

Awaji island: mythical birthplace of japan

A walk around the imperial palace - a journey down the ages

Songs of okinawa: the bonds of community

Tsukuda and tsukishima: a summer of fishermen's festival

Hachijo-jima: a place to rest on the road of life

Totsukawa: autumn in a hidden village

Shinbashi: life in buildings

A journey along the nagasaki kaido

Local train lines: the ride of our lives

Stories from the university of tokyo

Ishigaki island: dreams of compassion

Sharing happiness: hot pots in japan

Mount iwate: guardian of the homeland

Tokyo 2021: a year of prayers

Hakone: centuries of hospitality

Yokai: scary and friendly apparitions

Beer and japan's drinking culture

The hidden side of nikko

Choshi: a railway trip to a seaside town

The tateyama mountains: an alpine pilgrimage

A track of dreams: tokyo's arakawa line

The stories behind japan's bridges

Kisoji: highroad among mountains

Nara: where demons roam

Catching early spring in kamakura

Noboribetsu onsen: hot springs, spirited people

The koumi line: a highland railway

Tidings of autumn fruits

The mikuni road: stories from the old route north

Jomon: 10,000 years of nostalgia

The ikegami line: through the heart of tokyo

Seto inland sea: life with stones

Fuji five lakes: the water of life

Colors of yamagata: spring & summer

Karuizawa: japan's summer resort

Matsue: time carved by water

Faith in tenjin - prayers from across japan