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Hometown Stories
Season 14 · Episode 11
Becoming Gods for a Night
0.027mMay 5, 2025
On New Year's Eve, families in northeast Japan are visited by monster-like figures called namahage. We follow a group of men trying to keep up their proud tradition as the local population dwindles.
Episodes
- Episode 1Searching for Closure: 10 Years Since a Deadly Eruption
- Episode 2Framing Family Memories
- Episode 3Bull Battles – A Community's Beloved Tradition
- Episode 4Planting Seeds of Peace in Hiroshima
- Episode 5An Island Stays Awake for Sumo
- Episode 6Chasing the Dream of Being a Jockey
- Episode 7Unfolding a Life with Origami
- Episode 8Life in a Land of Grass
- Episode 9Calligraphy Creating Hope for Revival
- Episode 10Puppet Tale: Foxes, a Princess and a Sacred Lake
- Episode 11Becoming Gods for a Night
- Episode 12An Ace Soccer Player Lights Up a Small Town
- Episode 13Loved Ones Reunited on Canvas
- Episode 14Factory Groove: Wakayama's Textile Industry
- Episode 15Reinventing a Small Town Supermarket
- Episode 16Lasting Memories of a Vanishing Town
- Episode 17A Doc's Best Friend
- Episode 18Holding on to Peace: Atomic-bomb Survivor's Message
- Episode 19The Future of an A-bombed Shrine
- Episode 20Revitalizing Cherry Trees in Fukushima
- Episode 21A Rookie Fisher & His Grandpa in the Sanriku Seas
- Episode 22Following in the Footsteps of a National Treasure
- Episode 23A Beloved Local Paper in a Flood-hit Village
- Episode 24Tuning a Piano to the Sound of the Heart
- Episode 25Playing Ping Pong with Parkinson's
- Episode 26Chasing a Dream With a Horse
- Episode 27Survivors: Capturing Life After the Atomic Bomb
- Episode 28Preserving the Site of a Plane Crash
- Episode 29Talking With the Eyes
- Episode 30A Place to Prepare for Dementia