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Hometown Stories
Season 14 · Episode 16
Lasting Memories of a Vanishing Town
0.025mJuly 7, 2025
A former farming community east of Tokyo is soon to disappear due to an expansion project at Narita International Airport. Saito Koyata has been taking photos there to record local people's lives.
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