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Hometown Stories
Season 13 · Episode 24
Reviving a Pottery Tradition in Fukushima
0.025mOctober 6, 2024
13 years after the Fukushima disaster, a potter returns to his empty hometown to revive the local craft. His potter son works in the town he evacuated to. What does tradition mean to the two men?
Episodes
- Episode 1Korean Family Meals for Rural Japan
- Episode 2A School for Two
- Episode 3A Mosque in a Japanese Community
- Episode 4Nagasaki's Long-Forgotten Choir
- Episode 5Conquering Peaks on One Leg
- Episode 6Nepalese Students Find a Taste of Home
- Episode 7Taxi Drivers in a Tsunami-hit Town
- Episode 8Life Lessons by a Crystal-Clear River
- Episode 9Hiking Guide Connects Hearts
- Episode 10New Approach to an Old Festival
- Episode 11Navigating a World with Words
- Episode 12Pearls for Remembrance
- Episode 13Forging Bonds Under a Starry Sky
- Episode 14From Seed to Shop: Grandma's Pickles
- Episode 15New Face for a Centuries-Old Dance
- Episode 16Mending Hearts with Mandarin Oranges
- Episode 17Holy Fire on the Mountain
- Episode 18A Ranch for Retired Racehorses
- Episode 19Hiroshima's A-Bomb Survivor Trees
- Episode 20A Year as a Young Rural Doctor
- Episode 21Carrying on in a Quake-hit Town
- Episode 22Modern Maiko Diaries
- Episode 23Leaving No Stone Unturned: A Potter's Quest
- Episode 24Reviving a Pottery Tradition in Fukushima
- Episode 25A Country Town's Woolly Heroes
- Episode 26Making a Home in Osaka
- Episode 27Together Through Dementia
- Episode 28Living with the Bounty of the Sea: 13 Years on from the Tsunami
- Episode 29Making Art with Autism
- Episode 30Plum Promoter-in-Chief
- Episode 31Sailing the Seas on a Sabani