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Hometown Stories
Season 12 · Episode 9
A World Heritage Town: Past and Future
0.030mApril 23, 2023
Omori Town in western Japan is located at the foot of the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine, a UN World Heritage Site. It was once losing its population, but the number of children is now growing thanks to the town's initiatives focused on a tranquil lifestyle and interpersonal connections. More and more young families are moving there hoping to raise their children in a beautiful natural setting, and helping to nurture the community in the process.
Episodes
- Episode 1Stable Fishing Jobs Steer a Community
- Episode 2A Float Artisan & His Muse
- Episode 3Magical Forest: Okinawa's Natural World Heritage Site
- Episode 4Soccer Team Raises Community Spirit
- Episode 5Seeking a Chance to Learn: Students with Overseas Roots
- Episode 6Small Factory Reaches for the Stars
- Episode 7Flying Like an Arrow
- Episode 8Modern Methods Sustain Metalwork Tradition
- Episode 9A World Heritage Town: Past and Future
- Episode 10Hard Rain: A Village Divided
- Episode 11Bonding Through Soba: A Story of Four Grannies
- Episode 12Amashi: Japan's Freediving Fishers
- Episode 13Our New Classmate from Ukraine
- Episode 14Waiting for the God's Crossing
- Episode 15Mailing Letters to the Lost
- Episode 16Kintsugi: Mending Memories with Gold
- Episode 17A Cut Above the Rest
- Episode 18The Final Journey
- Episode 19Life on a Sloping Farm
- Episode 20A House-call Doctor in Fukushima
- Episode 21A Song for a New Fukushima School
- Episode 22Reviving a Fukushima Brewery
- Episode 23Japanese Paper Supports War-torn Ukraine
- Episode 24Egg Wars – Father vs. Son
- Episode 25Countryside Diaries
- Episode 26A Heart-Warming Tokyo Veggie Stand
- Episode 27Sparking a Chain of Kindness
- Episode 28Grandma's Hands Reap Nature's Bounty
- Episode 29Inheriting a Thousand-Year-Old Craft