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Season 12 · Episode 12
Tosa: The Life of John Manjiro
0.028mJuly 10, 2025
Once a poor fisher boy, John Manjiro became the first Japanese person to receive a formal education in the US and played a key role in Japan's modernization. Peter Barakan visits his hometown in Tosa.
Episodes
- Episode 1Onigiri
- Episode 2Repair
- Episode 3Japanophiles: Johan Leutwiler
- Episode 4Octopuses
- Episode 5Leather Shoes
- Episode 6Torii
- Episode 7Mamachari
- Episode 8Japanophiles: Stephen Turner
- Episode 9Family Restaurants
- Episode 10Natto
- Episode 11Stationery
- Episode 12Tosa: The Life of John Manjiro
- Episode 13Tosa: Blessings and Perils of the Kuroshio Current
- Episode 14Japanophiles: Johan Nordstrom
- Episode 15Origami
- Episode 16Sake
- Episode 17Offices
- Episode 18Japanophiles: Ziaul Karim
- Episode 19Bookstores
- Episode 20Convenience Stores
- Episode 21Sleep
- Episode 22Japanophiles: Astrid Klein & Mark Dytham
- Episode 23Hagi: The Life of Yoshida Shoin
- Episode 24Hagi: Castle Town Forged by Magma