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Season 15 · Episode 31
Praying for Blue Skies at Tokyo's Weather Shrine
0.030mNovember 1, 2024
A shrine in Tokyo is dedicated to a deity believed to control the weather. For three days in fall, a season of fickle weather in Japan, we asked people why they wanted divine help for sunny skies.
Episodes
- Episode 1“Rental Room” Life Story
- Episode 2The Bench by Lake Biwa
- Episode 3Nature's Bounty at an Okayama Community Garden
- Episode 4Ueno: A Discount Women's Clothing Store
- Episode 5Ehime, Imabari At a sauna that has been in existence since the Showa Era
- Episode 6At Shinjuku's 24-Hour Drugstore
- Episode 7Kerosene Delivery Service in Snowy Sapporo
- Episode 8Fukushima: An Ice Cream Shop in Winter
- Episode 9Spinning On at a 24-Hour Osaka Laundromat
- Episode 10National Route 4, Drive-in Never Sleeps
- Episode 11A 24-Hour Discount Supermarket in Osaka
- Episode 12Kagoshima Airport, In the Spring of Departure
- Episode 13A look at anime people in Ikebukuro in spring
- Episode 14A Midnight Soba Shop in Akita
- Episode 15Fresh Starts at a Yokohama Electronics Store
- Episode 16Asakusa Underground
- Episode 17Racecourse in the Northern Territories
- Episode 18China Cancer Hospital, Rental Kitchen in the Back Alley
- Episode 19Life Voyages on a Sea of Japan Ferry
- Episode 20Gifu Nagara River, Watching the Current
- Episode 21A Low-priced Gas Station in Wakayama
- Episode 22Paris, France - At a manga cafe on a street corner
- Episode 23Lives Inside a Huge "Danchi" Housing Complex
- Episode 24Beyond the Books at a Kanazawa Library
- Episode 25A Local Penny Candy Shop in Tokyo
- Episode 26A Midsummer Service Area on Awaji Island
- Episode 27A Farmers' Market in Inadani, Nagano
- Episode 28Obon in Tottori, at a seaside cemetery.
- Episode 29Why I Wear Glasses
- Episode 30A Mobile "Warabi Mochi" Cart in Fukuoka
- Episode 31Praying for Blue Skies at Tokyo's Weather Shrine
- Episode 32An Everyday Family Diner in Tokyo
- Episode 33At a Huge Thrift Store in Saitama
- Episode 34A Martial Arts Gym in Tokyo
- Episode 35A Winding Road Through the Kii Mountains