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Journeys in Japan
Season 12 · Episode 28
Michinoku the Legend of Gold
0.028mDecember 14, 2021
This time, we trace Japan's legend of gold. The precious metal was actually first mined in Michinoku -- an old name for northern Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures -- in the 8th century Nara period. A photographer visits Hiraizumi and its golden Konjikido, meets a gold leaf artisan, ducks into an old mine and even pans for gold.
Episodes
- Episode 1Kyoto: Tango Chirimen
- Episode 2Tsu: A Path to the Heart
- Episode 3Tsushima: Slow Living on a Frontline Island
- Episode 4Moji: Gateway to the World
- Episode 5Frozen Beauty at Dawn and Dusk: Hokkaido in Midwinter
- Episode 6Poetic Beauty of Wintry Kussharo
- Episode 7Otaru: Herring and Glassware; Keeping Alive Otaru's Tradition
- Episode 8Eye on Nagoya: A City's Identity through Architecture
- Episode 9Yamatokoriyama: Water Brimming with Goldfish
- Episode 10Minami Shinshu: A Solo Alps Journey
- Episode 11Rainy Nights, Summer Mysteries
- Episode 12Go Deep! Underwater Paradise
- Episode 13Toba Islands: Life and Love in a Traditional Community
- Episode 14Cultivating a Taste for Summer Vegetables
- Episode 15The Trail to Chiyanoki: Mountain Biking Revives Village
- Episode 16Lifting the Spirit through Architecture: Nikko Okinawa Osaka
- Episode 17Summer Festivals to Celebrate Around Japan
- Episode 18Ishinomaki: A Decade On - Remembering and Moving Ahead
- Episode 19Ascending the Sacred Peaks
- Episode 20An Ode to Live Music
- Episode 21Creative Solutions Spark Rural Revival
- Episode 22Legacies of Samurai Culture
- Episode 23Hokkaido: Catching the Northern Lights
- Episode 24Oki, Iki, Tsushima: Frontline Islands in the Stream
- Episode 25Shinto Rituals: Linking Communities and Deities
- Episode 26Northern Alps for All Seasons
- Episode 27Rising from the Ruins
- Episode 28Michinoku the Legend of Gold
- Episode 29Kasama: A Pottery Community in Evolution