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NHK Train Cruise – A Single Line to the Tip of Hokkaido (2024)

24/11/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

NHK Train Cruise – A Single Line to the Tip of Hokkaido (2024)
English | Documentary | Size: 695 MB

Travel the Soya Line through the northern part of the island to Wakkanai, Japan’s northernmost station. Disused train lines and stations remain along the way. Head to Cape Soya and gaze at Sakhalin. [Read more…]

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Hokkaido: Crossing the Summer Plains (2024)

31/08/2024 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

NHK Cycle Around Japan – Hokkaido: Crossing the Summer Plains (2024)
English | Documentary | Size: 1.03 GB

A ride through Hokkaido Prefecture in early summer. We meet an artisan teaching handicrafts of the indigenous Ainu to the next generation, and a legendary trainer of an unusual horse race. [Read more…]

NHK Train Cruise – Spring Arrives in Eastern Hokkaido (2023)

01/07/2023 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

NHK Train Cruise – Spring Arrives in Eastern Hokkaido (2023)
English | Documentary | Size: 697 MB

Journey through eastern Hokkaido Prefecture, where spring arrives last in Japan. First, head east from Obihiro through the expansive fields of the Tokachi Plain, which produce much of Japan’s food, then along the Pacific Ocean where you can savor the fresh, local produce and seafood. [Read more…]

NHK Train Cruise – The Summer Breezes of Southern Hokkaido (2022)

28/09/2022 Learning for Life Leave a Comment

NHK Train Cruise – The Summer Breezes of Southern Hokkaido (2022)
English | Documentary | Size: 704 MB

We travel south from Sapporo on the Hakodate Line, one of Japan’s earliest rail lines, to visit a museum that preserves railroad history and a distillery known around the globe for its whisky. [Read more…]