Journeys in Japan - Season 9 Episode 2
On this journey, we visit Yokkaichi in northern Mie, central Japan. This industrial city, with a population of just over 300,000, is home to Japan's first petrochemical complex. It's known as the place where air pollution from sulfurous acid gas emissions caused respiratory diseases, called "Yokkaichi asthma," in the 1960s. Thanks to sweeping environmental protection measures, the environment has been vastly cleaned up, and the petrochemical complex has become a source of tourism-especially its nighttime factory cruises. The city is also famous for its ceramic ware, called Banko-yaki. Some local studios offer pottery-making workshops. Visitors can also take in the tea fields that flank the city's edge and enjoy high-quality beverage in a cafe run by a tea-farming family. Journalist Alice Gordenker travels to Yokkaichi, a city that has recovered from air pollution.
First Air Date : 2010-02-02
Last Air date : 2024-04-02
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary
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- Season 9 : Episode 12018-01-09
- Season 9 : Episode 22018-02-06
- Season 9 : Episode 32018-02-13
- Season 9 : Episode 42018-02-20
- Season 9 : Episode 52018-02-27
- Season 9 : Episode 62018-03-06
- Season 9 : Episode 72018-03-27
- Season 9 : Episode 82018-04-03
- Season 9 : Episode 92018-04-10
- Season 9 : Episode 102018-04-24
- Season 9 : Episode 112018-05-08
- Season 9 : Episode 122018-06-05
- Season 9 : Episode 132018-06-12
- Season 9 : Episode 142018-06-19
- Season 9 : Episode 152018-06-26
- Season 9 : Episode 162018-07-03
- Season 9 : Episode 172018-07-10
- Season 9 : Episode 182018-07-17
- Season 9 : Episode 192018-07-24
- Season 9 : Episode 202018-07-30
- Season 9 : Episode 212018-08-06
- Season 9 : Episode 222018-08-14
- Season 9 : Episode 232018-08-21
- Season 9 : Episode 242018-08-28
- Season 9 : Episode 252018-09-18
- Season 9 : Episode 262018-09-25
- Season 9 : Episode 272018-10-09
- Season 9 : Episode 282018-10-16
- Season 9 : Episode 292018-10-23
- Season 9 : Episode 302018-11-06
- Season 9 : Episode 312018-11-13
- Season 9 : Episode 322018-11-27
- Season 9 : Episode 332018-12-18
- Season 9 : Episode 342018-12-25