Keyword: japanese cuisine

Core Kyoto

6

2013

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The ancient capital, Kyoto, continues to be innovative after 1,200 years. We dive deep into its core over 20 episodes in this definitive program.

Journeys in Japan

8.8

2010

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English-speaking visitors travel the length of Japan, exploring the local culture, meeting the people and offering travel hints rarely found in guidebooks.

Trails to Oishii Tokyo

8.5

2019

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Trails to Tsukiji

8.6

2015

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\Trails to Tsukiji\ is a show that focuses a Japanese food out of Tokyos icon Tsukiji market where every kind of fresh food gathers from around the country.

BENTO EXPO

0

2016

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This is a 15 minute program on NHK World \presenting bento ideas sent in from around the world and teaching how to give leftovers a bento makeover and use shared ingredients to make different types of bento.\

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

8

2011

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A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.

Midnight Diner 2

7.4

2016

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Follow the stories of ordinary individuals with a lot on their plates. As they pore over their worries, Master serves up homely delights and timely life advice. And as other customers begin to console one another, a family is born.

Glasses

7.1

2007

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Taeko is a stressed career woman who leaves her life in the city for an island vacation. The vacation does not become what she expected as everyone on the island is strange.

Udon

6.5

2006

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A dramedy about the relationship between an aspiring comic and his stubborn noodlemaker father.

Honokaa Boy

5.7

2009

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Leo who is in college and his girlfriend travel to Hawaii, but end up going their separate ways. Leo returns to the island and begins working with, among others, a number of Japanese-Americans. He falls in love with an older woman called Mariah soon.

The God of Ramen

7.1

2013

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Documentary taken over 10 years, showing the life of a 70 year old ramen cook who had devoted his life to making the best ramen and teaching others to do the same. Every day, customers queued for 2 hours to eat his ramen. Age, osteoarthritis, varicose veins and weight gain impede his ability to continue to work. A heart-warming story of a mans devotion to his work and to his wife who died 20 years before and of the devotion of his apprentices to him.

Ramen Heads

6.3

2017

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In Ramen Heads, Osamu Tomita, Japans reigning king of ramen, takes us deep into his world, revealing every single step of his obsessive approach to creating the perfect soup and noodles, and his relentless search for the highest-quality ingredients. In addition to Tomitas story, the film also profiles five other notable ramen shops, each with its own philosophy and flavour, which exemplify various different aspects the ramen world. Mixing in a brief rundown of ramens historical roots, the film gives viewers an in-depth look at the culture surrounding this unique and beguiling dish. This is a documentary record of 15 months in the lives of Japans top ramen masters and their legions of devoted fans.

Dad's Lunch Box

6.6

2017

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This film was inspired by a real-life story of a Japanese father who for the three years his daughter spent at high school prepared daily bento lunch boxes for her leading to delicious, interesting or offbeat creations. In all cases, he put an effort into equipping his daughter with sustenance for school.

Rinco's Restaurant

6.6

2010

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After a bad breakup, a young woman returns to her hometown and opens a menuless restaurant.