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Trailblazers
Folk Dancers of Sanriku
Aired: December 16, 2022 (UTC)
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The folk dancers of Sanriku in northern Japan are working to revive and share the region’s diverse and elaborate folk performing arts.
Volunteer activities in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 sparked initiatives to communicate their appeal to the world.
We meet the trailblazers who are bringing discontinued performing arts back to life and putting a new spring in their steps.
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The program introduces the history and wisdom behind Japan’s technological strength and specialties, which are helping to revitalize regional areas of the country.
This series will feature how various culture in modern Japan and overseas blend together and influence each other.
We follow Japan’s trailblazers breaking new ground in various fields and discover the purpose that keeps them moving forward.
Explore a colorful variety of modern Japan’s most popular topics, including food, technology, ecology and regional promotions, with a focus on the innovative ideas and passionate effort from the people behind it all.
In this series, we visit areas in Hokkaido with deep connections to the Ainu living there and showcase their prayers, dances, and traditional ceremonies passed down through generations.
Infotainment show featuring young artists full of talent with their unique sense of “Japan.”
This series is the third set of productionsof the ASEAN Now and the Futureproject.
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