Trails to Tsukiji

This program features green tea, a popular Japanese drink with 1,000 years of history. The Japanese enjoy green tea in various occasions in their everyday lives: with meals, at tea breaks during working hours, and even when they have visit…

This program features Japan's unique food market, Tsukiji, where excellent food is assembled from all over the world, with a special focus on strawberries. Japanese strawberries are referred to as "fruit jewels" thanks to their red, shiny …

We focus on"Aji", an extremely popular fish in Japan. Aji can be grilled, fried and even eaten raw as sashimi. Especially highlighted is a type of Aji called Donchitchi, highly recommended by fish specialists. We go to Shimane Prefecture, …

This program showcases various Japanese food ingredients. Today's focus is the black paper-like seaweed called Nori which is a must for sushi. The Japanese love it and eat 10 billion sheets per year, making it a kind of Japanese soul food.…

We focus on ume, Japanese plum. Though it is a fruit, it cannot be eaten raw. For more than 1000 years, the people have been in favor of this unique ingredient by processing them such as liquor and jam. Above all, sour umeboshi, made by pu…

Our focus is kombu, dried seaweed, a necessity for the dashi soup stock which is a key component of washoku, traditional Japanese cuisine. Our reporter flies to Hokkaido, the far north of Japan, to report on kombu farming. He also learns h…

This program is all about sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are used in a variety of delicious ways, from desserts to traditional Japanese dishes to salads, and as the basis for shochu liquor. Yakiimo, a baked whole sweet potato, is a very po…

In this program, we focus on Ika, squid, eaten more in Japan than any other country in the world. Our intrepid reporter visits Hokkaido, in the north of Japan, to learn about midnight squid fishing, discovers an amazing way to deliver squi…

This program features tuna, the king of fish, traded in Japan's largest food market, Tsukiji, where various kinds of food from around the world are traded. Enjoy the exciting tuna auction where a fish can cost over 100,000 dollars and lear…