Cycle Around Japan - Season 12 / Year 2025

Cycle Around Japan - Season 12 / Year 2025

Season 12 / Year 2025

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Episodes11
DatesJan 18, 2025 - Dec 27, 2025
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Episodes

Shiga - From Lake to Mountains
Year 2025Episode 150 min

Shiga - From Lake to Mountains

Shiga Prefecture, site of Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake, is home to centuries-old crafts like Shigaraki ware and Wana velvet. We explore an island in the lake by tricycle before climbing into the mountains.
Jan 18, 2025
Ibaraki - Passion for Tradition
Year 2025Episode 250 min

Ibaraki - Passion for Tradition

In Ibaraki Prefecture, we explore how local wisdom has been passed down to the present day. We visit a town famous for organic farming, see how traditional silk fabric is made, and experience catching icefish.
Feb 15, 2025
Yamaguchi - Where Kindness is King
Year 2025Episode 350 min

Yamaguchi - Where Kindness is King

On the islands and coast of the Yamaguchi end of the Seto Inland Sea, we experience a warm welcome in these hard-working small communities, poor in amenities but rich in happiness and human kindness.
Mar 15, 2025
Japan's Northern Alps - Life-Giving Mountains
Year 2025Episode 450 min

Japan's Northern Alps - Life-Giving Mountains

On an early spring ride around the base of this extensive mountain range, we meet an artisan making traditional snowshoes, a family making salmon trout sushi, and villagers picking medicinal herbs.
May 24, 2025
Kumamoto - Blessings of Ancestry and Nature
Year 2025Episode 550 min

Kumamoto - Blessings of Ancestry and Nature

In Kumamoto, we meet people who cherish their ancestry and nature, such as a traditional inlay artisan, a group passing on the history of the building of an embankment, and a brown cattle breeder.

Jun 21, 2025
Izumo Highway – A Road That Builds Bonds
Year 2025Episode 650 min

Izumo Highway – A Road That Builds Bonds

We travel the Izumo Highway, which has been used since ages past, and meet people who value human connection, such as a magatama jewelry artisan and a pro wrestler learning farming in a village.
Jul 19, 2025
Osaka - Boundless Passion for Life
Year 2025Episode 750 min

Osaka - Boundless Passion for Life

We explore Osaka, a prefecture known for its great cuisine. We meet a couple who fish for daggertooth pike conger (hamo), which taste great in summer, a farmer growing juicy eggplants, and much more.
Aug 23, 2025
Colorful Cultural Charms
Year 2025Episode 850 min

Colorful Cultural Charms

In this special series, we cycle Taiwan! In episode one, we visit Taipei and the west coast and explore cultural features like a tea famous for its distinctive aroma and beautiful rush weed craft.

Sep 20, 2025
CYCLE AROUND TAIWAN - A World of Indigenous Wonders
Year 2025Episode 950 min

CYCLE AROUND TAIWAN - A World of Indigenous Wonders

The second episode of our Taiwan series features indigenous cultures in the south and on the east coast. We meet a Rukai man preserving the forest and Bunun people with a stunning choral tradition.
Oct 18, 2025
CYCLE AROUND TAIWAN - Into the Future, Together
Year 2025Episode 1050 min

CYCLE AROUND TAIWAN - Into the Future, Together

In the third episode of our Taiwan series, we travel to Taiwan's south to meet vibrant, energetic families, like one that grows unique vegetables, and another which farms dragon tiger groupers.
Nov 22, 2025
Noto – A Resilient Peninsula
Year 2025Episode 1150 min

Noto – A Resilient Peninsula

We cycle the Noto Peninsula, hit by a major earthquake in 2024. We visit a temporary morning market where people who lost their shops sell goods, and a salt-maker keeping traditional methods alive.
Dec 27, 2025

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