Document 72 Hours - Season 15 Episode 26 A Midsummer Service Area on Awaji Island
This expressway service area is located on Awaji Island, just across the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. On holidays, a total of 12,000 vehicles come and go on both the upper and lower lines. In addition to the food court and souvenir stores, there is also an observatory and a Ferris wheel overlooking the Akashi Kaikyo and Ohashi bridges, and many people take a break here. A couple on their way home from a baseball night game. A carrier carrying a package that must arrive the next morning. Others come at random to watch the sunrise. Where are they all running to this summer?
Year: 2025
Genre: Documentary
Country: Japan
Studio: NHK BS1, NHK, NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Director: NHK, NHK World-Japan
Cast: Ryo Katsuchi, Saniko Ichikawa, Mariko Yagi, Maito Fujioka, Aoi Yamada, Kazue Fukiishi
Crew:
First Air Date: Oct 03, 2006
Last Air date: Jul 25, 2025
Season: 16 Season
Episode: 460 Episode
Runtime: 30 minutes
IMDb: 8.70/10 by 3.00 users
Popularity: 4.4407
Language: Japanese
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Episode
“Rental Room” Life Story
The Bench by Lake Biwa
Nature's Bounty at an Okayama Community Garden
Ueno: A Discount Women's Clothing Store
Ehime, Imabari At a sauna that has been in existence since the Showa Era
At Shinjuku's 24-Hour Drugstore
Kerosene Delivery Service in Snowy Sapporo
Fukushima: An Ice Cream Shop in Winter
Spinning On at a 24-Hour Osaka Laundromat
National Route 4, Drive-in Never Sleeps
A 24-Hour Discount Supermarket in Osaka
Kagoshima Airport, In the Spring of Departure
A look at anime people in Ikebukuro in spring
A Midnight Soba Shop in Akita
Fresh Starts at a Yokohama Electronics Store
Asakusa Underground
Racecourse in the Northern Territories
China Cancer Hospital, Rental Kitchen in the Back Alley
Life Voyages on a Sea of Japan Ferry
Gifu Nagara River, Watching the Current
A Low-priced Gas Station in Wakayama
Paris, France - At a manga cafe on a street corner
Lives Inside a Huge "Danchi" Housing Complex
Beyond the Books at a Kanazawa Library
A Local Penny Candy Shop in Tokyo
A Midsummer Service Area on Awaji Island
Nagano Inadani Direct Market
Obon in Tottori, at a seaside cemetery.
Why I Wear Glasses
A Mobile "Warabi Mochi" Cart in Fukuoka
Meteorological shrine Wishing for a sunny day
An Everyday Family Diner in Tokyo
At a Huge Thrift Store in Saitama
A Martial Arts Gym in Tokyo
A Winding Road Through the Kii Mountains