CATCH JAPAN

Aired: July 30, 2021 (UTC)


Series Information

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.

J-CULTURE

Sake produced in Kyoto continues to draw global attention. This segment focuses on the revival of a once-lost rare sake rice and the commitment of brewery masters in Kyoto to pass on time-honored brewing techniques.

Sake
Traditional way of making sake “Kimoto-zukuri”

J-AGRICULTURE

Nekka Shochu is a distilled spirit manufactured in the town of Tadami, Fukushima Prefecture. It’s won many international liquor competitions and established its brand status in only three years. Developed and produced alongside local rice farmers, their goal is to bring the community together in promoting the potential of rice to the world.

Producers of Nekka Shochu
Nekka Shochu in the making

J-TOWN

Akkeshi, a town in eastern Hokkaido of about 9000 people, is home to an internationally renowned whisky. This segment features the challenges of a distillery creating its original whisky using local ingredients and materials and local townspeople supporting their efforts.

Akkeshi Whisky
Toita Keiichi, President of Hokkaido Akkeshi Distillery

J-TOWN

Kitakata, a city in Fukushima Prefecture, is well known in Japan for its delicious ramen and sake, and locals are determined to take its fame onto the world stage. In this segment, Zoe Vincent, who had lived in the area for 4 years, learns what makes Kitakata’s ramen and sake special, and what the community is doing to share the appeal of these local specialties with international visitors.

Water of Mt. Iide used in the breweries in Kitakata
Zoe tries a new type of sake with a strawberry flavor

Our Series

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Catch Japan 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.
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Explore Japan This series will feature how various culture in modern Japan and overseas blend together and influence each other.
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