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Season 2, Episode 17: The Post Office that Never Sleeps
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More and more these days, people communicate via texting, social media and email. Yet there are some who rush into the Shinjuku Post Office, a giant establishment in Tokyo open 24/7, at all hours of the day or night, with something that simply must be sent by post. Some want to send a special present to a special someone far away; others need a postmark to fix eligibility for an application process; others still are rushing to meet a deadline for submitting a résumé. We camp out by the counters to learn not only the "what", but the "why".
All Episodes - Season 2
Episode 1
Night Clinic: An ER of Last Resort
Episode 2
The Live-streamers: Interactive Webcasting
Episode 3
The "Rain, then Fine" Coin Laundry
Episode 4
Climbing Mt. Fuji
Episode 5
Home is Where the Locker Is; The Day Laborers of Osaka
Episode 6
Yanaka Cemetery: Dialogs between Death and Life
Episode 7
Personal Glimpses at a 24-Hour Gym
Episode 8
Printing Handheld Memories
Episode 9
The Game Center, and the Prize beyond the Prize
Episode 10
The Makeup Room
Episode 11
The Voyage of Life on a Giant Ferry
Episode 12
One Tower, Many Lives
Episode 13
The Call of the Dunes
Episode 14
A 24/7 Discount Store
Episode 15
A Giant Travel Agency: Destinations and Detours
Episode 16
Night Train to Izumo: Destination - Destiny
Episode 17
The Post Office that Never Sleeps
Episode 18
Youth "HelloWork" - A Job Agency
Episode 19
An All-night Eatery
Episode 20
A Giant Bookstore: Wandering in a World of Words
Episode 21
Self Storage: Secrets and Memories
Episode 22
Mt. Osore: Between Life and Death
Episode 23
Wrestlers on the Road
Episode 24
The 24-Hour Supermarket: Just Another Day
Episode 25
At a Gas Station in a Downpour
Episode 26
A 260-person "Sharehouse"
Episode 27
A 24/7 Animal Hospital: When a Pet Needs a Vet
Episode 28
At a Train Station in Fukushima