Document 72 Hours

Akune city is located in rural Kagoshima Prefecture. More than 40% of its population is over 65 years old. Its famous 24/7 supermarket is stocked with 390,000 items, from groceries, cars, tombstones to hoof trimming tools. 80% of the locals visit the supermarket each day including the elderly who come to socialize and young people who hang out there at night, lamenting the lack of job opportunities. While big cities thrive, people living in the countryside get a lot from simple pleasures.

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