Japanology Plus - Season 10 Episode 8 Japanophiles: Isabelle Sasaki
The Japanophile series looks at Japan through the eyes of long-term residents who were born in another part of the world. This time we meet Isabelle Sasaki, a karate instructor from France. She volunteered in Ofunato after it was hit hard by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Eventually she moved there and set up a branch of the Japan Karate Association, making her a rare instance of a woman from another country teaching karate in Japan. She also works in tourism promotion and helps her husband with his scallop farming. Isabelle Sasaki shares her enthusiasm for her adopted hometown and the martial art of karate.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary, Talk
Country: Japan
Studio: NHK WORLD-JAPAN
Director:
Cast: Peter Barakan, Emma Howard
Crew: Tetra Tanizaki (Theme Song Performance), rocomoon (Theme Song Performance)
First Air Date: Apr 03, 2014
Last Air date: Nov 21, 2024
Season: 11 Season
Episode: 323 Episode
Runtime: 28 minutes
IMDb: 7.80/10 by 4.00 users
Popularity: 98.745
Language: English, Japanese
Keyword : japan, way of life, arts and culture, japanese folklore, arts and crafts, japanese history, japanese tradition, japanese culture, change vs tradition, japanese society
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Episode
Kitchens
Satsumaimo: Sweet Potatoes
Dinosaurs
Japanophiles: Kyle Holzhueter
Camping
Male Aesthetics
Konnyaku
Japanophiles: Isabelle Sasaki
Ueno
Meteorological Data
Amami Oshima: Paradise Found
Amami Oshima: Shaped by Adversity
Japanophiles: Francesco Panto
Vacant Homes
Rokyoku: Musical Storytelling
Japanese Honeybees
Japanophiles: Martin Holman
Unused Fish
Garbage
Firefighting
Japanophiles: Benjamin Flatt
Izumo: Home of the Gods
Izumo: Land of the Supernatural