Episode guide
Face To Face: Season 5
10 episodes · premiered Jan 27, 2019
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- Episode 1: Yodogawa Technique: Infusing Life Into Trash Jan 27, 2019 · 28m Our guest is Yodogawa Technique, an artist who transforms trash and flotsam into stunning collages. He travels worldwide, interacting with local communities to create thought-provoking…
- Episode 2: Masako Toyota: Turning Narrow Hilly Streets into an Asset Feb 24, 2019 · 28m A declining birthrate and an exodus of young people to the cities has led to an increase in vacant homes, often abandoned in lieu of paying inheritance tax. Over 13% of the houses in Japan…
- Episode 3: Hiraku Ogura: Listening to the Voices of Microorganisms Mar 31, 2019 · 28m Miso and other fermented foods are key to Japanese cuisine, a favorite of health-conscious foodies the world over. But increasing food diversity has led to a 40% decline in miso…
- Episode 4: Yoko Tawada: The Fascination of Exophonic Literature Apr 28, 2019 · 28m The 2018 US National Book Award for Translated Literature went to Yoko Tawada's "The Emissary," a phantasmagoric description of the dystopian world after the Great East Japan Earthquake…
- Episode 5: Yusuke Murakami: The Key to Living Harmoniously in Extreme Environments May 26, 2019 · 28m Our guest, Yusuke Murakami, is a field architect who studies extreme living environments. He's spent over 1,000 days in the field, including the Himalayas and Antarctica. In 2017, he led…
- Episode 6: Kuniaki Kuroki: A Glass Magician Jun 30, 2019 · 28m Kuniaki Kuroki is a world-renowned glassmaker with over 50 years of experience, whose works combine techniques from traditional Japanese ceramics and lacquering, and incorporate motifs…
- Episode 7: Josh Grisdale: A Wheelchair User's Insight into Japanese Hospitality Jul 28, 2019 · 28m Originally from Canada, Josh Grisdale has cerebral palsy, is quadriplegic and has used a wheelchair from a very early age. In 2015 he created an English website on accessible tourism in…
- Episode 8: Toshiyuki Inoko: Changing Perspectives with Digital Art Sep 29, 2019 · 28m teamLab is a cutting-edge art collective led by Toshiyuki Inoko. One of its major exhibitions is set in a huge Japanese garden at the foot of Mt. Mifuneyama in Kyushu. Constantly changing…
- Episode 9: Doshin Hiroki: Martial Arts, a New Way of Therapy Oct 27, 2019 · 28m Judo, karate, and kendo are representative of Japan's martial arts or budo that has its origins in the way of the samurai. Doshin Hiroki used to be one of Japan's foremost budo masters…
- Episode 10: Miyako Ishiuchi: Documenting the Vestiges of Time Nov 24, 2019 · 28m Miyako Ishiuchi is a world-famous photographer and laureate of the "Nobel Prize of photography," the Hasselblad Award. She chooses to focus on the personal effects of the deceased…