Season 2 Episodes
5 episodes
1
Packaging
This episode introduces ingenious Japanese packaging for daily products.
2
Ramen Noodles
This episode traces how ramen noodles became Japan's national food.
3
Sweets and snacks
The "Sweets and snacks" episode introduces Japanese confectionery and nibbles, showing a wide variety of designs, the product story behind a popular chocolate snack, technologies for creating textures and the philosophy of a wagashi confectioner.
4
Hairstyling
The episode, "Hairstyling", takes a look at unique Japanese hairstyling, from ancient to modern times, and features the background story of methods developed to increase the volume of thinning hair, and traditional hairstyling for a sumo wrestler and a geisha girl.
5
Stylized Movement
The episode, "Stylized movement", focuses on unique Japanese stylized movements, from everyday ojigi bowing, tejime handclapping used to close events, and the origins of do-age body-tossing, to the techniques of university cheerleaders and the daily routine of zen monks.