The show offers a unique perspective on museums, art galleries, botanical gardens, zoos... by delving into the behind-the-scenes areas hidden from regular visitors.
The concept of this program is to find expressions that perfectly capture complex emotions, which are difficult to put into words in various everyday situations. It revolves around the key phrases "What do you call this feeling?" and "Why not turn those indescribable emotions into words?"
An educational program that explores the phenomenon of Chinese characters introduced to Japan which have since evolved to have distinct meanings in Japanese and Chinese. The show illustrates these differences by presenting real-life amusing misunderstandings that have arisen as a result of their alternative connotations.
The show features two individuals who are passionate about Japanese performing arts but have never been exposed to traditional arts before. Now one of them takes up the challenge of performing herself and shares uncertainties and surprises that arise from their initial experiences.
Furthermore, the program goes beyond the surface and explores the "behind-the-scenes" aspects and the intricacies of lesser-known performances.
Cardboard can be found in every household. Light, sturdy and hands-on, cardboard is the "cut out" craft material to be used by families for fun! Join Danko, the cardboard girl, and Danta, the cardboard dog, and turn ordinary cardboard into wonderful figures and shapes that are found in everyday life.
Zenmai Zamurai was a short subject children's cartoon created by Momoko Maruyama and Ryōtarō Kuwamoto. It aired daily in the mornings and afternoons on NHK Educational TV in Japan. Two short features were shown in the mornings and afternoons both five minutes long. Its exclusion from the 2010-11 NHK programming schedule signifies the end of its run on the station, but will still be shown in reruns on their Hi-Vision BS premium channel.
Justice is the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on public television. In this 12-part series, college professor Michael Sandel challenges us with hard moral dilemmas and invites us to ponder the right thing to do-in politics and in our everyday lives.
Beginning with the Meiji Restoration, modern Japan became a great power in Asia, but ended in the catastrophe of defeat. Writer Ryōtarō Shiba's recognition of this history has led him to tell the story of the Showa period before the madness of war, going back to the end of the Meiji-Bakumatsu periods, in a 12-part series.
The program offers witty interpretations of classical music for children featuring puppets and a variety of music and cultural entertainment. This program introduces music into daily life for the pleasure of children, and features a musical group called The Evening Quintet. They play folk songs and classical music, with a variety of instruments such as piano, violin, and clarinet.