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Season 1 Episode
- Season 1 Koshu: The Miraculous Wine
- Season 1 Japan-discovery, Self-discovery: Exchange Students in Tokyo
- Season 1 My Life with Aikido
- Season 1 Delivering to Space
- Season 1 Peru & Japan Fusion of Cuisine
- Season 1 The Somin Naked Festival
- Season 1 The World of Miniatures
- Season 1 The Manufacturing Spirit and Sustainability
- Season 1 Japanese Gardens, Aesthetic Encounters
- Season 1 Going Beyond Tradition: The Challenge of Craftspeople in Kyoto
- Season 1 Innovative Japanese Bread
- Season 1 Capturing Masters’ Workmanship
- Season 1 MUSIC TRUNK: Journey to Discover the Roots of Japanese Sound
- Season 1 Anime Dramatic Tours
- Season 1 The Captivating World of Escape Games
- Season 1 The Alluring Beauty of Japanese Gardens
- Season 1 Journey Through the Woodland
- Season 1 Sweet Revolutionary: Mastering the Art of Marketing Wagashi
- Season 1 Best Eats and Hidden Gems
- Season 1 Roji: Kyoto’s Hidden Alleys
- Season 1 JAPANorama Rumble
Explore Japan - Season 1 Episode 7 The World of Miniatures
0.00 48 minutes The world of miniatures is a surprisingly whimsical one, and among it Japanese miniatures have gained a worldwide reputation for being exceptionally unique. In 2020, one of the world’s largest indoor miniature theme parks opened in Tokyo. We watched the craft of a miniature artist with over 2.5 million followers on Instagram, as he uses his incredible imagination to create art with substitution, or mitate: Ordinary objects such as staples and vegetables stand in for scenery or landscape to create immense worlds. Another artist specializes in miniatures carefully recreating the images of rooms and buildings so as to immortalize the memories found within. His works portray the recollections of those who order the miniatures, and the Japanese sensibilities embodied by them. Examining the creations of 3 different miniature artists, the program explores Japan’s largely unknown history of miniatures, and what it is about them that has earned such an adoring following in Japan.
