Season 2018
JAPANGLE
Épisodes
Packaging
This episode introduces ingenious Japanese packaging for daily products.
Ramen Noodles
This episode traces how ramen noodles became Japan's national food.
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.
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.
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.