As part of an effort to reclaim my off-hours from the stressful weirdness that characterized the last year or so, I decided that I would not fill my eyeballs with anything that wasn't uplifting and/or educational in the last hour or two before bedtime. I read through a few poetry collections, some nifty music nerd books, and a biography …
As part of an effort to reclaim my off-hours from the stressful weirdness that characterized the last year or so, I decided that I would not fill my eyeballs with anything that wasn't uplifting and/or educational in the last hour or two before bedtime. I read through a few poetry collections, some nifty music nerd books, and a biography or two, but the thing that really sent me off to dreamland with the best feel-good brainfood was -- no, I'm not kidding -- Japan’s official English-language travel and cultural exchange TV channel, "NHK World Japan.”
NHK is free, and it’s got food shows. Fine arts shows. Traditional handicraft shows. Travel features. Trains. History. Nature. Fashion. Design. Archaeology. Architecture. Tech. Gadgets. Ramen. Religion. Urban planning. Innovation. And SUMO! NHK World Japan is awesome!
You can usually find NHK World Japan down in the nether reaches of your typical big-city cable or nationwide streaming platforms, with all the other mysterious foreign-language channels. It’s also stream-able online here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld . Check it out; you won’t be disappointed!
(Sorry, wait. one last thing that makes NHK World TV a must-see affair — beyond the fact that it’s FREE — is the fact that everybody in Japan is just so darn polite and friendly, all the darn time. Just watching people going about their business without p*ssing anybody off is refreshing.)
As part of an effort to reclaim my off-hours from the stressful weirdness that characterized the last year or so, I decided that I would not fill my eyeballs with anything that wasn't uplifting and/or educational in the last hour or two before bedtime. I read through a few poetry collections, some nifty music nerd books, and a biography or two, but the thing that really sent me off to dreamland with the best feel-good brainfood was -- no, I'm not kidding -- Japan’s official English-language travel and cultural exchange TV channel, "NHK World Japan.”
NHK is free, and it’s got food shows. Fine arts shows. Traditional handicraft shows. Travel features. Trains. History. Nature. Fashion. Design. Archaeology. Architecture. Tech. Gadgets. Ramen. Religion. Urban planning. Innovation. And SUMO! NHK World Japan is awesome!
You can usually find NHK World Japan down in the nether reaches of your typical big-city cable or nationwide streaming platforms, with all the other mysterious foreign-language channels. It’s also stream-able online here: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld . Check it out; you won’t be disappointed!
(Sorry, wait. one last thing that makes NHK World TV a must-see affair — beyond the fact that it’s FREE — is the fact that everybody in Japan is just so darn polite and friendly, all the darn time. Just watching people going about their business without p*ssing anybody off is refreshing.)
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