The program uses beautiful HD images to introduce the almanac and aestheticism of Kyoto and Nara that only Japanese people have.

Episodes
260 X 3min.

MC
Minako HONDA
Makoto YOSHIDA
Patric HARLAN

Episode
Kyoto and Nara are two of Japan's beautiful ancient capitals. Kyoto, with its 1,200-year history, and Nara that is even older, are where Japanese culture originated, and where people can rediscover the beautiful Japan that had been passed down traditionally. Needless to say, places like Kyoto and Nara have become rare these days. The landscape that spreads through the ancient villages of Yamato, Asuka, and Ikaruga—including Tenpyo No Iraka of Toshodaiji Temple, the growing of arrowroot starches in Yoshino, the making of the Nara ink, and the great image of Buddha and the statue of Nio (the guardian gods of a temple gate)—have long remained dear to the hearts and minds of the Japanese people.
The beauty, events, customs and traditions that are unveiled in these ancient capital cities have been ticking away the time ever so elegantly. The graceful landscape and the local residents’ daily lives that have remained unchanged over the years are like precious jewels that shine through, even more so under today’s businesslike atmosphere.