Hometown Stories
tv show

275 total episodes
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14 seasons
First Aired February 06, 2011
Genres:
Overview
Stories about people, stories about life. Intimate portraits of people from around Japan, each leading diverse lives while enriching lives of others.

A Blind Teacher's Farewell
Season 11 - Episode 18 - 0h 29m
Air Date
August 07, 2022
Overview
Arai Yoshinori, a Japanese teacher at a junior high school just north of Tokyo, was about to retire in March 2022. At age 34, he lost his sight in both eyes. For a while, he lost the will to live. But he realized there were things only he could teach and decided to return to work. He nurtured his own teaching style and earned his students' trust. His heartfelt reading of a famous classic poem by Miyazawa Kenji, using Braille, became popular in the classroom. This program follows Yoshinori's final days as he approached retirement and found out what he wanted to convey to his graduating students.