NHK's documentary program "Document 72 Hours" (NHK General) will air "Spring Comes Around: A Story of a Sake Shop in Kesennuma" on April 24th at 10 PM. The setting is Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, and the story takes place in a long-established sake shop that has been loved by locals for over 100 years. It will be a spring story in which various emotions intersect.
In Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, it's customary to give sake as a token of gratitude to loved ones. This time, the setting is a liquor store that has been loved by locals for over 100 years. Many different people come here seeking the wide selection of local sake.
Some people give sake along with seasonal wakame seaweed as a gift to acquaintances, while others present sake as a birthday present for their fathers. There are young people who have just moved to Tohoku due to a job transfer and are enjoying discovering local sake, and women who send a 1.8-liter bottle of sake to fishing boats heading out on long fishing trips, wishing them a bountiful catch. In Tohoku, as spring arrives, sake connects people.
The program is a documentary that places a camera in one location each episode and observes the various human dramas unfolding there for 72 hours. It listens to the stories of people who meet by chance and captures a glimpse of "the present."
