This episode introduces Japan's ultra-modern pubic rest rooms.

Public Rest Rooms

This episode focuses on Japanese manga culture and evolving techniques.

Manga

This episode features the close relationship Japanese people have with sushi.

Sushi

This episode gives an overview of the station system around the metropolis.

Train Stations

This episode features amazing bath culture such as Onsen, household baths.

Baths

This episode introduces ingenious Japanese packaging for daily products.

Packaging

This episode traces how ramen noodles became Japan's national food.

Ramen Noodles

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.

Sweets and snacks

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.

Hairstyling

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.

Stylized movement

The episode "Water" focuses on water in Japan, showing how people use water daily, a product background story of the first canned green tea, a water operation system that provides a stable water supply, and a natural ice maker explains his craft.

Water

The episode focuses on the room in Japan. A look at the culture and craft behind Japanese-style living, including a history of the tatami mat, an essential part of the Japanese-style room; the craft of accurate woodworking that goes into the making of sliding doors; and the unity with nature an artisan learns from the making of Japanese washi paper.

Japanese-style Room

A look at the culture and craft behind Japanese rice, including the course of its progress from seedling to table, the secrets behind development of the automatic rice cooker, the crafts that utilize rice straw, and the philosophy of brewing sake.

Rice

The episode focuses on school in Japan. We observe how the unique cultural characteristics of Japanese schools, including the use of classroom space and desks, various extracurricular activities, and tasty, healthy school meals, help instill a sense of what is “Japanese.”

School

The episode focuses on Tokyo in Japan. We look at various aspects of Tokyo, Japan's best-known city, focusing on the birth of its ubiquitous subways, techniques by which the city mitigates its summer heat, and the sub-boss of one of its traditional festival teams.

Tokyo

"JAPANGLE" is a new series of educational entertainment programs that puts a spotlight on various aspects of Japan. Using puppets as the main characters, Professor Arrow and his assistant Vector, to introduce Japan, the omnibus style program highlights Japan from a foreigner's point of view. Each episode looks at a characteristic Japanese topic from 4 different angles: design, history, technique, and spirit.

All Episodes of JAPANGLE

All Episodes of JAPANGLE

Season 1

Public Rest Rooms

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/28/2017

Manga

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/28/2017

Sushi

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/29/2017

Train Stations

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/30/2017

Baths

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/29/2017