NHK's documentary program "Document 72 Hours" (General) will air "Back Alley Wrapping Stories" from 10 pm on December 26th. Over the course of three days, they visited a wrapping supplies store located in a narrow alley in Sangenjaya, Tokyo, and asked people about their reasons for wanting to wrap things...
The setting for this story is a store located in a back alley off a main street, about a 10-minute drive from Shibuya. The store stocks 7,000 different packaging products, including wrapping paper, ribbons, and bags. Visitors include a woman who divides up sweets into small portions for a fun party with her grandchildren, someone who came to buy a box to transport their deceased cat to the crematorium, and a band member who wants to individually pack merchandise for his fans. All for the moment of handing them over to someone.
I listened to the thoughts of people who were struggling with how to wrap the gifts.
This documentary program focuses on a single location each time, observing the various human dramas that occur there over a period of 72 hours. It listens to the stories of people who meet by chance, capturing the current era.
