NHK's documentary program "Document 72 Hours" (General TV, Friday 10pm) will feature a seaside public bath in Suzu, Oku-Noto, which continues to hang on despite repeated disasters.
Immediately after the Noto Peninsula earthquake that occurred on January 1, 2024, while water outages were widespread, the public bathhouse was one of the first to reopen for business, pumping groundwater and burning wood from collapsed houses. Some people provided precious baths here, and people were able to reunite and check on each other's safety.
A year has passed since then, and many different people visit the bathhouse. Locals, volunteers, and people working on the demolition project. The bathhouse has become a place of refuge for these people, and a place where they can come together. We spoke to the people here to hear their thoughts and opinions.
The program is a documentary program that sets up a camera at one location each time and observes the various human dramas that occur there for 72 hours. It listens to the stories of people who meet by chance and captures the "present" era.
