NHK's documentary program "Document 72 Hours" (General TV, Fridays at 10pm) will be broadcast on August 1st at a magazine and newspaper stand near the scramble crossing in front of Shibuya Station in Tokyo. What kind of people will stop by?
The subtitle of that day's program was "The Last Newspaper Stand in Front of Shibuya Station." An old-fashioned magazine and newspaper store that is rarely seen these days stands alone in the middle of Shibuya, near the scramble crossing.
What kind of people come to buy it? Why would they bother to pick up a paper medium in this day and age? I spent three days surrounded by the hurried people of the city. I stopped and stared.
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.
