The popular NHK variety show "Bura Tamori" (General), in which TV personality Tamori visits various towns, will air a segment titled "Toyotomi and Omihachiman: The Cutting-Edge Commercial City! The Omi Merchants Born in a Turbulent Era" from 7:30 pm on December 6th. The setting for this episode is Omihachiman, which was created by Toyotomi. The segment follows the path from Nobunaga to Toyotomi and the Omi merchants.
Omihachiman in Shiga Prefecture is a beautiful water town with a charming streetscape that attracts over 2 million tourists annually. Aiming to foster the prosperity of the castle town, Toyotomi meticulously built it into a cutting-edge commercial city at the time. What is its surprising environment?
Tamori is amazed and impressed by the story of a merchant who overcame the hardship of having his castle abandoned twice!
Tamori's travel partner will be NHK Hiroshima announcer Mana Sato, and the narration will be provided by singer-songwriter Aimyon.




