"Bura Tamori" (NHK General TV, Saturday 7:30 pm) is a popular variety show in which TV personality Tamori visits various towns. On August 23rd, the show will be set at the University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus (Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo), where he will explore the "treasures" left behind by the Maeda family, the Kaga domain's lord of one million koku.
The University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus was built on the site of a feudal lord's residence from the Edo period (1603-1868). We start with the Red Gate, the symbol of the university. But why is it red in the first place? Learn about its surprising connection to the Tokugawa Shogunate and the miraculous reason why it has survived to this day...
Tamori and his group also visited Sanshiro Pond, which is associated with Natsume Soseki, and the Guest House, which is known only to a few people on campus.
Tamori's travel partner will be NHK Hiroshima announcer Mana Sato, and the narration will be provided by singer-songwriter Aimyon.
