Where We Call Home

We meet Austrian fashion designer Edwina Horl Ota who works to bring her late husband's Tokyo ramen shop back to its former glory, and Chinese Masuda Sei who cleans up bullet trains at Tokyo Station.

We meet Ashraf Baburi in Chiba Prefecture who provides work to women in his native Afghanistan by importing traditional rugs they weave, and French-born Stephane Danton who runs a tea store in Tokyo.

We meet two foreigners who live in Fukuoka Prefecture, starting with Mozambican singer-songwriter Nadjambula in Kitakyushu City followed by Ukrainian fitness trampoline instructor Svitlana Nakashima in Tagawa.

We meet two Americans who preserve Japanese traditions. Chris Hinds ensures the safe conduct of Nozawa Onsen's fire festival in Nagano Prefecture, and Andrew Mancabelli crafts Japanese armor in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture.

On this delicious episode, we meet Canadian Marc Gagnon who produces maple syrup in the town of Tobetsu in Hokkaido, and Ahmed Hikaru from Bangladesh who runs an izakaya in Tokyo.

We meet two foreigners in Okayama. Ngoc from Vietnam hopes to bridge cultural gaps in Okayama City with a food truck, and Benjamin from Mexico is a glass worker inspired by nature in Kurashiki.

We meet two foreigners in Tokyo. Former amateur champion dancer Daga Rutkowska from Poland trains with a para-athlete for a blind dance competition, and Chinese Zhang Ye works for a literary agency.

We meet Julia from Germany who works to preserve people's testimonies of natural disasters in Sendai, and Jie Sheng from China who runs a Tokyo eatery where he serves deep-fried pork cutlets.

We meet two men in Shimane. In Unnan City, Korean Sanghyun uses local rice to brew makgeolli like it's done in his homeland. In Tamatsukuri Onsen, Nepalese Nandeshwar tends the front desk of an inn.

We meet Felix Conran and Emily Smith, an English couple who fell in love with rural Higashiyoshino, Nara Prefecture, and Daniel Zingani from the US who manages an eel shop in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.

We meet two men who moved to Saga Prefecture. Indonesian Rizki Ramadhan plays for a multicultural baseball team in a pro-indie league, and Nepalese Kanchha Lama grows a variety of produce in Karatsu.

We meet Katsura Fukuryu, a Canadian rakugo comedian based in Osaka who's trying to spread the popularity of his art form worldwide, and Chinese Zhang Ye who works for a literary agency in Tokyo.

We meet Brazilian Vanusa Santiago, a professional dancer who teaches samba in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, as well as American Kenneth Mukai, who runs a craft beer brewery in Niyodogawa, Kochi Prefecture.

We meet Saleem from Pakistan who helps food stores and restaurants obtain halal certification in Yashio, Saitama, and New-Zealander Samuel who promotes the touristic appeal of Katori, Chiba.

We meet English Laila Cassim who supports creative collaborations between Tokyo design students and people with disabilities, and Cambodian Mot Mat who works at a poultry farm in Hyogo Prefecture.

We meet French Ludovic Touitou who prepares for a traditional ocean fishing boat race in Okinawa, and Filipino Fjord Santos who plans and directs fireworks displays in Daisen, Akita Prefecture.

We meet Makasini Tevita from Tonga who works as a fisherman in Tosa Bay, Kochi Prefecture, and American Evan Benton, a beekeeper who produces pure honey on Omishima Island, Ehime Prefecture.

We meet two non-Japanese living in Fukuoka City. Craig Kingsley from the US performs traditional kyogen theater, and Vietnamese Bui Thi Thu Sang provides support for kids with international roots.

In Fukushima we meet Indians Trishit Banerjee and Swastika Jajoo who offer tours of the town of Futaba to visitors from abroad, and Nepali Prithvi Chaudhary who works for a wood products manufacturer.

We visit two cafes that offer flavors from their chefs' homeland - one in Minoh, Osaka, run by Choi Sungja from South Korea, and the other in Hida Takayama, Gifu, managed by Taiwanese Lin Chiayu.

We follow US-born Jonathan Levine-Ogura in Hanamaki, Iwate, in his attempt to reach the 7th dan grade in kendo, and meet Canadian Ken Blaxley who crafts fishing rods in Shiwa, also in Iwate.

In Tokushima, we meet Hungarian-born textile artist Hanga Yoshihara-Horvath who works to preserve the region's indigo dyeing culture, and Nepalese Dinesh Ghimire, a rafting guide on the Yoshino River.

In Saga Prefecture, we meet South Korean Lee Hyojin who runs an Arita porcelain gallery in the town by the same name, and Slovenia-born Vera Tokunaga who works at a Japanese tea shop in Ureshino City.