Hometown Stories

School of Hope: Ogijima, Seto Inland Sea (2015x2)

Data di messa in onda: Ott 25, 2015

Facing steady decline through aging and depopulation, one Japanese island community chose to tackle the problemby reopening its only school. This encouraged three families with children to come back to the island. We follow the progress over the project’s first year, and see children embrace the charms of island living and enlighten the lives of the elderly residents.