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- Season 1 Painting with Soul
- Season 1 Detroit Revealed: My Grandfather John Hersey and America
- Season 1 A Single Pen: The World of Artist Manabu Ikeda
- Season 1 Miatari Finders
- Season 1 Legendary Giant Tree of Yakushima
- Season 1 Boxing Woman
- Season 1 An Honest Death: A Palliative Care Doctor's Final Days
- Season 1 Fukushima Mothers
NHK WORLD PRIME - Season 1 Episode 5 Legendary Giant Tree of Yakushima
9.00 50 minutes In ancient times, Japan was once covered with trees. Traces of this primordial forest still remain in the deep, untouched woods of Yakushima Island, Japan's first World Heritage Site. A prime example is the Jomon Sugi, a large Japanese cedar that is more than 2,000 years old. However, according to legend, an undiscovered "giant cedar tree" exists on the island. Using cutting-edge technology, NHK began the search for this legendary tree. See what they discover on their quest to find and understand these spectacular cedars.
