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- Season 3 Walking the Historic Nakasendo
- Season 3 Samurai Days in Satsuma
- Season 3 Mikuni, Fukui Prefecture: The Supreme Winter Delicacy
- Season 3 Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture: City of Sumi
- Season 3 Furano, Hokkaido: White Wintry World
- Season 3 Ohenro Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 1: Tokushima Prefecture
- Season 3 Ohenro Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 2: Kochi Prefecture
- Season 3 Life in the Deep Snow
- Season 3 Kingdom of Udon: Kagawa Prefecture
- Season 3 Dancing Among the Gods: Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture
- Season 3 Treasures of the Ancient Capital: Nara Prefecture
- Season 3 Beppu City, Oita Prefecture: Nature's Gift: Hot Springs
- Season 3 Okinawa: Inspired by the Sea and Land, Crafted by Hand
- Season 3 Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture: Spring on the Waterways
- Season 3 Gourmet Adventure: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Season 3 Time Travelling in Shiga
- Season 3 On Two Wheels to Aso
- Season 3 Getting Lost in Pink Petals
- Season 3 Ohenro Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 3: Ehime
- Season 3 Ohenro Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 4: Kagawa
- Season 3 A Classic Steam Train Trip: The Oigawa Railway
- Season 3 Pristine Paradise: Iriomote, Okinawa
- Season 3 Life in the Slow Lane: Taketomi, Okinawa
- Season 3 Pure Alpine Waterscapes: Azumino and Kamikochi
- Season 3 The Cinematic Cityscape of Kitakyushu
- Season 3 Sapporo: The Good Life
- Season 3 Going with the Flow: Ehime Prefecture
- Season 3 Kumano Kodo Iseji Route
- Season 3 Rishiri: From Sea to Summit
- Season 3 Rebun: A Floating Garden
- Season 3 Vibrant Colors, Ancient Tradition: Kanazawa
- Season 3 Bounty from the Mountains, Sea and Plain: Yamagata
- Season 3 Forest Sanctuary: Shirakami
- Season 3 Samurai Spirit and Natural Treasures: Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture
- Season 3 Japan's Traditional Blue: Tokushima's Indigo
- Season 3 Craftsmanship Close to Nature: Asahikawa
- Season 3 Beauty in the Everyday: Mashiko
- Season 3 Rivers Run Through It: Beautiful Morioka
- Season 3 Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture: Miso, the Taste of Tradition
- Season 3 Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture: Taste the Tradition of Fukuoka
- Season 3 Japan's Wine Country: Katsunuma
- Season 3 Abundant Sea: Sanriku Coast
- Season 3 All About Matcha Green Tea: Matsue
- Season 3 Haiku Poetry, Autumn Foliage: Otsu & Ogaki
Journeys in Japan - Season 3 Episode 4 Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture: City of Sumi
9.00 28 minutes Since ancient times, people in Japan have produced a form of ink known as sumi, which is used for calligraphy and traditional ink wash painting. Prepared in the form of ink sticks, sumi has to be diluted in water to create a black liquid. Until about 100 years ago, sumi was one of the most popular items sold at stationery stores. Today, ink sticks are rarely used in everyday life, but they are an essential aspect of traditional calligraphy. Shodo, the art of writing kanji characters with sumi ink, remains very popular. On this edition of Journeys in Japan, John Gathright travels to Suzuka, in Mie Prefecture, where sumi has been produced for centuries. He meets a traditional ink-stick master craftsman and discovers the vibrant art of calligraphy.
