Planet Food: Japan

Planet Food: Japan (2012)

February 20th, 20120h 50min

Documentary
70%

Overview

Merrilees Parker travels to Japan to learn about its unique food culture. She begins her journey in Tokyo, at Tsukiji, the world's biggest fish market. Master chef, Romeo teaches her how to make the ultimate sushi, an art that takes years to master. Then it's off to a ramen museum, where you can try various regional styles of the noodle soup. Escaping the city, Merrilees takes the bullet train to Matsusaka where she visits a farm that produces the most expensive beef in the world. She also visits Kyoto and Mount Fuji for the annual Summer Fire Festival to gorge herself on wonderful street food.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Hafu

Hafu


Released on: 2013-04-05
Documentary

A journey into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experiences in modern ...

The Japanese Version

The Japanese Version


Released on: 1991-02-01
Documentary

How the Japanese process American pop culture and make it their own -- a mind-bending odyssey throug...

The Ants and the Grasshopper

The Ants and the Grasshopper


Released on: 2021-05-26
Documentary

Anita Chitaya has a gift: she can help bring abundant food from dead soil, she can make men fight fo...

The Endless Summer

The Endless Summer


Released on: 1966-06-15
Documentary

Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. T...

Don't Feed the Seagull

Don't Feed the Seagull


Released on: 2024-08-30
Documentary

Short portrait of a hungry seagull outside a sausage stand.

Railway Station

Railway Station


Released on: 1980-01-01
Documentary

Warsaw's Central Railway Station. 'Someone has fallen asleep, someone's waiting for somebody else. M...

Food ReLOVution

Food ReLOVution


Released on: 2017-01-14
Documentary

“Food Relovution: What We Eat Can Make A Difference” is an eye-opening and compelling feature docume...

The Canadian Rockies by Rail

The Canadian Rockies by Rail


Released on: 2016-12-12
Documentary

The Canadian Rockies by Rail takes viewers on a journey through the Pacific Northwest and the Canadi...

NEW AKINA Étranger Akina Nakamori in Europe

NEW AKINA Étranger Akina Nakamori in Europe


Released on: 1983-10-12
Documentary, Music

NEW AKINA Étranger Akina Nakamori in Europe is the first video release released by Nakamori Akina. ...

Steel Cathedrals

Steel Cathedrals


Released on: 1985-05-17
Documentary, Music

20 minute music documentary shot in two days of November 1984 in, and around the outskirts of, Tokyo...

Le Mural

Le Mural


Released on: 2024-09-26
Documentary

A documentary short by Barbara Bingley-Verseman about the creation of a monumental outdoor mural by ...

A Love Letter to Coopers Cafe

A Love Letter to Coopers Cafe


Released on:
Documentary

During the summer of 2023, my father decided to hang up the boots and walk away from the family busi...

JDM Insider vol 4: The Kanto Tuners

JDM Insider vol 4: The Kanto Tuners


Released on: 2006-01-01
Documentary

Other - An in-depth look at the world of Japanese street racing.

The Organic Life

The Organic Life


Released on: 2013-10-01
Documentary

Sweat, sun, rain, tears, and green thumbs are all part of the challenge for a young couple attemptin...

Paper City

Paper City


Released on: 2021-08-16
Documentary

Just after midnight on 10 March 1945, the US launched an air-based attack on eastern Tokyo; continui...

Fascinating India

Fascinating India


Released on: 2014-05-15
Documentary

"Fascinating India" spreads an impressive panorama of India’s historical and contemporary world. The...

Sans Soleil

Sans Soleil


Released on: 1983-03-02
Documentary

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words...

El Viaje - A Road Trip into Chile's Musical Heritage

El Viaje - A Road Trip into Chile's Musical Heritage


Released on: 2016-08-11
Music, Documentary

State of Bacon

State of Bacon


Released on: 2014-05-15
Comedy, Documentary

State of Bacon tells the kinda real but mostly fake tale of an oddball group of characters leading u...

Philoxenia

Philoxenia


Released on: 2021-03-14
Documentary

Philoxenia is a short documentary highlighting the synergy between the Greek notion of philoxenia ("...