Document 72 Hours: 2025
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Document 72 Hours Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
Multinational food store Living in Japan
Jan 10, 2025 · 30 min
Bananas called mackerel, tilapia, mutton, frogs and hot spices. The stage is a multinational food shop in Kinshicho, Tokyo. It is lined with ingredients from more than twenty count
A Niigata Drive-Through Restaurant in Winter
Jan 24, 2025 · 30 min
Many customers at a drive-through restaurant in Niigata Prefecture order "Italian" - fried noodles topped with meat sauce. For three days, we asked them why this comfort food alway
Seiya Nagasaki Daihodojo Hospital cake shop
Jan 31, 2025 · 30 min
The first series of hospitals! A cake shop in a hospital that is rare in Japan. Nagasaki University Hospital has more than 870 beds. The shop is lined with strawberry and peach cak
Close! Moving a huge hospital.
Feb 7, 2025 · 30 min
2nd series of hospitals! Moving to a huge hospital. In January 2025, the University of the Ryukyus Hospital in Okinawa was fully relocated. Eighty-five patients, from critically il
A Supermarket in Snowy Iwate
Feb 21, 2025 · 30 min
The only supermarket in Nishiwaga, Iwate Prefecture is stocked with a dazzling array of products. We spend three days meeting customers as they trek through heavy snowfall to visit
Oku-Noto-Suzu Seaside public bath
Feb 28, 2025 · 30 min
Oku-Noto-Suzu. There are sento that continue to be crowded even though it is in the midst of repeated disasters. In the midst of the widespread water outage immediately after the e
Winter Sendai at midnight Nikuman Stand
Mar 7, 2025 · 30 min
Hot meat buns full of toro toro-toned pork, bamboo shoots, and chrysanthemums. Set in a stand-style Nikumanten on the street corner of Kokubun-cho, an entertainment district in Sen
Tokyo Botanical Garden My only winter
Mar 14, 2025 · 30 min
The stage is a botanical garden in the middle of Tokyo. Some people visit for something, even though they think that there are few highlights during the winter. Some people say tha
Kawasaki Taishu Shokudo Diary
Apr 4, 2025 · 30 min
Omelet rice, grilled fish, potesara, ramen, beer and shochu. The stage is a long-established popular restaurant near Kawasaki Station. Many people say that they work late at night
The Lure of Token Games at an Amusement Arcade
Apr 11, 2025 · 30 min
An amusement arcade near Tokyo has row after row of token-operated games. For three days, we asked people about the appeal of games that offer no cash or prizes, no matter how many
Gifu-Nishiyanagigase “Shutter Town” Blues
Apr 18, 2025 · 30 min
In Nishiyanagigase, Gifu City, there is a shopping street where nearly ninety percent of shops have shuttered. The bustling days of the night's prosperity as a city are gone, but p
Toast at “Japanese Izakaya” in Seoul, Korea
May 1, 2025 · 45 min
Draft beer, edamame, fried horse mackerel, yakisoba. The stage is a Japanese-style izakaya in Seoul, Korea. The owner was a Japanese and opened in 2004. Every day, it is crowded wi
At a 24-Hour Ramen Restaurant in Fukuoka
May 9, 2025 · 30 min
Locals have slurped down bowls of noodles at a 24-hour ramen restaurant in Fukuoka for five decades. For three days, we asked customers why this simple ramen is more than just a ch
Spring running bread moving sales car
May 16, 2025 · 30 min
Colorful breads lined up on the bed of light trucks, such as red bean bread, bread, tuna dogs and donuts. This time, it is three days to closely follow the moving car of the bread
Journeys Up and Down a Steep Road in Tokyo
May 23, 2025 · 30 min
Nozokizaka, a steep hill in Tokyo's Toshima Ward, takes people's breath away in more ways than one. For three days, we asked people why they go up and down this road that's also a
Student Life in a Multicultural Dorm
Jun 6, 2025 · 30 min
Half of the residents of a university dorm in Oita Prefecture are from outside Japan. Students cook food, bathe communally and stay up chatting. We learn about their friendships an
At a Prefab Soba Restaurant in Aomori
Jun 13, 2025 · 30 min
A small prefab restaurant in Aomori Prefecture sells only noodles and oden hotpot. For three days, we asked local customers why this no-frills business holds such a special place i
Bonsai Village: Growing a Small Universe in a Pot
Jun 20, 2025 · 30 min
Bonsai is a living art form that requires attention to detail and patience. For three days, we asked visitors to a hub of bonsai nurseries near Tokyo about the appeal of bonsai in
Yamagata At a small zoo
Jun 27, 2025 · 30 min
The venue is set at a small zoo for free. This zoo in Yamagata Prefecture is popular for its elderly deer and peacocks, and has been popular for more than seventy years. Some anima
Lion Statue Donations at Shinjuku Station
Jul 4, 2025 · 30 min
A roaring golden lion statue outside Shinjuku Station is a donation box for disaster relief and youth support. Many walk past while others offer small kindnesses. Who donates over
Chiba 100 Years hardware store
Jul 18, 2025 · 30 min
One hundred years since its founding, it is set in a hardware store in Chiba Prefecture. From pots and knives to carpentry tools and farm equipment, there are twenty thousand kinds
Nagoya Shinkansen platform Kishimen store
Jul 25, 2025 · 30 min
There are places where many travelers come to the Nagoya specialty Kishimen. A stand-up restaurant on the platform of Nagoya Station on the Tokaido Shinkansen. There are only eight
The "Last" Newsstand Near Shibuya Station
Aug 1, 2025 · 30 min
Newsstands have all but disappeared from the area around Shibuya Station in Tokyo. Yet, one still operates, even as sales keep falling. For three days, we asked customers what they
Staring at Shohei Ohtani Los Angeles and Iwate
Aug 16, 2025 · 72 min
What are all the people looking for in Shohei Ohtani and what kind of days are they spending? The stage is a park near Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, USA, and a park in Otsugi, Iwa
A 10-yen Pool in Midsummer Ehime
Aug 29, 2025 · 30 min
An outdoor community pool in Ehime is super cheap even with a competition pool and water slides. It's been a local hotspot for 50 years. Meet the visitors making midsummer memories
Giant cosmetics store
Sep 5, 2025 · 30 min
From affordable petit plastic to high-class depacos. In the station building directly connected to Osaka Station, there is one of the largest cosmetics shops in western Japan. I wa
Nagasaki at the bus terminal in August
Sep 12, 2025 · 30 min
A bus terminal in front of Nagasaki Station where five thousand people come and go a day. Buses connecting all over Kyushu and Nagasaki are coming and going one after another. In A
Karaoke Izakaya
Sep 26, 2025 · 30 min
"Karaoke Izakaya" is located in Nishinari, Osaka, near the Tsutenkaku Tower, where you can drink and eat and sing. For a hundred yen, anyone can sing their favorite song whenever t
Rolling Along on Kochi's Streetcars
Oct 3, 2025 · 30 min
Streetcars have been rolling through the streets of Kochi City for more than 120 years. For three days, we asked passengers of all ages where they were going and why they chose to
Life in a Kagoshima Gold Mine
Oct 10, 2025 · 30 min
A gold mine in Kagoshima has 190 staff, from teens to veterans in their 60s, who work to extract gold used in jewelry and electronics. Spend three days with people toiling above an
Dining Alone at a Shinbashi Yakiniku Restaurant
Oct 24, 2025 · 30 min
A yakiniku grilled meat restaurant in Tokyo's busy Shinbashi district is tailored to solo diners. Why do these customers prefer to eat alone? For three days, we got down to the mea
A Modern Shared Home in Kobe
Oct 31, 2025 · 30 min
An apartment building in Kobe offers residents on-site care. The lounge is open to the public, and locals and kids gather to socialize. We spend three days in the comforting warmth
Coming "Home" to a Maid Cafe in Akihabara
Dec 12, 2025 · 30 min
Tokyo's Akihabara is a hub of maid cafe culture. Once catering mainly to male customers, these cafes now also attract women and families. For three days, we went inside to explore
At a Tokyo Bookstore That Never Sleeps
Dec 19, 2025 · 30 min
A 24-hour bookstore in Tokyo attracts a diverse range of customers. For three days and nights, we asked people what they are buying — and why — in an age of digital books and onlin