SeriesONE GOOD PHOTO!
A group photo almost never works on the first try.
- Recommended ageAges 3–9, with family
- 3 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation, comic timing & laughing together
IN ENGLISH AND JAPANESE, TOGETHER Picture books you'll want to continue. Open one episode together, and there's one more thing to talk about. Choose the next series by age or interest. Start with a free opening episode.
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Baaba's Parcels
A parcel that should have held nothing carried exactly what was needed most.
A family mystery: children follow the parcel's riddle while grown-ups find echoes of their own memories.
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SeriesBefore the City Wakes
The city was moving before you looked.
- Recommended ageAges 6–9, with family
- 3 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation, processes & respect for work
History at the Crossroads
Before giving the answer, hear how your child would think.
- Recommended ageAges 7–10, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesReasoning & Japanese history
SeriesGreat Lives at the Crossroads
Begin not with an achievement, but with the problem someone wanted to change.
- Recommended ageAges 7–12, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesProblem finding, ingenuity & social change
SeriesWorld History at the Crossroads
Before the world changes, hear how your child would think.
- Recommended ageAges 8–12, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesWorld history through maps, timelines & sources
The Scroll of Time
Seek-and-find Japanese history
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesJapanese history
Kota's English Journey
First English that clicks — and sticks
- Recommended ageAges 4–8
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesFirst English
What-If Days
Real safety skills, told as stories
- Recommended ageAges 4–8
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesSafety skills
Michi & Mikke: Find the Way
Walk, taste and compare your way across Japan
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesJapan's geography
Hinata & You: The Casebook
Look, compare, think — first deductions
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation & logic
Kota & Nene's Great Adventures
Body science, learned by adventure
- Recommended ageAges 5–9
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesBody & science
SeriesShutter Night
It isn't over until you lose twice.
- Recommended ageAdults, and families from age 6
- 1 episode
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesAnswering a beat · rhythm learned with the body
Say It With Me
Words you can't say hide in little pieces.
- Recommended ageAges 4–7
- 2 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesPutting feelings into words
Beyond the Masterpiece
Read a masterpiece not as trivia, but as a life.
- Recommended ageFor adults and ages 13+
- 5 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesClose looking, cultural history & grown-up conversation
Baaba's Parcels
Solve Japanese riddles with seven-year-old Emi, who lives overseas.
- Recommended ageAges 6–9, with family
- 4 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesHeritage Japanese & family connection
Time-Trace Investigation Bureau
When you look through, something looks back.
- Recommended ageAges 9–12, with family
- 2 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesObservation, logic & family judgment
The Sunset Chime
Everyone in the family was seven once.
- Recommended ageAges 5–9, with family
- 2 episodes
- Free episode available
What this series nurturesFamily memory, empathy & how life used to be
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