Series: Journeys in Japan
Season: Season 12
Episode Number: 28
Air Date:
Duration: 28 min
This time, we trace Japan's legend of gold. The precious metal was actually first mined in Michinoku -- an old name for northern Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures -- in the 8th century Nara period. A photographer visits Hiraizumi and its golden Konjikido, meets a gold leaf artisan, ducks into an old mine and even pans for gold.
Bill Sullivan
Self - Narrator (voice)