Document 72 Hours - Season 5 Episode 9 A 24/7 Discount Store
A giant discount store in Shinjuku, Tokyo, has 40,000 items for sale. It pulls in customers around the clock. This episode shoots during the 3 days just prior to a near-doubling of Japan's consumption tax, so the store is inundated with "rush-demand" shoppers. People loading up with daily necessities. Others losing perspective and buying items they don't really need. The guy who rushes in on the final night, and... We are prompted to consider the meaning of "shopping" and of "consumption".
First Air Date: Oct 03, 2006
Last Air date: Feb 27, 2026
Season: 17 Season
Episode: 480 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 8.70/10 by 3.00 users
Popularity: 24.691
Language: Japanese
Keyword : slice of life, personal stories, everyday people, life and times, street interview, everyday life, everyday challenges
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Episode
Wrestlers on the Road
A 260-Person "Sharehouse"
The Fierce Battle! Entrepreneur Contest.
Japan's Northernmost Bus Stop
Okinawa: The Barbershop that Never Sleeps
Fukushima: From a Super Market in Early Spring
Printing Handheld Memories
The Voyage of Life on a Giant Ferry
A 24/7 Discount Store
One Tower, Many Lives
Youth "HelloWork" - A Job Agency
Ueno Park, Under the Cherry Trees in Full Bloom
An All-Night Eatery
Self Storage: Secrets and Memories
Mt. Osore: Between Life and Death
On the Road: “Happiness Theory” on Route 16
The 24-Hour Supermarket: Just Another Day
Shonan, Reasons to Gaze at the Sea
At a Gas Station in a Downpour
What Dreams I Have at the Fishing Pond Late at Night
A 24/7 Animal Hospital: When a Pet Needs a Vet
Kabukicho Nail Salon: Behind the Scenes of a Woman's Dressing Room
At a Train Station in Fukushima
“On the Shore with a View of the Atomic Bomb Dome
General Hospital Store: Where Shopping Meets Healing
Haneda Airport: From Summer to Autumn
Deep Asakusa, Midnight Coffee Shop
The Ameyoko International Food Market
What to Hit: Boxing Gym in a Mixed-Use Building
Koenji, What to Expect at the Public Baths
Dreams Along the Yamanote Line
Kisarazu, Wangan, Big Lunch Box Store Blues
Wandering Shakebai
Osaka Minami, Midnight Underground Tenement
Shinjuku Ni-Chome: A Taste of Mother's Home Late at Night