Rather Drab News Today

♪ >> woman: [ speaking japanese ] ♪ [ speaking non-english ] ♪ i took a walk in this beautiful world ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha, la, la, la-la-la ♪ sha, la, la, la-la ♪ sha, la, la, la, la-la-la ♪ ♪ this is the restaurant masa in new york city tucked away fourth floor of the time warner center on columbus circle. it americas most expensive restaurant. dinner here c...

>> anthony: nasushiobara is a town like many others in rural japan. the kind of japanese town we dont see much of in movies or television. a once traditional farming community, slow paced, inward looking, the opposite end of the universe, culturally, from new york and tokyo, even from kanazawa. >> ishi: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: it used to be a five-hour trip from tokyo, now reduced to two by the shinkansen bullet train. why dont we have these in america, by the way? ask your congressmen...

A once-traditional farming community, slow paced, inward looking, the opposite end of the universe, culturally, from new york and tokyo, even from kanazawa. >> ishi: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: it used to be a five-hour trip from tokyo, now reduced to two by the shinkansen bullet train. why dont we have these in america, by the way? ask your congressmen. this rather drab, featureless place is where masa was born and raised and could well have stayed. but then, everything would have been di...

New york and tokyo, even from kanazawa. >> ishi: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: it used to be a five-hour trip from tokyo, now reduced to two by the shinkansen bullet train. why dont we have these in america, by the way? ask your congressmen. this rather drab, featureless place is where masa was born and raised and could well have stayed. but then, everything would have been different. masas dad, yoshio, recently passed. but his mom, ishi is still going strong, the center of the family. >> ma...

♪ >> anthony: nasushiobara is a town like many others in rural japan. the kind of japanese town we dont see much of in movies or television. a once traditional farming community, slow paced, inward looking, the opposite end of the universe, culturally, from new york and tokyo, even from kanazawa. >> ishi: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: it used to be a five-hour trip from tokyo, now reduced to two by the shinkansen bullet train. why dont we have these in america, by the way? ask your congres...

♪ >> anthony: nasushiobara is a town like many others in rural japan. the kind of japanese town we dont see much of in movies or television. a once traditional farming community, slow paced, inward looking, the opposite end of the universe, culturally, from new york and tokyo, even from kanazawa. >> ishi: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: it used to be a five-hour trip from tokyo, now reduced to two by the shinkansen bullet train. why dont we have these in america, by the way? ask your congres...

America, by the way? ask your congressmen. this rather drab, featureless place is where masa was born and raised and could well have stayed. but then, everything would have been different.[q;ñ passed. but his mom, ishi is still going strong, the center of the family. >> masa: [ speaking japanese ] >> ishi: yeah. >> catherine: nice to meet you! >> ishi: [ speaking japanese ] >> masa: thank you! tony, tony. >> anthony: pleased to meet you. ♪ catherine is masas daughter. california raised, but a...

America, by the way? ask your congressmen. this rather drab, featureless place is where masa was born and raised and could well have stayed. but then, everything would have been different. masas dad, yoshio, recently passed. but his mom, ishi is still going strong, the center of the family. >> masa: [ speaking japanese ] >> ishi: yeah. >> catherine: nice to meet you! >> ishi: [ speaking japanese ] >> masa: thank you! tony, tony. >> anthony: pleased to meet you. ♪ catherine is masas daughter. c...

>> anthony: nasushiobara is a town like many others in rural japan. the kind of japanese town we dont see much of in movies or television. a once traditional farming community, slow paced, inward looking, the opposite end of the universe, culturally, from new york and tokyo, even from kanazawa. >> ishi: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: it used to be a five-hour trip from tokyo, now reduced to two by the shinkansen bullet train. why dont we have these in america, by the way? ask your congressmen...

♪ >> anthony: nasushiobara is a town like many others in rural japan. the kind of japanese town we dont see much of in movies or television. a once traditional farming community, slow paced, inward looking, the opposite end of the universe, culturally, from new york and tokyo, even from kanazawa. >> ishi: [ speaking japanese ] >> anthony: it used to be a five-hour trip from tokyo, now reduced to two by the shinkansen bullet train. why dont we have these in america, by the way? ask your congres...