Professor Jeffrey S. Irish of the International University of Kagoshima is the protagonist of this documentary. He's an American man who lives in a rural town in Japan. And in an effort to save the town he lives in from the looming threat of total depopulation, Jeffrey sets out on a difficult challenge to secure vacant houses so that people from other areas can move into the town he loves so dearly.

Kokkodesho is a performance that has long been featured at the Nagasaki Kunchi Festival. 40 men run through town over the span of 3 days, carrying and tossing a wooden float that weighs over a ton. As the dynamic performance demands perfect coordination, explosive physical power, and impregnable mental strength, the carriers just could not do it without the passionate support of the whole town.

Blown away by the deliciousness of the fish caught in the Sanriku region of Japan, Yagi Kenichiro started up a business there, processing and selling local fish. When preparing the fish, Yagi adopts the use of medical and lab equipment, and wears scrubs. And the fish he sells are winning international acclaim as being "better than raw." This program follows Yagi as he relentlessly works with the local community to revive the Sanriku area, devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.