Each day, more than 1.8 million people pass through Tokyo Station. For 50 years, the Gin-no-suzu (silver bell) waiting area inside the station has been a popular landmark and a favorite spot to meet up with others. Countless reunions and farewells take place under this huge bell that adorns the center of the waiting area. The people waiting there include a group of elderly men who meet there on each other's birthdays before heading off to celebrate, and far-flung fans of a pop band who met online and are going to a concert together. But for some, finding Gin-no-suzu inside the sprawling station is not so easy and rendezvous plans do not work out as expected. For 3 days, we talked to the people waiting at this iconic spot -- and to the people they were meeting.
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Episode 1 Christmas at a 24-hour Bakery Heading Home on the Strait Ferry Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 A Park Where Dreams Take Wing Episode 8 Lives along Route 45 Episode 10 The Traveling Library Truck Episode 12 A Spring Miracle: The Firefly Squid of Toyama Episode 14 Episode 15 The Women on the Cosmetics Floor Episode 17 Episode 18 The Race before the Japanese Derby The Great Hospital Move Episode 21 Hooked on Fishing in Tokyo Bay The Sight Beyond the Undersea Tunnel Episode 24 Surviving the Summer with Fresh Juice From the Remittance Office with Love Episode 27 Hakodate's Hamburgers of Happiness Tokyo Station: Meet me at the "Silver Bell" Episode 30 3333 Stones: Japan's Longest Flight of Steps Episode 32 The DIYers of the Suburban Home Center Episode 34 Episode 119 Episode 824 Episode 928
Episode 1 Christmas at a 24-hour Bakery Heading Home on the Strait Ferry Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 A Park Where Dreams Take Wing Episode 8 Lives along Route 45 Episode 10 The Traveling Library Truck Episode 12 A Spring Miracle: The Firefly Squid of Toyama Episode 14 Episode 15 The Women on the Cosmetics Floor Episode 17 Episode 18 The Race before the Japanese Derby The Great Hospital Move Episode 21 Hooked on Fishing in Tokyo Bay The Sight Beyond the Undersea Tunnel Episode 24 Surviving the Summer with Fresh Juice From the Remittance Office with Love Episode 27 Hakodate's Hamburgers of Happiness Tokyo Station: Meet me at the "Silver Bell" Episode 30 3333 Stones: Japan's Longest Flight of Steps Episode 32 The DIYers of the Suburban Home Center Episode 34 Episode 119 Episode 824 Episode 928