Nagahama, Shiga, Japan日本語
Akira Oyabun watching Lake Biwa at sunset, seen from behind

Short drama series from Nagahama

Akira Oyabun of Nagahama

"I'll be waiting in Nagahama."

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Episodes

About one minute each, in Japanese. Every episode features a snack from Nagahama and the Kohoku area.

The Rumored Rice Cracker
Episode 1

The Rumored Rice Cracker

A reporter from Tokyo, "Sensei," comes to Nagahama looking for a rice cracker everyone is talking about. "Shipping it is easy... but."

Featured snack: Negi-Miso Senbei

The Red Jewel of the Lake
Episode 2

The Red Jewel of the Lake

A letter arrives from the Boss: "Come to the foot of Mt. Shizugatake." What is the red jewel?

Featured snack: Ebimaru

The Man Who Stood by His Brother
Special

The Man Who Stood by His Brother

The Boss points the way to "Koichiro," a souvenir shop by the gate of Daitsuji Temple.

Featured snack: Negi-Miso Senbei

A Taste That Never Changes
Collaboration

A Taste That Never Changes

The Boss introduces "Sakaeya," an inari-sushi shop in Omiya-cho, Nagahama. On the way out: negi-miso crackers at the shop front.

Featured snack: Negi-Miso Senbei

Play with the Boss

Just choose — no sign-up, nothing to type.

Turned Away at the Gate
About 1 min

Turned Away at the Gate

Can you meet the Boss? Open his door with three answers.

Kohoku Food Mystery Files
About 3 min

Kohoku Food Mystery Files

Find out what the missing "red jewel" really is, clue by clue.

Leave the Gift to Me
About 2 min

Leave the Gift to Me

Three guests need a gift. Which snack would you choose?

Characters

Akira Oyabun

Akira Oyabun

The boss of Nagahama who never shows his face. He speaks the local Kohoku dialect. His catchphrase: "I'll be waiting in Nagahama."

Sensei

Sensei

A reporter from Tokyo chasing the rumored rice cracker. Every time, he asks, "Please send it to Tokyo," and every time the Boss says no.

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This is a fictional drama series. Images are made with AI.