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Natural World

2006-2007

Satoyama: Japan's Secret Watergarden

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

In the heart of rural Japan lies Satoyama, a landscape of lakes and rivers home to an incredible variety of fish, water birds, snakes and dragonflies. This poetic documentary follows 83-year-old fisherman Sangoro Tanaka, who lives according to an ancient way of life that has much to teach the world about sustainable living. Show less

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