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There's nothing here. It's quiet. Just the sound of waves.
Four hundred kilometers south of Kagoshima City, the Amami Islands.
A ship sailing in the blue sea.
This time, the stage is a beach taxi that goes from island to island.
If you don't come across by ship, you can't go to a bank or a pharmacy.
Sometimes you can see rainbows, and there's a splash of water. It's fun.
It's fun.
I've supported the lives of people on the island and been a star in their lives.
Fight! Fight! Koya! Fight! Fight! Koya!
Do your best!
Thank you!
I wonder what it's like to live in a beach taxi.
For three days, I listened while being shaken by the waves.
It took me two and a half hours by plane from Tokyo, and Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture.
It took me another hour and a half by car from the airport.
I arrived at Koniya Port, where I took a seaside taxi.
On a weekday in March, we started filming at 8 a.m.
I wonder if this ship is a seaside taxi.
Let's ask people at the port.
Good morning! I'm here at NHK reporting for you.
- Where are you going now? - I'm going to work.
- I'm going to Shodon's nursery. - Nursery?
- This one. - This one?
This is a regular train. It leaves at nine o'clock.
Only twelve staff can board it, so it comes early.
The seaside taxi is going to Amamio Island and Kakeroma Island on the coast.
I'm going with a woman who works at Kakeroma's nursery.
There's a seat and it looks like a passenger bus.
The fare is 350 yen for one way.
Is this person also working?
Are you working?
I'm sure he will run even if it's a little typhoon or a little this.
Hey, you don't get married, do you?
What kind of captain is he?
A serious captain who doesn't drink.
He will call me right away.
Whether it's two o'clock in the middle of the night or three o'clock or four o'clock, he will run for me.
He is reliable.
Fifteen minutes from departure. Arrived at Kakiroma Island.
A lot of people are gathering at the harbor.
Good morning!
It's like people crossing over to Amamio Island from here.
Kakiroma Island, where about one thousand and one hundred people live.
There is no airport, and sea taxi is essential.
We came back to the port of Amamiyo Island, and the shooting is going crazy.
A man is sitting in a waiting room.
A lot of luggage.
Where are you waiting for the boat now?
I just came out of the countryside and I'm going home now.
Which part of the countryside?
Kakeruma.
He comes to the supermarket of Amamiyo Island once a week for shopping.
This is for cigarettes, beer and juice.
There are only a few places, so I have to go out.
What about this bag?
This is for Hakama.
This is for my first and fifteenth birthday.
Oh, a boat came. A boat came.
A boat came!
Sea taxi has five layers and leaves every hour or so.
Lunchtime.
It's warm. Let's eat.
There's a man eating at a waiting area.
Sorry for interrupting you. Is this your lunch?
I'm on break until one o'clock, so I go back to work at one o'clock.
What do you do for a living?
I'm a carpenter.
A carpenter!
I go back from Kakeroma.
So we're all friends.
The waiting area has a taxi ready for them every day.
So they're told they can eat here.
I thought about it and headed for the sea.
It's a Japanese fish, so it's better than bread.
It's all over the place.
Look, there's a cute blowfish.
Where is it?
These fish are all fat.
Yeah, they're all fat.
The port looks relaxing and comfortable.
Hello!
Are you done shopping?
For now, I'm going to buy some Sunday goods.
You're buying toilet paper, aren't you?
Yeah!
At Kakeroma, it's almost double the price.
I think it's cheap because you buy all of it.
Hello.
Why are you here today?
I'm here for medical check-up for high school new students.
Are you a high school student since April?
Wow! Congratulations!
How do you get in?
I go into a dormitory.
I don't feel like I'm leaving the island.
I don't feel like I graduated from middle school.
I feel like I'm floating.
In the evening...
At a meeting place, a woman is alone.
Hello.
Are you going home today?
Yes, I am.
To Kakeruma?
Yes, I'm going home to Kakeruma.
Are you from Kakeruma?
No, I'm from Yukiguni.
Yukiguni?
Yes, Yukiguni.
Where are you from?
I'm from Niigata.
I'm staying at a hotel in Kakeruma.
I came all the way to Korea to get a residence permit.
Oh, I see.
Yes.
Do you know each other?
We're friends.
Where are you from?
I'm from Tokyo.
I'm staying at this hotel with my daughter.
She likes it here and wants to live here.
That's how you got here?
It seems that many people move from the capital city to Kakeruma.
This family moved here five years ago.
Hello.
Maybe it was her daughter who started moving here.
It's not easy for a daughter to say "I want to move here" and then say "I got it" and then move here.
Well, you know...
I couldn't go to school, so I moved from Tokyo to Yamanashi.
I was sick and had a hard time.
I was watching it.
How do you feel about moving here?
I'm really glad.
Really?
I feel like I've found the foundation of my life.
That's great.
I didn't go to school much.
It's like a choice post.
I only spoke English and went to events.
They allowed me to do that.
Her daughter regained her energy on the island.
From April, she will leave her parents and go to high school in Tokyo.
When I grow up, I want to dye my hair, put on earrings and join the music club.
What do you want to do?
Fire.
Why do you want to make a band?
I want to make a band.
While I'm not going to school, I want to play the piano and guitar by myself.
In this isolated life, is there anything that can encourage me?
7 o'clock in the morning
It got dark around 7 o'clock in the morning.
There was someone going into the waiting room.
Good evening.
How many cars do you have today?
It's work.
Oh, it's work.
Yes, it's a nursing relationship.
It's about ten minutes from here.
So you have two cars here, too?
This one and Cakeroma.
Oh, is that so?
That's terrible.
It's terrible, really.
A woman who goes from Cakeroma to nursing work.
She used to go out in the rain before.
I was working at a hospital in Kagoshima.
First of all, I thought it would be better to go to the island.
Oh, really?
I missed this island and this sea.
Now she lives with her 90-year-old mother.
It seems that the time on the ship is important for a woman who has her mother's care at home.
I can change my mood.
I can reset it if I do it above the sea.
It's bad weather today, but at night I can see the stars.
Sometimes there are dolphins and whales in the morning.
I can watch them.
Thank you very much.
After nine o'clock in the evening, the last train returned in the rain.
Good morning.
Thank you for your hard work.
The day of sea taxi ended.
Day two of filming.
This day starts from the port of Kakeroma Island.
Before eight o'clock, sea taxi passengers are gathered in front of the ship.
Three minutes before departure, the captain came.
Where were you going?
Goat feed.
Do you have goats at home?
Yes.
You are busy, too, captain.
I'm poor.
The oldest captain is 80 years old.
The usual day begins.
Nine o'clock.
Mother and daughter are waiting for the ship.
Hello.
How old are you?
Five years old.
Where are you going now?
Kindergarten.
Kindergarten?
With your mother?
By myself.
By yourself?
That's great.
Take me with you, captain.
She always plays with her friends, but today she will ride alone for the first time in a temporary kindergarten.
Sea taxi arrives.
As I thought, going alone seems like anxiety.
My friend's dad, who I happened to meet, is supporting me.
Being watched over by the people of the area, they grow bigger and bigger.
From now on, I will fish with you.
Let's go over there.
You will fish with me?
What is it?
A fish.
A fish?
It's a double-edged sword, probably.
What is it?
Aham.
Aham!
It's delicious.
It's good no matter how you make it.
It's coming.
It's coming, it's coming.
It's coming.
It's coming, it's coming.
It's past two in the afternoon. A boy is running on the port of Kakeroma.
- Hello. - Hello.
Is this his mother?
- Hello. - Hello.
- Are you going to ride it from now on? - Yes, I am.
I'm going to go to a children's support school in Konya.
I'm going to work with children with autism.
- You've come a long way. - That's right.
- I love boats. - I see.
She's going to a support school on Amamio Island with her son.
She lived in Kansai five years ago, but she moved to Kakeroma, her husband's hometown.
I move around a lot.
- I'm worried about cars in the city. - I see.
When I came here to play a few times, I got used to the sea and sandy beaches.
- I see. - I like it here.
- Where do you like it? - I want to raise my children here.
Her son has autism and it's difficult for them to talk.
She gradually became friends with the people on the island.
- We're friends. - Friends?
- You're sitting in your own car. - I'm driving my own car.
Everyone knows about it.
I often leave the house and everyone knows about it, so they call me.
- So you're relieved when you go home? - Yes, I'm relieved.
His son came to the island and fell in love with the ship.
His mother seems relieved, too.
I couldn't speak at all, but I'm happy that I was able to speak.
I'm glad I came here.
It's not just about moving. It's also about the sea taxi.
A car arrives at Kakeroma Harbor.
The sun has set in Kakeroma Harbor.
A car has arrived.
Is it going to Amamiyo Island now?
- What is it? - Oh, I'm sorry.
- Are you going to drive today? - Yes, I am.
My wife runs a nightclub in Konya.
But because of COVID-19, most girls have quit their jobs.
My wife is alone and lonely.
Well, she doesn't have any customers. If she had customers, it would be better.
But she's alone, so she's dealing with customers.
- You're kind. - Huh?
- You're kind. - Isn't it obvious?
- It's obvious.
He works at a bookstore in Kakeroma.
He goes across the island, goes to his wife's snack bar and continues his life of going home the next morning.
To his loved ones.
The sea taxi started driving along the sea at night.
It's the afternoon of the third day of filming.
There are a lot of children at the port of Kakeroma.
What's going on?
We're seeing off teachers who are being suspended.
How many teachers are there?
Two.
Two today?
The teacher over there and one more.
The teacher of the school that will leave the island will say goodbye.
Thank you.
Thank you for everything, teacher.
You always had a lot of muscles and you were a big teacher.
Is that all you have?
No, no, no.
At first, I didn't know what kind of teacher you were.
Then, halfway through, I thought you were a very kind teacher.
An elementary and middle school with 18 students.
It was the first time for a young teacher to be suspended.
Thank you for everything.
Students, you always talk to me when I'm nervous and anxious.
Thanks to you, I was able to do it.
Thank you very much for everything you've done for me.
Goodbye!
Every March, there is a check-in or departure.
People on the island say goodbye by sea or taxi and move on to their next life.
5 p.m.
While everyone is heading for the ship,
the men are still sitting even though it's time to depart.
Where are you going?
Aren't you getting on the ship?
I'm going home at 6.
It's decided you're going home at 6.
I'm going home by ship at 6.50 p.m.
The captain is my grandfather.
It's hard for the captain to stay up alone,
so I always help him.
I really want to go home.
It'll be over soon.
But I always wait for the last train.
From Kakeroma,
he's been working for a painting company on Amamiyo Island.
He's been helping out on the ship for almost 10 years since he came back from work.
From Kakeroma Island.
Have you been on the ship since you were little?
I've been on it since I was little in Pegumore.
We live in the same village.
Our houses are close by.
Were you scared when you were little?
Not at all.
Even now, I'm not scared of anything.
I guess it's natural for me to be scared.
Before 6 p.m.,
the oldest captain, 80 years old, Deigomaru, arrived.
The man who helps them is a man who came to the island 10 years ago and now lives alone.
Is this your hometown?
And you have a house, but if you don't move forward, you'll lose it.
I don't like the island. I actually like the neon light better.
But you can't help it, can you?
It was a beautiful evening, wasn't it?
Wasn't it? It was great, wasn't it?
Every day I look at this and go home.
Look at this and get tired on this floor.
A beach taxi that connects islands.
It's running while connecting people on the island.
I'll go with you again tomorrow morning.
Goodbye.
Thank you very much.
Thank you for watching.
I'm going fishing soon, so I'm preparing for it.
I think it's about time, but the captain is...
It's island time.
I'll do my best.
Let's go to a warm place.
I can hear the river.
I'm going to work now.
I'm already switching on.
I'm not protecting happiness.
I'll give you happiness.