Japanese Culture

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CueRio helped the production of a story of CNA: 4-Day Work Week In Japan

We helped with the feature story of a Singaporean TV network, CNA (Channel News Asia) Money Mind, about 4-Day Work Week In Japan. The feature came amidst global attention on how the system would operate in Japan, with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announcing the introduction of the system for its civil servants. On the first […]

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CueRio helped the production of a story of CNA about 9sqm Micro apartment in Japan

We helped with the feature story of a Singaporean TV network, CNA (Channel News Asia) Money Mind, about Microapartment in Japan and it was aired last week. The micro apartment is a very small sized residence as small as 9sqm and becoming popular among young people who cannot afford high rents but want to live […]

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Japanese Catering, "Location Bento" part1: Classic Choices

There are many things that need to be prepared for a shoot, such as arranging filming equipment, booking accommodation and purchasing transportation tickets, but there is one more important task that can make or break the success of a shoot. That is arranging food. For smaller scales such as documentaries or news reports, you may […]

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CueRio helped the production of a story of CNA about Inflation in Japan

We helped with the feature story of a Singaporean TV network, CNA (Channel News Asia) Money Mind, about Inflation in Japan and it was aire last week. We firstly interviewed Ms. Shirai, Advisor for Sustainable Policies of Asian Development Bank Instutute and her opinion on the outlook of Japan's economy. We also interview Mr. Ohama, […]

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Gunma Part 4: Other attractions

We have introduced the highlights that we, as Fixer, would recommend when filming in Gunma Prefecture with different themes; Part 1: Mountains, Part 2: Water locations and Part 3: Onsen (hot springs). In this article, we would like to write about the locations that we could not summarise so far. Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku Takaragawa Onsen […]

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Gunma Part 3: Hot Spring Kingdom

We have been writing about various atractions of Gunma prefecture.Gunma Part 1: 2,000m mountains just 1 hour or two from TokyoGunma Part 2: Water, gift from the mountains Gunma is the Kanto region's largest Onsen, or hot spring hub. There are many unique hot springs, including ancient hot springs with a history of more than […]

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Kyoto Part 2: Rakusai, western part of Kyoto where you can feel the rich nature of Kyoto

Rakusai is home to many World Heritage Sites such as Kinkakuji Temple, Ryoanji Temple and Saiho-ji Temple (see separate articles for details), which are all mentioned when talking about Kyoto. In the past, emperors and aristocrats built mountain villas in this area to enjoy hunting and leisure, and it is a quiet area with the […]

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Locations with typical Japanese scenery part 2: Southern Japan

Happy new year! We are going to continue to provide you with useful information for filming in Japan this year. In this article we introduce you to towns in the south part of Japan that still retain a traditional Japanese appearance. We will mainly present you to the western part of Japan, but there are […]

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CueRio helped a filming in Mie Prefecture

In 2022, CueRio was involved in various film shoots. As we were told that we can share the news, we would like to write about the memorable coverage we were involved in this summer. At the end of July, we went to Mie Prefecture for three days for this project. A foreign newspaper was covering […]

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Locations with typical Japanese scenery part 1: Northern Japan

Besides Kyoto and Nara, there are many other places in Japan where you can film typical Japanese scenery and typical Japanese cultural aspects.We will introduce these locations in this article and the following. (1) Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture If you would like to film a Japanese castle in the Tohoku area, we would recommend you to […]

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