The Bells Of Old Tokyo By Anna Sherman

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Duration

15 minutes

18 minutes

70 minutes [omnibus]

Genre

Factual
History

Station

Radio 4

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	20200615		For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Through Anna's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital - an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945; a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Read by Amanda Root A journey through Japan's forgotten temples, canals, avenues and, most importantly, bells. Book of the Week. The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman.
02	20200616		For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Through Anna's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital - an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945; a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Read by Amanda Root We visit the smallest bell of time in Akasaka and consider the rebel samurais of old. Book of the Week. The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman.
03	20200617		For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Through Anna's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital - an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945; a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Read by Amanda Root A huge glass box contains the purple costume made for the last Tokugawa shogun, Yoshinobu. Book of the Week. The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman.
04	20200618		For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Through Anna's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital - an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945; a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Read by Amanda Root The effect that a barrage of bombs had on Tokyo in 1945. Book of the Week. The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman.
05	20200619		For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Through Anna's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital - an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945; a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Read by Amanda Root In 1922, Albert Einstein was invited to visit Tokyo. It was an extraordinary arrival. Book of the Week. The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman.
OMNI	20240525	20240526 (BBC7)	For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Anna journeys around the city – calling on her friend – the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form. She captures a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital: • an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945 • a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Omnibus of five parts abridged by Polly Coles. Read by Amanda Root. Producer: Clive Brill A Brill production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2020. The search for the bells of Edo, now Tokyo, which relied on public bells for timekeeping. Anna Sherman's search for the bells of Edo - now Tokyo – which relied on public bells for timekeeping. Read by Amanda Root.

Episodes

Episode	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	20200615		For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Through Anna's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital - an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945; a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Read by Amanda Root A journey through Japan's forgotten temples, canals, avenues and, most importantly, bells. Book of the Week. The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman.
02	20200616		For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Through Anna's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital - an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945; a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Read by Amanda Root We visit the smallest bell of time in Akasaka and consider the rebel samurais of old. Book of the Week. The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman.
03	20200617		For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Through Anna's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital - an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945; a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Read by Amanda Root A huge glass box contains the purple costume made for the last Tokugawa shogun, Yoshinobu. Book of the Week. The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman.
04	20200618		For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Through Anna's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital - an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945; a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Read by Amanda Root The effect that a barrage of bombs had on Tokyo in 1945. Book of the Week. The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman.
05	20200619		For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Through Anna's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo presents a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital - an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945; a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Read by Amanda Root In 1922, Albert Einstein was invited to visit Tokyo. It was an extraordinary arrival. Book of the Week. The Bells of Old Tokyo by Anna Sherman.
OMNI	20240525	20240526 (BBC7)	For over 300 years, Japan closed itself to outsiders, developing a remarkable and unique culture. During its period of isolation, the inhabitants of the city of Edo - later known as Tokyo - relied on its public bells to tell the time. Anna Sherman tells of her search for the bells of Edo, exploring the city of Tokyo and its inhabitants and the individual and particular relationship of Japanese culture - and the Japanese language - to time, tradition, memory, impermanence and history. Anna journeys around the city – calling on her friend – the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form. She captures a series of hauntingly memorable voices in the labyrinth that is the metropolis of the Japanese capital: • an aristocrat plays in the sea of ashes left by the Allied firebombing of 1945 • a scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. Omnibus of five parts abridged by Polly Coles. Read by Amanda Root. Producer: Clive Brill A Brill production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in May 2020. The search for the bells of Edo, now Tokyo, which relied on public bells for timekeeping. Anna Sherman's search for the bells of Edo - now Tokyo – which relied on public bells for timekeeping. Read by Amanda Root.