The Foggiest Town in the World - Newfoundland, Canada

The NHK BS Hi-Vision is going to broadcast about St. John's, Newfoundland as "the foggiest town in the world" in the travelogue program, Premium 8.  Oh....I'd love to watch the program in Japan.

(NHK - Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Broadcast Date -  Wednesday, May 19th & 26th
Time - 8:00-9:30 pm

http://www.nhk.or.jp/bs/premium8-wed/

プレミアム８　＜紀行＞「世界で一番霧に覆われる街  カナダ・セントジョンズ」

カナダの最東端、ニューファンドランド島の港町セントジョンズ。１年の３分の１が霧に覆われる、世界一霧の多い街だ。霧と上手に付き合う人々の知恵と暮らしを訪ねる。


タイタニックも沈めた世界一の霧多発地帯。危険な霧にもめげず、たくましく生きる移民の末えいたちの営みがあった・・・。カナダ最東端に位置するニューファンドランド島。島の中心は、人口１０万のセントジョンズ、アイルランドの移民たちが築いた港町だ。沖合は世界でも有数の漁場としても知られる。詩人・明川哲也さんが、霧とともに生きる人々の知恵と暮らしを見つめる。

NHK BShi Premium 8 "The foggiest town in the world - Canada"

At the far eastern end of Canada, on the eastern tip of the island of Newfoundland, lies the port city of St. John's. Covered in fog a full one-third of the time, St. John's is the foggiest city in the world. In this program, we investigate the lives and consult the practical wisdom of those for whom fog is a daily part of life.

Fog that gathers more often than in any other region of the world. Fog that sank the Titanic. Undaunted by the dangerous fog, the descendants of immigrants have lived and worked in Newfoundland for generations. Located at the far eastern tip of Canada, on the eastern coast of the island of Newfoundland, the port city of St. John's, with a population of around 100,000, was originally build by Irish immigrants. Covered in fog a full one-third of the time, this is the foggiest city in the world. Newfoundland's offshore fishery is one of the most productive in the world. Poet, Akikawa Testuta examines the lives and consults the wisdom of those for whom fog is a daily part of life.

"N.L. fog to be featured on Japanese TV"　（CBC.ca) (April 10, 2010)

St. John's is notorious for its thick, dense fog — so famous, in fact, that it's being featured on a Japanese television show.

A crew from the Japan Broadcasting Corporation is in Newfoundland and Labrador for the next 10 days to film an upcoming episode of their program about world record holders. St. John's holds the world record for being the foggiest major city in Canada with 124 foggy days a year (.........read more)