Host Peter Barakan visits experts in various fields to show Japanese culture from a new perspective.br br Part 3: Izakayabr Japan’s cherished homegrown pubs, Izakaya, offer drinks, comfort food and a lively atmosphere. Expert guest Kenji Hashimoto, a sociologist who has spent the last 25 years conducting fieldwork in Izakaya all around Japan, takes us to the backstreets of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Host Peter Barakan recalls: “it was fascinating to wander into an area that still has the feel of a post-war black-market back alley”. In Plus One, we visit a unique kind of liquor store.