Wakaba

(2004)•

1.0

The story is about a young woman who becomes a landscape gardener following her father's wishes. Wakaba, born and brought up in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, lived happily with her parents and younger brother until the Great Hanshin Earthquake shook and destroyed the city in 1995. In the disaster, Wakaba loses her father, who was an architect and moves with her mother and brother to Obi, old castle town in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, where her grandmother lives with her uncle and aunt. Living in Obi's rich natural environment, Wakaba learns that plants can heal people's hearts. She makes a resolution to return to Kobe and reconstruct the city abundant in greenery.

Seasons

151

Episodes

Ended

Status

September 27, 2004

First Aired

IMDb

Networks: NHK

Genres: Drama

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Season 1

151 episodes • 2004

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Episode 1	Sep 27, 2004
2	Episode 2	Sep 28, 2004
3	Episode 3	Sep 29, 2004
4	Episode 4	Sep 30, 2004
5	Episode 5	Oct 1, 2004
6	Episode 6	Oct 2, 2004
7	Episode 7	Oct 4, 2004
8	Episode 8	Oct 5, 2004
9	Episode 9	Oct 6, 2004
10	Episode 10	Oct 7, 2004
11	Episode 11	Oct 8, 2004
12	Episode 12	Oct 9, 2004
13	Episode 13	Oct 11, 2004
14	Episode 14	Oct 12, 2004
15	Episode 15	Oct 13, 2004
16	Episode 16	Oct 14, 2004
17	Episode 17	Oct 15, 2004
18	Episode 18	Oct 16, 2004
19	Episode 19	Oct 18, 2004
20	Episode 20	Oct 19, 2004
21	Episode 21	Oct 20, 2004
22	Episode 22	Oct 21, 2004
23	Episode 23	Oct 22, 2004
24	Episode 24	Oct 23, 2004
25	Episode 25	Oct 25, 2004
26	Episode 26	Oct 26, 2004
27	Episode 27	Oct 27, 2004
28	Episode 28	Oct 28, 2004
29	Episode 29	Oct 29, 2004
30	Episode 30	Oct 30, 2004
31	Episode 31	Nov 1, 2004
32	Episode 32	Nov 2, 2004
33	Episode 33	Nov 3, 2004
34	Episode 34	Nov 4, 2004
35	Episode 35	Nov 5, 2004
36	Episode 36	Nov 6, 2004
37	Episode 37	Nov 8, 2004
38	Episode 38	Nov 9, 2004
39	Episode 39	Nov 10, 2004
40	Episode 40	Nov 11, 2004
41	Episode 41	Nov 12, 2004
42	Episode 42	Nov 13, 2004
43	Episode 43	Nov 15, 2004
44	Episode 44	Nov 16, 2004
45	Episode 45	Nov 17, 2004
46	Episode 46	Nov 18, 2004
47	Episode 47	Nov 19, 2004
48	Episode 48	Nov 20, 2004
49	Episode 49	Nov 22, 2004
50	Episode 50	Nov 23, 2004
51	Episode 51	Nov 24, 2004
52	Episode 52	Nov 25, 2004
53	Episode 53	Nov 26, 2004
54	Episode 54	Nov 27, 2004
55	Episode 55	Nov 29, 2004
56	Episode 56	Nov 30, 2004
57	Episode 57	Dec 1, 2004
58	Episode 58	Dec 2, 2004
59	Episode 59	Dec 3, 2004
60	Episode 60	Dec 4, 2004
61	Episode 61	Dec 6, 2004
62	Episode 62	Dec 7, 2004
63	Episode 63	Dec 8, 2004
64	Episode 64	Dec 9, 2004
65	Episode 65	Dec 10, 2004
66	Episode 66	Dec 11, 2004
67	Episode 67	Dec 13, 2004
68	Episode 68	Dec 14, 2004
69	Episode 69	Dec 15, 2004
70	Episode 70	Dec 16, 2004
71	Episode 71	Dec 17, 2004
72	Episode 72	Dec 18, 2004
73	Episode 73	Dec 20, 2004
74	Episode 74	Dec 21, 2004
75	Episode 75	Dec 22, 2004
76	Episode 76	Dec 23, 2004
77	Episode 77	Dec 24, 2004
78	Episode 78	Dec 25, 2004
79	Episode 79	Dec 27, 2004
80	Episode 80	Dec 28, 2004
81	Episode 81	Dec 29, 2004
82	Episode 82	Dec 30, 2004
83	Episode 83	Dec 31, 2004
84	Episode 84	Jan 1, 2005
85	Episode 85	Jan 3, 2005
86	Episode 86	Jan 4, 2005
87	Episode 87	Jan 5, 2005
88	Episode 88	Jan 6, 2005
89	Episode 89	Jan 7, 2005
90	Episode 90	Jan 8, 2005
91	Episode 91	Jan 10, 2005
92	Episode 92	Jan 11, 2005
93	Episode 93	Jan 12, 2005
94	Episode 94	Jan 13, 2005
95	Episode 95	Jan 14, 2005
96	Episode 96	Jan 15, 2005
97	Episode 97	Jan 17, 2005
98	Episode 98	Jan 18, 2005
99	Episode 99	Jan 19, 2005
100	Episode 100	Jan 20, 2005
101	Episode 101	Jan 21, 2005
102	Episode 102	Jan 22, 2005
103	Episode 103	Jan 24, 2005
104	Episode 104	Jan 25, 2005
105	Episode 105	Jan 26, 2005
106	Episode 106	Jan 27, 2005
107	Episode 107	Jan 28, 2005
108	Episode 108	Jan 29, 2005
109	Episode 109	Jan 31, 2005
110	Episode 110	Feb 1, 2005
111	Episode 111	Feb 2, 2005
112	Episode 112	Feb 3, 2005
113	Episode 113	Feb 4, 2005
114	Episode 114	Feb 5, 2005
115	Episode 115	Feb 7, 2005
116	Episode 116	Feb 8, 2005
117	Episode 117	Feb 9, 2005
118	Episode 118	Feb 10, 2005
119	Episode 119	Feb 11, 2005
120	Episode 120	Feb 12, 2005
121	Episode 121	Feb 14, 2005
122	Episode 122	Feb 15, 2005
123	Episode 123	Feb 16, 2005
124	Episode 124	Feb 17, 2005
125	Episode 125	Feb 18, 2005
126	Episode 126	Feb 19, 2005
127	Episode 127	Feb 21, 2005
128	Episode 128	Feb 22, 2005
129	Episode 129	Feb 23, 2005
130	Episode 130	Feb 24, 2005
131	Episode 131	Feb 25, 2005
132	Episode 132	Feb 26, 2005
133	Episode 133	Feb 28, 2005
134	Episode 134	Mar 1, 2005
135	Episode 135	Mar 2, 2005
136	Episode 136	Mar 3, 2005
137	Episode 137	Mar 4, 2005
138	Episode 138	Mar 5, 2005
139	Episode 139	Mar 7, 2005
140	Episode 140	Mar 8, 2005
141	Episode 141	Mar 9, 2005
142	Episode 142	Mar 10, 2005
143	Episode 143	Mar 11, 2005
144	Episode 144	Mar 12, 2005
145	Episode 145	Mar 14, 2005
146	Episode 146	Mar 15, 2005
147	Episode 147	Mar 22, 2005
148	Episode 148	Mar 23, 2005
149	Episode 149	Mar 24, 2005
150	Episode 150	Mar 25, 2005
151	Episode 151	Mar 26, 2005

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