All episodes Season 2 S02E07 2013-11-03 60 min 2010s CNN

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Tokyo

TV Flash files “Tokyo” as hour 15 of 95 in the TV Flash guide — Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013–2018) on CNN, season 2, episode 7, aired 2013-11-03, 60 min.

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This leaf is S02E07: listed hour 15 of 95 in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide, hour 7 of 8 in season 2. It aired 2013-11-03 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “South Africa” (S02E06). Next is “Detroit” (S02E08).

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown — Tokyo (S02E07)

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Japan is a paradox. The low birthrate, the dedication, the conformity, and the life of a salary man are well known. There is also a competitive and rigid culture that gives way to some unique subcultures. Bourdain has traveled to Tokyo countless times, but on this trip, he is in search of the city's dark, extreme, and bizarrely fetishistic underside.

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Where does Tokyo sit in the Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown guide?

S02E07 is listed hour 15 of 95 — hour 7 of 8 in season 2, season 2 episode 7.

When did Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown S02E07 air?

Tokyo aired 2013-11-03 and is listed at 60 minutes.

Do I need to watch in order?

Each episode is a place. Jump by curiosity — Iran, Libya, Congo, or a city you think you already know. The ethic is consistent; the map is not a serial plot.

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Anthony Bourdain sits at tables through conflict and history, eating without tourist gloss. CNN as unlikely prestige: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Travel television with literary soul — curiosity as ethics — and a body of work that rewatches now as both journalism and a decade's memorial.

The first look is a table without tourist gloss. Anthony Bourdain sits with people around the world, eating through history and conflict — CNN series premiered **2013**, an unlikely network turned prestige destination: food as politics, loneliness, and grace. Multiple Emmys. Episodes in Iran, Libya, Congo and more became teaching texts. Curiosity as ethics. Travel television with literary soul — the table as journalism, the plate as pretext for who gets to be seen. Tessa's tags will rank a "best bite." Let them.…

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