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Ainori (1999)

Ainori poster
Original title
あいのり
Genre
reality television
Country
Japan
Length
2 seasons, 44 episodes
Rated
16
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A reality show where single Japanese people travel together in a pink van looking for love. They go on trips and try to form romantic connections with each other.

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What happens

Ainori (あいのり), literally "love ride" but can also be read "ride together" or "car pool", is a popular television program that runs Monday evenings from 11 pm in Japan on Fuji TV. It debuted on October 11, 1999. The show originally ended on March 23, 2009 but returned under the name "Ainori 2" on December 25, 2010, running through April 30, 2011. Ainori was revived by Fuji TV and Netflix beginning with Asian Journey, which was first broadcast on the streaming platform in November 2017 and on Fuji TV in January 2018. Both media outlets also aired the second season of Asian Journey as well as the first season of African Journey, which was available on Netflix in late 2019 and on Fuji TV in early 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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