Shadows on the Shore – Season 1, Episode 4: “The Line Between”

In this opening chapter, we follow two travelers whose paths never should have crossed, yet echo one another across time and place.

Wakayama, 2024: 21‑year‑old German student Claudio Worm arrives in Japan chasing beauty, solitude, and the promise of self‑discovery. Forty hours after hotel checkout, he vanishes, his scattered belongings telling a story the official files cannot.

Nikkō, 2018: French teacher Tiphaine Véron sets out on a quiet pilgrimage through mist‑covered shrines. By noon, she too disappears, leaving her passport in her hotel room and her phone still pulsing with unanswered data. Through their parallel timelines, Shadows on the Shore explores not only what happened, but why answers remain locked behind Japan’s strict privacy laws. How does a system built to protect those who choose to disappear also hide those who never meant to? Join us for a journey through investigation, culture, and the fragile line between disappearance and erasure, told with empathy, field‑recorded sound, and original music. Travel opens doors to beauty, mystery, and risk in equal measure. May these stories remind us that every trip begins with trust, and every truth needs light.

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