Ainori

This is coming from someone who has watched all seasons of Terrace house, at least 5+ times. If anyone wants to get their Terrace House fix, they should look into Ainori. Personally my favorite season of Terrace House was the first one because it felt so authentic. The more seasons that went by, the more it felt like the show was just a way for people to launch/promote their business.

I like Ainori because it shows lots of great genuine human moments between the cast. It seemed like they actually cared about each other. The best part of Ainori for me is not the dating/romance but the raw, genuine human interactions.

I will say the production quality is MUCH lower on Ainori compared to Terrace House (it kind of has to be considering all the travelling they're doing). One thing you really got to give to Terrace House is that they have amazing production quality and the shots are beautiful, especially in the later seasons.

If you want a more dating-oriented show, I also liked Shuffle Island. It does feel a little fake at times as well but you have less of the constant brand-promotion going on that you see in Terrace House.

Please don't hate me, I love Terrace House lol. I'm actually watching it again from the start because I've watched too much Ainori recently

why no new seasons on netflix

I feel like love village is like a combination of the other two. I like this show cause it seems to have normal people

Ai no Sato schedule on Netflix is like 4 episodes every Tuesday, episodes release around early morning (New York Time).

Btw, tomorrow (May 17) Heart Signal 4 (하트시그널4) will release its first episode, it's probably going to be available on Viki/KOCOWA/etc.

Heart Signal 4 teaser videos: and

Heart Signal is like the Korean version of Terrace House, but focused more on dating. This 4th season of the Korean version is highly anticipated as it's been 3 years since the 3rd season (oh and there was the Heart Signal spinoff called Friends in early 2021). Some people consider the 2nd season of Heart Signal (Korean Version) to be one of the best dating shows ever.

There's also the Chinese version of Heart Signal (心动的信号), a lot of people like it (some prefer certain seasons/pairings/etc. over other Korean/Japanese/etc. dating shows), especially Season 2 and the recently completed Season 5. They're preparing for Season 6 now.

For Heart Signal, the original Korean version and some seasons of the Chinese version should be on Viki. For the first season of the Korean version, it's on OnDemandKorea.

With the Chinese version of Heart Signal, it's available on the WeTV/Tencent Video website (has English subs), and also their WeTV/Tencent Video channels on Youtube for free but without proper English subs.

Through the Tencent Video Youtube channel you'll have to use auto-translate from Chinese/Mandarin or maybe say Thai, Vietnamese, etc. So for English subs you have to check their own WeTV/Tencent Video/etc. website.

A show that's actually more like Ainori Love Wagon is Twinkle Love (怦然心动20岁).

For Twinkle Love (怦然心动20岁) Season 3, you know Shen Yue from Meteor Garden, A Love So Beautiful, et cetera? She's one of the panelists for Twinkle Love Season 3 now, there's pictures of it on Weibo, check iheartu2's Twitter and so on. Jam Hsiao is also returning (prepare for his crying, haha, he gets so invested and emotional just like us viewers). Season 3 of Twinkle Love might release maybe around this summer or later this 2023.

Twinkle Love is the best youth/etc. show, it's like a way chill version of Ainori: Love Wagon, but for Chinese university students. Sometimes the Twinkle Love panelists (and everyone) have really hilarious reactions/situations too, lmao.

The YOUKU dating shows like Twinkle Love (怦然心动20岁) often have bonus content, like versions of the episodes without the panelists, actual unreleased scenes, livestreams with the housemates watching the episodes together, et cetera.

Twinkle Love (怦然心动20岁), Season 1 Episode 1:

Twinkle Love Season 2 (怦然心动20岁 第二季) Episode 1 Part 1:

More info on Twinkle Love and other traveling/culture/et cetera shows:

Twinkle Love Season 2 has Sun Xiu and Wu Shuyang (Little Wu or 小吴), they got great visuals and personalities:

Try to ignore the in-show advertisements with the Chinese dating shows as it can be immersion-breaking, lol. Makes it feel so scripted/staged/etc.

A list of other Chinese/Japanese/Korean cohabitation/dating/romance/slice of life/etc. reality shows and Kdramas, East Asian films, et cetera, and more info on where to watch them: and and

I’m assuming that because of COVID we’ll probably never see Ainori returning to our screens again 🥲💔

Are there any news regarding a future Ainori season out there? Should we star a petition online?

They just released Episode 5-8 of Love Village on Netflix:

Schedule is like 4 episodes every Tuesday, episodes release around early morning (New York Time).

It also says that Episode 18 of Love Village should be released on May 30.

Is ainori as good as terrace house? worth watching?

I watched asia s1 & 2 then affrica but they mentioned about older seasons on the show and i believe the show runs since 1999 in jap tv is there anywhere i can find older seasons to watch at least eng sub preffered

Now that the Love Village has completed its first season, it might be another year or so for another season or for Ainori Love Wagon's return.

I wrote a reference post with lots of past thread links (I really gotta centralize or just group it together as some people got angry at me for having so much reddit thread links (because of spam/etc. especially for the mobile users instead of the old.reddit.com or RES () users), like they want me to put it on my profile instead with just 1 thread link), so click through there if you want a bit more info on the shows and so that it's not such a blind watch.

Don't worry, I rarely ever spoil the shows and it'll probably be safe to browse through the majority of those past threads/comments. Just be aware that it's often super long posts though.

Anyway, here's the shows like Love Village, Ainori, et cetera on the subreddit:

Basically for travelling there's this Korean variety show called Love Me Actually (from 2019).

And there's also like this Chinese version of Ainori Love Wagon, except it's for Chinese university students, it's called Twinkle Love (怦然心动20岁), and Season 3 just started, Episode 2 should be out this Wednesday or so on the YOUKU Youtube channel with English subtitles.

For actual dating shows with older or more mature housemates, there's like: I Am Solo/나는 SOLO (); Relationship S3/Let's Fall In Love Season 3 (我们恋爱吧 第三季); Shanghai Sharelife (), Chinese version of Terrace House; and so on.

I Am Solo is available on Viki/KOCOWA/etc.

Relationship S3/Let's Fall In Love Season 3 is available on YOUKU's Youtube channel with English subs too.

For Shanghai Sharelife, it's also on YOUKU's channel but you need to go through Amara for proper English subtitles by ShibaSubs:

Chinese dating shows, Chinese/Korean/etc. idols in dating shows, upcoming Korean/Japanese/etc. Netflix dating shows, et cetera: and

Oh and Heart Signal 4 (하트시그널4) is like on Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, etc. now, so it's more accessible to other people.

Heart Signal 4 seems like it'll have an older cast this time around, so it should be more mature and laidback too.

Btw, they changed the schedule of Heart Signal 4 from every Wednesday (competing against I Am Solo, and Heart Signal 4 got really low ratings right now) to now every Friday instead.

Where to watch Kdramas, Korean variety shows, and so on (basically Viki, VIU, Disney+, Netflix, et cetera, might need VPNs): and

Ai no Sato schedule on Netflix is like 4 episodes every Tuesday, episodes release around early morning (New York Time). But this time we got just 3 episodes, and it says on May 30 is the date for the final 3 episodes.

So Love Village/Ai no Sato only has 18 Episodes in total.

Btw, there's a more active subreddit for Love Village, it's . There's also but it became unmoderated a couple of weeks or so ago, and so nobody can post there at the moment unless somebody requests the subreddit from reddit ().

Oh and if you guys want more ~40+ years old housemates, I Am Solo/나는 SOLO () is also about to finish airing its Season 14. Episode 7 of I Am Solo Season 14 is gonna release soon (it releases every Thursday) on Viki/etc.

More info on I Am Solo: and

I Am Solo Season 14 Episode 1 Discussion Thread:

There's also the earlier Season 7 (also consisting of older housemates) with the legendary Ok Soon (every Ok Soon after gets compared to her visuals).

I Am Solo Season 7 Episode 1 Discussion Thread:

I Am Solo is available on Viki, etc. Check Youtube too, they often have clips and livestreams with the housemates in this channel, 촌장엔터테인먼트TV, usually when the season ends as the housemates are watching it together:

For behind the scenes about dating shows (sorta applies to other variety shows too) and where to watch them, some more info: and

Hello,

I'm searching for older episodes of the Fuji Television variety show "Ainori". I'm looking for episodes from the original run (aired from October 1999 to March 2009). The youtube channel I was watching from made all their videos private, and I don't remember the user name to ask permission to watch.

Imdb for the show:

Thank you in advance for any help!

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I searched for it and couldn't find it. The links on d-addicts seem to be dead too, so I decided to search for it in korean and ended up finding it.

It starts from episode 50, the quality isn't great and some episodes have korean subtitles but it's good enough for me so I decided to share if anyone is interested.

Figured we need this since the first 22 episodes have been released worldwide! Discuss away! If not, utilize the daily episode discussion threads!

Feel free to answer these here if you want:

• Who's your favorite boy/girl member?

• Who's your favorite couple?

• After watching the series, which featured country do you want to visit?

• What do you think of the panel?

Bonus Clips

- A talk show after each episode set in a bar called Snack Ainori. Hosted by IVAN and some of the Ainori panel.

Former Ainori members watch Ainori: Asian Journey |

I’m nearly at the end of S2 and I think the format needs some work. It’s an enjoyable show but there are some major issues.

1. Consider having a 2 stage way that people exit. First an initial confession but if a couple forms they get to stay until the group leaves that country, then they leave together. This way you won’t get the strange timing of the confessions and we get to see how they are as a couple. If they split up between the confession and them leaving they still have to leave - that means they take it seriously.

2. Show more of the group’s social time including platonic friendships. Some of the most fun scenes are the very brief clips in the opening credits - even a minute or two of that would give a better sense of the journey and enable us to see how they behave as a group.

3. Change the panel again. It’s just not working. I don’t know what to suggest, but anything would be better. Get the same mix as the Terrace House panel - more men but some who will actually be amusing.

4. Avoid what happened in season 2 where one person dominated. If you’re going to have a Depparin make sure that someone in the group has the strength to stand up - AI did well but he left.