Tokoname City Tourist Association has launched 15 experience-based tours focused on traditional crafts and gastronomy to promote sustainable tourism in Aichi Prefecture. Supported by the Japan Tourism Agency, the association developed the programmes...
Shizuoka City has introduced a two-day regional craft tourism itinerary centred on hands-on artisan workshops and the traditional bamboo exhibition “Take, Hikari” (translated into “Bamboo, Light”.) The route includes the...
ineRobo has completed a field trial combining robotic seeding with volunteer manual harvesting, testing an operational model to support small-scale rice farming. The demonstration took place in a paddy field in Kitakyushu City. For the initial...
Junkan-mai, a circular rice cultivated from composted corporate food waste by company Bondish, will expand its year-round supply to eight corporate dining facilities from November following an autumn harvest of approximately 16 tonnes. The Junkan...
Reused packaging, revived farmland and regenerative ingredients are some of this year’s sustainable Japanese haircare product releases. Here are four from SHIRO, OSAJI and uka, and what makes each one sustainable. SHIRO Zero Sabon Satin Oil SHIRO’s...
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Roger Ong
