Here’s a brilliant idea for people recovering from various emotional disorders and slowly adjusting back into society! The innovative Osaka-based Kuma No Te Cafe, or Bear Paw Cafe in English, is designed to help people who are recovering from...
Art collective teamLab has gained an international reputation for its two inspiring art museums in Tokyo’s Odaiba and Toyosu district, in which visitors can immerse themselves in an illusory world of visuals and sound while relaxing. But few are...
Saturday Factory in Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture, is the base for a group of craftsmen who specialize in creating quality interior goods. They developed the Planklip, a connector that can be used to attach planks and boards to build shelves...
We can seriously consider cutting out plastic bottles that hold shampoos and treatment out of our lives. Of course, there are refill packages available at drug stores, but Tokyo-based company Lond thinks it might be time to take it a step further...
Recently there has been a considerable rise in people interested in sustainability, ethical consumption, health, and plant-based diets. One such group is vegans, who choose a lifestyle free of animal foods and products in their diet and daily life...
Toilet paper is an indispensable part of our daily life that we use many times a day. But when you think about it, you realize how much paper we waste down the toilet every day. Okaeri Inc. in Nagano Prefecture took notice of this and has come up...
Do you have excessive amounts of furniture and home appliances, many of which you don’t really need? Did you know that there is a service that rents out these items so that you can live a stress-free, sustainable life? CLAS is a subscription service...
It’s not just humans that can choose to be healthy and sustainable. Dogs also have the option to lead different lifestyles through diet choices. PETOKOTO in Shinagawa, Tokyo, known for producing quality dog food, has developed Japan’s first dog food...
Global warming and climate change was something Oki Town in Kyushu’s Fukuoka Prefecture couldn’t ignore. The town announced “Climate Emergency Declaration” in 2019, and this spring they even created a roadmap to aim for a low-carbon...
Sustainably protecting the Earth’s environment is not something you can do overnight. Decades of hard effort across multiple generations is needed to truly make it happen. It’s important that the children of today understand what needs to be done to...