Last week on August 13, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a Level 5 Emergency Warning for heavy rain across 22 municipalities in Chiba Prefecture, after record-breaking rainfall (over 100mm in...
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Last week on August 13, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a Level 5 Emergency Warning for heavy rain across 22 municipalities in Chiba Prefecture, after record-breaking rainfall (over 100mm in...
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Japan’s Circular Cities Conference & Festival (CCCF) series was launched to bring people together to explore the intersection of urban growth and circularity. It is expected that 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas...
In Niimi City, Okayama Prefecture, nature tour operator POLEPOLE offers a cultural experience brand called NIIMI ORIGIN. This sutainable tour connects international visitors directly with local residents, including Shinto priests, buckwheat noodle...
Here is one of the age-old questions we’ve all asked ourselves, one without definite answers: how should we approach death? Death Fes 2026 took place in Shibuya from 11 to 16 April, an event that suggested that talking about our eventuality need not...
You’ve bought your ticket for the Hozugawa River boat ride, the famous eight-kilometre run through the gorge that ends near Arashiyama. If there’s time before boarding, just a minute’s walk from the pier is a a low timber building...
Kimono Sunao Co., Ltd. is a Kyoto-based company specialising in traditional Japanese attire, and they have been selected for a national model project to promote the reuse and resource circulation of unused kimonos. The Ministry of the Environment...
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