An hour and 30 minutes on a train from Tokyo and you will find yourself in Hakone, a popular tourist site, famous for its natural beauty and hot springs. Among the many hotels available in the area, bio terrace ORGANiCA HAKONE is a perfect place to...
Kizuna Mail is an email support service that provides assistance to pregnant women, mothers raising children, and their partners. Yukio Oshima, the director of the Kizuna Mail Project, explains the issues surrounding single parenting in Japan and...
A tea house made solely from origami can be transported to anywhere in the world. This is the creation of two Tokyo architectural offices, Katagiri Architecture+Design, and Akinori Inuzuka Design. They call it Shi-An. Shi-An is made by using...
Shibuya and Harajuku are well-known as Japan’s epicenters of both hipster life and high fashion. If you go searching for something creative and new amongst the sightseers and tall skyscrapers, you might find yourself at Shibuya’s Trunk...
Food waste has been one of the biggest topics in Japan. Japan is looking at 28 million tons of food discarded and thrown away annually. By the way, it is equivalent to about 30% of food expenses. “Food waste,” such as unsold, expired, or leftover...
It’s no secret that Japan holds a negative stigma to work when it comes to overtime or taking a holiday. Efforts to tackle this dilemma in Tokyo are gaining more attention. The advance in technology in recent years may change how we work on a...
Japan is famous for its large number of earthquakes each year. The country’s land area covers only 0.25% of the Earth, but faces more than 20% of earthquakes magnitude 6.0 or more. Yet, issues related to toilet facilities tend not to be a priority...
Consumer awareness for sustainability and ethical values has been increasing in Japan for the past few years. However, when it comes to actual practicing sustainability, the numbers who are taking action in their daily lives are still very few. E...