“Tu Casa” is a multi-purpose facility in Kyoto where you can shop, eat, and stay with an emphasis on “ethical” and “zero waste.” On the first floor, a café and bar provide healthy organic vegetarian (plant-based) dishes and...
The “Circular Festival” was held at Umekoji Park in Kyoto last year on 27 November, with the aim to collect and recycle old clothes. It comes as one of the efforts under Kyoto City’s “Kyoto Decarbonized Lifestyle Promotion...
The energy of many goes into each cup of coffee that we drink. Coffee enriches our life. Coffee beans make their way to Japan for our enjoyment, but what do we do with the leftover coffee grounds in our homes and offices? I visited Gary and Junko...
Since tea was introduced to Japan from China, the city of Uji in Kyoto has been producing a wide variety of the finest teas for about 800 years. It is a historic place that has led the development and growth of Japan’s tea culture. Tsuen Tea...
Fashion lovers and sustainability enthusiasts need to look out for this month’s Junkan Fes (meaning Circular Festival) in Kyoto! It is a reuse-themed festival that will be held Sunday, 27 November, in Umekoji Park, west of Kyoto Station. The...
Zenbird Media held the event “Kyoto Gion Festival: How-To! 1,000-year community, Resilience & COVID” on July 14, with Catherine Pawasarat. She is the author of the world’s first comprehensive English-language guide to the Gion festival...
When walking through a city in Japan, we can see various barrier-free designs such as gentle slopes, braille blocks, and voice-activated traffic signals. However, not many places and facilities have such innovations. In fact, there are only a...
Zenbird to host online event “Kyoto Gion Festival: How-To! 1,000-year community, Resilience & COVID”
（Japanese version below：記事後半から日本語でお読みいただけます） This event has already been held.このイベントは終了しています。 Zenbird aims to connect with readers and be a helpful platform for them to live better, more enriched lives through the community. We plan to offer...
Since ancient times, the Japanese have devised ways to live comfortably in the humid summer and the cold and dry winter of their homeland. The lifestyle of the machiya residents is a perfect example of such ingenuity to enjoy the four seasons while...
Traditional Japanese housing is designed to cope with the extremes of summer weather in hot and humid climates. In other words, they are designed to live in harmony with the external environment by creating airy and open spaces. These houses also...