Goto is a city in Nagasaki prefecture, consisting of 11 inhabited and 52 uninhabited islands. The city is in the westernmost area of the Kyushu Island; almost 1,000 kilometers west from Tokyo. T-Point Japan co. ltd., a Japanese company engaged in...
Japanese plastics manufacturer, TechnoLab, has started using plastic waste from Japan’s oceans to make home interior goods and furniture. This project aims to bring recycling activities to local towns and overseas. The crowdfunding and community...
The gomi pit BAR (Waste Pit Bar) was awarded the Encouragement Award for the 13th Industrial Tourism Town Revitalization Awards Program by Japan Travel and Tourism Association this year. gomi pit BAR is a bar located in Musashino Green Centre, a...
In today’s digital world, influencer marketing plays a significant role in promotion, adding more value to products, services, campaigns, and travel destinations. Travel and employment company SAGOJO is seeking to bring influencer marketing to...
Very often, organizations tackle one or a few aspects of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). This, of course, makes sense. Not everyone would be an expert to tackle all the problems present in this world. Neither does anyone have the resources to...
Last month, a new hotel renovated from a Japanese traditional house dating back 150 years, opened in a Kosuge, a small village in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. Under the concept “A village of 700 people coming together as 1 hotel,” the hotel...
To tackle the problems of population imbalance and an increasing number of vacant homes, a new group has come together to promote long-stay tourism to old Japanese houses. The Kominka Tourism Promotion Council was established on July 9 by travel...
In recent years of developments in regional revitalization, “relationship population” is a term that is attracting more and more attention. Relationship population are people who are related to certain areas in various ways. Their connection is more...
The Japanese archipelago stretches from north to south, giving a variety of climate. No doubt food cultures are different from place to place too. Well, here’s a piece of fantastic news for those who are curious about regional Japanese food...
In downtown Kamaishi City, in Japan’s northeastern Iwate Prefecture, I asked a taxi driver to take me to Nakamise Street. “Nakamise Street?” he says. “It’s just a shuttered shopping strip.” “The place used to bustle with life,” he added. It was just...