Seek Sustainable Japan is a positive view of sustainable Japan through discussions with "Good People Doing Great Things" as a way to share ideas worth preserving and building on. Everything from community building to Japanese culture, art, crafts, trades, reuse & renovation, farming, entrepreneurship, sustainable business & products, events, organizations, travel & traditions. All of the guests on the show are creating a more sustainable Japan [i.e. better people-planet-profits balance] through…
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In 2022, I met Shelley Clarke at Minka Summit and talked with her here on Seek Sustainable Japan - here we catch up on the last 4 years of renovations and projects she has done as well as insights from her work with sustainable fisheries for the UN. #sustainable #business #travel #stay #japan #shizuoka #educator #expert #entrepreneur #communitybuilder LINKS Sasuichi Restoration project:…
Ryonohara founder Lee talks here about design choices when renovating the traditional Japanese MINKA houses in rural Wakayama Japan. Also shares insights on running a successful AirBnb stays alongside retreats that connect guests to local craftspeople. Lee is also reviving tea farms and doing sustainable farming with goats and chickens. @Ryunohara https://www.ryunohara.com/about
Hrishita of Hachidori-Denryoku's international team joins us to introduce the great work of this renewable energy sourcing co. in Japan. How to include international residents to learn about the service and sign up to source renewable energy even if renting or do not have a sunny roof. How everyone & anyone can still be a proactive part of Japan's clean energy transition. Hachidori Denryoku (also…
Joy's recently back from Hawaii and inspired for sustainable travel and business strategies that also apply back to Japan. Tove has some Tokyo innovation and topics such as shorts okay for Cool Biz? / Regenerative Vertical Indoor Farm in Tokyo / Biodegradable plastics being used in Japan vs Hawaii / Sompo Japan insurance / EV electric car subsidy up to 1.3Million yen payback for all Japanese…
Farmer Thomas Kloepfer has been working this stunning hillside farmland for 15 years and finding the years of no-till farming paying off with healthy soil integrated with farm animals. Pitchfork Farms is on Mukaishima island, Onomichi area in Hiroshima, Japan. Book your own private farm tour with Thomas- it works well as a part of your Shimanami-Kaido cycle ride along the coast starting from…
University of Melbourne Architecht-Educator Athanasios Tsakonas talks about the design of dark-tourism, A-bomb survivor trees of reconciliation & WW2 memorial sites in Hiroshima, Yokohama and Australia. LINKS LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/athanasios-tsakonas-85490438/ Green Legacy Hiroshima: https://gethiroshima.com/features/green-legacy/ Yokohama commonwealth war cemetery…
Great topics in today's chat: renewable energy, sustainable life & business solutions, fabulous plantbased food, wonderful hotels in London, Hiroshima & Fukuoka putting people & planet forward, Ideas from London to promote EV's & ultra-low emissions #talkshow #cleanenergy #lowemissions #london #hiroshima #fukuoka #onomichi #heatwave #greathotels #japan #uk Topics & Updates - June 2026 Tove Kinooka…
Kristina Minami is better known as SUGA-LENIN on Instagram where she had hundreds of thousands of loyal followers who enjoy her deep insights on rural Japan travel. Exciting to see that Kristina is now leveraging her experience to develop tours and guides for some of her favorite trips off-the-beaten track in the Japanese countryside. https://inner-japan.com/
As a long-time fan of Anime and Manga, Jay Allen has been diving into Japanese history and culture for many years even before coming as a software engineer & technical writer turned journalist. Jay has been the publisher and chief writer of the popular site Unseen-Japan since 2018 and living in Tokyo, Japan full-time since 2024 writing and guiding tours for Tokyo's nightlife and lesser-known…
Adrienne and Zealous Wiley are US based Palm Springs designers who fell in love with traditional Japanese houses and are living their dream by purchasing and beautifully renovating a 100-year-old machiya (traditional townhouse) in Kyoto, Japan. This live chat with Adrienne and Zealous gives us insights on their design decisions and steps of renovation as what led them to take on this new…
