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“OSUKYO” provides distinctive experiences for Kyoto visitors.
Osukyo is a community marketplace for people who wants to enjoy the whole region of Kyoto. Through this website, you can find numerous tours and learning programs that tourists can experience peculiar culture of Kyoto. For example, there is a program offers making Japanese sweets in a famous l... → Read More
Design Thinking Saves Flooding Victims [Good Ideas from East Asia]
You may think kids are playing with plastic bottles, as look at the picture above. But, that’s not true. They’re trying a life preserver made from plastic bottles and fishing nets! “Design for Disasters (D4D)” is a team consists of young designers, artists, and academics. They share ideas and ... → Read More
“Omosiro-Nogyo” raises concerns for farming to save the food culture
The NPO “Omosiro-Nogyo”, which means “fun farming” in Japanese, is giving opportunities to urban residents to understand about agriculture. What they’re aiming is not only making communication between people, but also trying to save the food culture in Japan. Based in Kansai region – known as ... → Read More
“Setagaya Daita Monocoto Matsuri” saves ghost shopping street.
Have you ever visited ‘shoten-gai’ in Japan? It is a shopping street mostly located in small local towns. In Japan, central place of local communities was called ‘Shoten-gai.’ However, as large supermarkets became popular among people, local shops closed down their businesses and ‘shoten-gai’ dis... → Read More
“Papamama” lets young people experience pregnancy, before being a parent.
Have you ever thought of giving birth? You may be excited to imagine it. At the same time, however, you are supposed to be worried a lot about having a baby: How about money? How about my job?? How can I take care of my baby??? “Papa to mama ni narumaeni,” (before being a father and mother) gi... → Read More
About GREENZ (English ver.)
Greenz is a NPO that aims to support people who are going to create the future with their own hands. Greenz was born in 2006. Like the name “Developed Country with Emerging Problems”, Japan has a lot of social problems. However, behind those problems laid a thought that “Someone else will res... → Read More
A Way to Experience “Made in Japan”
Opened in February this year, “Nippon Tenarai Dou” tells us a story behind each products such as the story of craftsmanship, story of the local community. The concept of Tenarai Dou is “the select shop where you can experience Japanese Monozukuri(manufacturing)”. There are several similar sto... → Read More
“Hikari-gaoka Share House Project” Opens the Doors to the Young and the Old
As people get older, they tend to keep to themselves by staying indoors. A recent survey run by the Japanese government proved that the number of people who die alone are on the increase. On the other hand, young students who live alone also tend to keep to themselves. Some people may not even kn... → Read More