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Sustainable Farming in Japan Better with Sheep - Thomas Kloepfer Pitchfork Farms
May 14, 2026
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APRIL UPDATES on Sustainable Japan - Short takes with Tove & JJ
May 11, 2026
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Using Teaching Skills to Be a Better Community Farmer in Kyoto - Chuck Kayser of Midori Farms
May 7, 2026
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Traditional Japanese Machiya House Tour in Kyoto - with Jeff Berglund
Apr 30, 2026
37m 34s
Ups & Downs of Organic Farming in Japan - Chuck Kayser presentation at Minka Summit 2026
Apr 26, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 5/14/26 |  Sustainable Farming in Japan Better with Sheep - Thomas Kloepfer Pitchfork Farms | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 5/11/26 |  APRIL UPDATES on Sustainable Japan - Short takes with Tove & JJ | No description provided. | — | ||||||
| 5/7/26 |  Using Teaching Skills to Be a Better Community Farmer in Kyoto - Chuck Kayser of Midori Farms | Chuck Kayser has been taking over abandoned farmland in rural Kyoto and Shiga Japan to create vegetable farms and do community workshops to raise awareness of the why and how of organic, natural farming and self-sufficiency. #sustainable #living #organic #farming #japan Chuck Kayser Website for Midori Farm Kyoto https://www.midorifarmkyoto.com/Watch all the talks with Organic Farmers in Japan on this Seek Sustainable Japan YouTube Playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcyYXjRuE20GajKYIPFOfVexBBeLTXFHk&si=yhnTqYaHBc9uN8J_ | — | ||||||
| 4/30/26 |  Traditional Japanese Machiya House Tour in Kyoto - with Jeff Berglund✨ | traditional architectureJapanese culture+3 | Jeff Berglund | MINKA SUMMITYouTube+1 | KyotoKAMO river | MachiyaKyoto+5 | — | 37m 34s | |
| 4/26/26 | Ups & Downs of Organic Farming in Japan - Chuck Kayser presentation at Minka Summit 2026 | Chuck Kayser shares his insights from trial and errors of organic farming in the Kyoto and Shiga area of Japan to an audience of Minka traditional house and rural living enthusiasts from across Japan and even some from abroad.Chuck Kayser at Midori Farmhttps://www.midorifarmkyoto.com/ | — | ||||||
| 4/24/26 |  Sustainable Living Strategies for House, Garden & Car in Japan | Iain Davey | Professor Iain Davey who teaches Sustainable Development strategies in a Kyoto University and who over the last 30 years has been renovating old houses, taking over abandoned farmland, converting his car to run on waste oil and so many other wonderful strategies to reduce his environmental impact. This also saves him money and most importantly helps him live his life in the way he wants to, closer to his community and nature.#minkasummit #sustainable #strategy #japan #sustainaleliving | — | ||||||
| 4/23/26 |  Rural Japan Forest Foraging & Documenting Japan's 72 Microseasons | Emily Smith | Originally from London, UK- Emily Smith has been living in rural Nara with her partner and enjoying the slow life, building a lovely homebase with collaborations in the community while she documents the 72 microseasons and goes foraging in the forest with her 2 rescue dogs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_1hilqG9YLINKS https://www.instagram.com/down2forage/ https://www.youtube.com/@down2forage NHK feature of Emily and her partner Felix in 2025 - WHERE WE CALL HOME https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2087146/ | — | ||||||
| 4/16/26 |  LGBTQ Japan Travel, Film & Education| Tiffany Rossdale | Tiffany Rossdale is a long-time international resident who has worked in the entertainment industry but is now more involved with social impact projects and businesses in Japan. In this talk, we explore some of Tiffany's latest projects talking about LGBTQ+ issues with universities and for WeExist film events, suggest being accepted by her professional name by LINKEDIN, helping to support homeless in Tokyo, make more inclusive travel for LGBTQ+ travelers in Japan and insights from her podcast BREAKFAST WITH TIFFANY. / tiffanyrossdale / tiffanyrossdaleofficial | — | ||||||
| 4/11/26 |  Celebrating Rural Life in Japan - Stuart Galbraith previews Minka Summit 2026 Event 2026 (April 24-26) | The 2026 Minka Summit in Hanase village, Kyoto - a community gathering of people from across Japan who love traditional Japanese houses, rural living, renovations, traditional crafts and cultural preservation. Join us for a day or for the entire 3 days - looking forward to seeing you there! https://kominkajapan.online/events/ | — | ||||||
| 4/9/26 |  2026 Best in Travel Awards Wrap-Up with Shiitake Creative Ally Hongo | Shiitake Creative Ally Hongo joins Seek Sustainable Japan to share insights on the 2026 winners, behind the scenes stories and a new published book focused on better, more sustainable, accessible and inclusive travel in Japan. Shiitake Creative Website @shiitakecreative https://shiitakecreative.jp/ Japan Travel Awards Website @japantravelawards https://japantravelawards.com/ | — | ||||||
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| 4/2/26 |  Disaster, Resilience & Culture Tours in Fukushima Japan - talking with Swastika & Trishit | Swastika & Trishit have been working with locals in Futaba Fukushima - a coastal area devastation by the 2010 earthquake, tsunami and radiation disaster that forced evacuation of the area. Now 16 years later, telling the stories of disaster and survival with visitors is a positive way to help rebuild the community.Visiting the Fukushima area is a deeply-impactful experience- you can book your tour on FUKUSHIMA SEASIDE TOURS https://fukushimaseaside.travel/ Trishit Banerjee on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishitbanerjee/Swastika Harsh Jajoo on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/swastikajajoo777/ NHK feature of their work in Fukushima https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2087155/#sustainable #tourism #travel #japan #fukushima #disaster #community #rebuilding #revival #resilience | — | ||||||
| 3/26/26 |  Capturing stories from the international community on Deep Japan | Hana Shiraishi | Hana Shiraishi is editor-in-chief of DeepJapan - an online magazine sharing stories written by long-time Japan insiders to share interesting perspectives on local people, culture and travel across Japan. In this talk, Hana shares insights from working at a convenience store for her first job as well as many other wonderful stories of travel, inclusion and international community in her work with Deep-Japan. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hana-shiraishi-73092415a/ Deep Japan website: https://deepjapan.org/ | — | ||||||
| 3/19/26 |  Elevating a traditional family-run Japanese Inn to Welcome All Guests | CEO Chizuka Tachibana | How can a traditional Japanese inn survive for many generations? CEO Chizuka Tachibana is following in the footsteps of her family's legacy to run Ryokan Ohana in Fukuoka. As a descendent of feudal lords, Tachibana-san maintains, and continues to elevate an impressive family business legacy. Tachibana-san did a huge renovation of the buildings in 2025 and won the Grand Prize for the Japan Travel Awards in 2026 for her dedication to excellent, inclusive and accessible hospitality and service. Vegan-Vegetarian and international customer welcoming, they have a very sustainable Japanese business philosophy in hopes of being successful for their staff, locals as well as customers beyond the next 100 years & far into the future. https://ohana.co.jp/en/ Japan Travel Awards 2026 Winners https://japantravelawards.com/en/winners/2026 - JOIN the Ryokan Ohana Crowdfunding Effort to preserve their beautiful pine trees https://readyfor.jp/projects/ohana1910/announcements/421132 | — | ||||||
| 3/12/26 |  Japan's Cultural Connections to KAMI Gods - 8M Ways to Happiness | interview with Hiroko Yoda | Author Hiroko Yoda joins us to share insights from her latest book "Eight Million Ways to Happiness - Wisdom for Inspiration and Healing from the Heart of Japan'. It is a deeply personal journey of spiritual understanding, training and research into how Shinto, Buddhism, Shugendo and the many many Gods of Japan interplay in her thought processes as she grew up in Japan as well as gained more Japan life insights while living, working & traveling abroad. Hiroko Yoda Links- Newsletter: https://blog.hirokoyoda.com/ Instagram: @hi_yoda_1 Bluesky: @hirokoyoda.bsky.social Hiroko will participate in three Writers’ Festivals in Australia (Melbourne, Margaret River and Sydney) in May, 2026. Here are some links to tickets available for my talks. More coming soon, and I will announce it later on SNS. "Hiroko Yoda 'Eight Million Ways to Happiness’ : How meaning, purpose and gratitude are woven into Japanese culture" https://www.swf.org.au/program/festival-2026/hiroko-yoda-eight-million-ways-to-happiness/ Matt Alt and I will have a talk together too! : “The Japan Effect: How Japanese culture influences the rest of the world.” https://www.swf.org.au/program/festival-2026/the-japan-effect #seeksustainablejapan #talkshow #podcast #author #book #japan #japaneseculture #spirituality #culture #japanesetraditions #hirokoyoda #interview LINKS https://www.hirokoyoda.com/ https://blog.hirokoyoda.com/p/eight-million-ways-to-happiness | — | ||||||
| 3/5/26 |  Sustainable Japan Updates with Tove & JJ - March 2026 | Sustainable travel, business and innovation on our radar as sustainability focused consultants in Japan - Tove Kinooka & JJWalsh | — | ||||||
| 3/2/26 |  Setouchi Japan Sustainable Travel & Design with You Sakana | You Sakaguchi (You-Sakana) has been living and promoting the SETOUCHI area of Japan as a blogger, designer, photographer and content creator. Ryoko Ihara is the head of branding at GoField co and often works in collaboration with You on projects. We will talk about some of their work, philosophy and sustainable travel highlights for the Setouchi (Kagawa/Tokushima/Okayama) area of Japan. You Sakaguchi | YouSakana https://www.instagram.com/yousakana.design/ https://yousakana.jp/ | — | ||||||
| 2/27/26 |  FEB 2026 Sustainable Japan Short-Takes with Tove & JJ - Sustainable Business & Travel Consultants | This month FEBRUARY we talk about some of our favorite low-waste, plastic-free products in Japan, the high-technology of trees & other great sustainable business & travel events, talks, innovation and inspiration Tove Kinooka - sustainable business consultant based in Yokohama, Japan *Tokyo area*JJWalsh - sustainable business & travel consultant based in Hiroshima, Japan *Setouchi area* | — | ||||||
| 2/26/26 |  Diverse Stories of Success Working in Japan for Future Entrepreneurs - Educator John Rucynski | Creating a textbook that engages with university students in Japan is a challenge but a Professor at Okayama university, John Rucynski has found a winning formula for writing a textbook with stories of successful international professionals working in Japan. https://deepjapan.org/john-rucynski/https://cengagejapan.com/elt/ListeningVideo/page/?no=1412662013bfq7a | — | ||||||
| 2/19/26 | Local Needs & Visitor Appeal Balance of Sustainable Travel in Japan - Paul Christie | CEO Paul Christie of Walk Japan started as a guide for tourists many years ago and has led the Walk Japan company toward a more sustainable business path where needs of locals and visitors are more in balance. He has also helped revive a small village in rural Japan with organic farming, community building, bringing in new residents and using tourism income to help fund projects.https://walkjapan.com/ | — | ||||||
| 2/12/26 |  Why Preserve Traditional Japanese Boatbuilding? On location in the workshop with Douglas Brooks | I visited the traditional boatbuilding workshop of craftsman Tenkyou Hirofumi who was working with Douglas Brooks and filmmaker Chikara Motomura on a project this year in Miyoshi *Hiroshima* Japan - great to hear the sounds of traditional carpentry as we talk about the value of preserving these traditions. | — | ||||||
| 2/6/26 |  Why are there so many cute & bizarre characters in Japan? Dr.Debra Occhi Linguistic-Anthropologist | Visitors and new residents to Japan are often surprised to see so many wonderfully cute and bizarre characters in Japan and the characterization of everything from safety announcements to tourism promotion. Dr.Debra Occhi has been studying the Japan world of characters for many years and shares some of her insights on the historical connections as well as how these characters function in business as well as for the benefit of society. | — | ||||||
| 1/30/26 |  Predicting Sustainable Japan Innovation, Products and Trends of 2026 | First of our 30-min Short-Takes series for 2026In this episode JJ & Tove give their predictions for Sustainable Japan 2026: Food Diversity - Zero-Waste - CleanTech - GenderEquity - Apps - Minka - Traditional Rural Japan Travel - Japan EV's - Innovation - Entrepreneurs - Biodiversity =Tove's top 5= 1) TooGoodToGo Food Waste/Loss App Launches in Japan / https://www.toogoodtogo.com/ja 2) Multi-lateral Thinking to Sustainability - like the IKEA 2050 Project / https://www.ikea.com/jp/en/this-is-ikea/community-engagement/life-at-home-2050-pub2ef982b0/ 3) UpScrolled App - More Sustainable Social Media / https://upscrolled.com/en/faq/ 4) Women-Positive Events on the Rise - IchigoBloom / Joconne / Rocklit https://www.rocklit.com/ https://luma.com/8jcxj6ef 5) Biodiversity-Forward BIODIVERSIFY https://biodiversify.com/ =JJ's top 5= 1) Japan EV's 2026 - HONDA - Mazda - Suzuki - Nissan - Toyota all have exciting cars in JAPAN 2) Sustainable Travel Innovation - The Japan Travel Awards 2026 - event 2/12/2026 / https://japantravelawards.com/en/home 3) Traditional Japanese MINKA houses, craftspeople, rural living, sustainable travel - Minka Summit event 4/24-26/2026 / https://kominkajapan.online/events/ 4) CleanTech Innovation - Smart Energy - Green Entrepreneurs - Events in Tokyo-Chiba-Osaka https://www.wsew.jp/hub/en-gb.html 5) PlantBased Vegan Vegetarian Forward Eateries - VeganOsaka delivers https://www.veganosaka.com/en / Japan Times article on plantbased vegan rise japan https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/01/29/sustainability/veganism-rise-japan-climate/ --------------- JJWalsh's Inbound Ambassador Website: https://inboundambassador.com/ | — | ||||||
| 1/29/26 |  Douglas Brooks has been the Last (and Only) Apprentice to many Japanese boatbuilders | Douglas Brooks joins the show again this month to talk about his 10th apprenticeship with a traditional Japanese boatbuilder in Hiroshima as well as other projects in 2026. His backstory is that he had a roommate from Hiroshima at University and when he first visited Japan as a backpacker he got bored of the typical sightseeing, but fascinated by wooden traditional Japanese boats he found his way into an apprenticeship. This has led to 9 apprentices with traditional wooden boatbuilders in Japan - often as their only and last apprentice before they retire. https://www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com/ | — | ||||||
| 1/15/26 |  The Art, Beauty & Fun of a Hiroshima KAGURA Performance - talking with Rachel Nicholson | Rachel Nicholson shares insights on her work with Hiroshima Kagura performances - she translates the story subtitles to English and hosts the live shows every wednesday night in Hiroshima city. LINKS https://www.rccbc.co.jp/event/kagura/en/ This is the website for the Wednesday Night Kagura performances (that start on 4/1) https://www.hiroshima-kagura.jp/en/ This is the big “what is Kagura” for Hiroshima website Notes from Rachel about Hiroshima Kagura: As for favorite performances, here are some videos my top 3: Ox-Baby - Ushi-gozen (Asahi-ga-Oka Kagura Troupe)Lady Takiyasha (Kaminakachōshi Kagura Troupe)Maple Leaf-Viewing Party (Miyanoki Kagura Troupe) | — | ||||||
| 12/31/25 |  Episode 555 - Go-Go-Go Boldly into 2026 Flaws & All | Welcome to a new year of Seek-Sustainable-Japan - here are some dreams and thoughts as we start the year as best we can- hope it's a good one for all of us! Feel free to drop comments or questions to me somewhere & I will give you a shoutout in the next episode!LINKS: #seeksustainablejapan on YouTube #inboundambassador on IG & FB #jjwalsh on BlueSky | — | ||||||
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