Rural Japan Forest Foraging & Documenting Japan's 72 Microseasons | Emily Smith

About this episode

Emily Smith discusses her life in rural Nara, Japan, focusing on forest foraging and documenting the 72 microseasons.

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_1hilqG9Y LINKS 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/

People in this episode

Host: jjwalsh

Guest: Emily Smith

Topics covered

• forest foraging
• microseasons
• rural living
• community collaboration
• Japan

Keywords

• foraging
• microseasons
• rural Japan
• community
• nature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHK

Books & works: WHERE WE CALL HOME

Places: London, Nara

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