How responsible travelers can contribute to sustainable islands
For more than 20 years, Okinawa has nurtured a growing trend toward achieving sustainability on all levels of society. In a rapidly changing world that is still negotiating a pandemic, many Okinawans have been working to create initiatives that both engage tourists and enrich ...
Peaceful retreats, natural beauty beckon in northern Okinawa
As we carefully plan our post-pandemic travels, personal health and safety remain among our top priorities. Okinawa¡¯s subtropical climate makes it an ideal place at any time of year to take a peacefully insular ¡°workation.¡± Stay focused and relax with family in a secluded ...
Nikko Discount Ticket offers foreign travelers journey to ¡®land of gods¡¯
Located in Tochigi Prefecture, the city of Nikko has long been thought of as a deeply mystical place. Before his death in 1616, Tokugawa Ieyasu ¡ª the man who unified Japan and established the Tokugawa shogunate that ruled over the country until 1868 ¡ª ...
Sustainable Brands 2021 Yokohama will take place on Feb. 24 and 25 at Pacifico Yokohama North in the city¡¯s vibrant Minato Mirai area. As one of the largest domestic sustainability community events and the fifth of its kind to be held in Japan, the ...
Racing full speed ahead toward a digitalized Japan
About a year has passed since Â鶹´«Ã½ first commercial 5G mobile communications service was launched. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has announced a target of increasing the number of base stations to 280,000 by the end of March 2024 and is promoting ...
First year shows steady progress amid COVID-19 rush
At the same time commercial 5G services were launched last March, the world became engulfed in the COVID-19 pandemic, which has changed the lifestyles of many people. Ironically, however, the pandemic has somehow helped develop digitalization and increased the need for 5G technology to make ...
Sustainable Brands 2021: The year of regeneration
When we organized Sustainable Brands for the first time in Japan in 2016, when the word sustainability still sounded novel, about 300 people, including experts and researchers, came together. Four years later, the participants have grown significantly diverse to include people from businesses, nongovernmental ...
Toyama's rich industrial culture marked by innovation, flexibility and change
The circular rings found in cut tree trunks are said to age a tree and tell its story. A visit to the Uozu Buried Forest Museum in Uozu, Toyama Prefecture, also reveals how surprisingly adaptable nature can be. The museum, through its exhibits and ...
Aichi Prefecture boasts long history of technological innovation, development
The puppeteer¡¯s hands move quickly, deftly pulling ropes tethered to a mechanical karakuri doll used in yama floats in local festivals. The doll, clad in jewel-toned finery reminiscent of that worn by Japanese feudal nobility, moves its arms and head from side to side. The ...
Accommodation plan offers guests a chance to experience the world of Murakami¡¯s art
Those familiar with contemporary Japanese art have surely come across the works of Takashi Murakami. Known for blurring the line between high and low arts, the renowned artist¡¯s style incorporates themes from traditional and popular culture, producing works with vibrant colors and striking imagery. Through ...
Mie Prefecture's sacred foods, ocean riches vital part of culture, industry
A woody aroma fills the air at the Grand Shrines of Ise, Â鶹´«Ã½ foremost Shinto shrine complex in Mie Prefecture. Towering hinoki cypress, at once heavy-scented and majestic, dot the landscape, an area measuring roughly 5,500 hectares and home to 125 shrines. Of these, Kotaijingu ...
Suntory Museum of Art exhibition focuses on new beauty created by crossing borders
Since relocating to Tokyo Midtown in Tokyo¡¯s Roppongi district in 2007, the Suntory Museum of Art has highlighted the aesthetic connections between old and new, national and local, and East and West. The museum¡¯s latest exhibition, open from Dec. 16 to Feb. 28, focuses ...
