Sustainable Travel Japan

S1E218 Japan Fixer-Upper Holiday Home Renovation in Kyoto Japan

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…

S1E217 How running a language school in Oita Japan led to mentor program in Hawaii

This talk is a lightly edited version of a talk I did with my dad Jay Jarman 5-years ago on Seek Sustainable Japan. Still so many wonderful insights here on living a life and running a business with…

S1E215 Bringing back Japan tea farm & silk house for new creative learning hub

Rick Grehan of image mill talks of his new project just an hour outside of Tokyo to revive an old silk-making house and tea farm as sustainable and regenerative as possible to bring it back to life…

S1E216 Sustainable travel, business and product updates for MAY 2026

Joy and Tove catch-up on travel, events, projects and products that focus more on a sustainable Japan

S1E214 Travel to Kobe to see historic home designs - Old vs Imported Japan houses | Azby Brown

Azby Brown always has wonderful insights on Japan house designs old and new and the connections to history, culture and good craftmanshiphttps://azbybrown.com/about/

S1E213 Sustainable Farm Tours, Education & Sheep - Thomas Kloepfer of Pitchfork Farms

Catching up with no-till farmer Thomas Kloepfer who runs Pitchfork Farms on Mukaishima island in Hiroshima, Japan. Thomas was inspired by Fukuoka-sensei to try no-till farming techniques in Japan and…

S1E212 APRIL - Short-Takes on Sustainable Japan - biz, travel & life

S1E211 Falling in Love with Farming & Education 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…

S1E210 Riverside Kyoto Traditional House Tour with Jeff Berglund | Minka Summit Event 2026

As a part of this year's MINKA SUMMIT event at the end of April 2026, we had the wonderful opportunity to tour keynote speaker Jeff Berglund's fabulous riverside MACHIYA in Kyoto along the famous…

S1E209 Travel in Kyoto and Shiga led to Organic Farming - Chuck Kayser at Minka Summit 2026 event

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…

S1E208 Sustainable Life Strategy in Action - Professor Iain Davey - Minka Summit Event April 2026 in Rural Kyoto

Clips from a talk by Professor Iain Davey who teaches Sustainable Development strategies in a Kyoto University and who is based in Shiga Japan.For over the last 30 years Iain Davey has been…

S1E207 Taking a break from London led to a new life in rural Japan - 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…

S1E206 Japan Travel, Film & Education to promote diversity | 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…

S1E205 Thinking of Life & Traditional Japanese House in Rural Japan? Minka Summit 2026 Stuart Galbraith

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…

S1E204 2026 Japan Travel Awards & New Book 70 Remarkable Places - 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…

S1E203 Creating Experiences for Visitors in the Triple-Disaster Fukushima Area - 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…

S1E202 Travel stories from long-time Japan locals - Deep Japan editor 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…

S1E201 The Passion for Preserving Japanese culture in balance with great hospitality - Ryokan Ohana | 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…

S1E200 Japan Travel & Research revealed 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…

S1E199 March Short-Takes of Sustainable Japan with Tove & JJ

Sustainable travel, business and innovation on our radar as sustainability focused consultants in Japan - Tove Kinooka & JJWalsh