We will expand the field of view from efforts focused on satoyama, the natural areas around farmlands, to include satokawa and satoumi bordering rivers and the sea, and will collect, share and disseminate a wide range of practical information such as matching these efforts with existing industries, sales and distribution networks for new products, and tourism from abroad.
Factelier: Revitalizing Japan’s manufacturing culture
Emi Maeda Contributing writer
“We want to help keep a cycle in which makers are properly recognized and rewarded going,” said Toshio Yamada, the...
Restaurant Kam
TAEKO TERAO Contributing writer
Culinary hot spot in outlying city Japan’s ongoing economic slump has led consumers to move away from fine dining, with...
City of Yamagata named Destination Region 2025
MAIKO MURAOKA Contributing writer
The Japan Times has announced that Yamagata city, Yamagata Prefecture, has been selected as the Destination Region of the Year...
Beppu Hirokado
TAEKO TERAO Contributing writer
A restaurant that stars fish just out of the water Beppu, in Oita Prefecture, is one of Japan’s foremost hot...
Yamagata: Eco-friendly tradition, regeneration
MAIKO MURAOKA
Contributing writer
The 6th Satoyama Practitioners Networking Event will be held on Nov. 1 and 2 in the city of Yamagata, which...
City of Yamagata named The Japan Times’ Destination Region 2025
The Japan Times has announced that Yamagata city, Yamagata Prefecture, has been selected as the Destination Region of the Year...
Message from the mayor of Yamagata city
Takahiro Sato
Mayor of Yamagata city
It is my great honor to host the 6th Satoyama Practitioners Networking Event here in Yamagata. Yamagata is a historic...
【Sustainable Japan Special Award】Necchu Gakuen, GIA
Kazufu Hotta Chair
The General Incorporated Association Necchu Gakuen began in 2015 with the revitalization of a closed school building in Takahata, Yamagata...
【Sustainable Japan Excellence Award】Yamaroku Shoyu Co., Ltd.
Yasuo Yamamoto President
We are honored to receive the Excellence Award in the satoyama category of the Sustainable Japan Award for our Kioke...
【Sustainable Japan Excellence Award】Nakagawa Co., Ltd.
Takashi Tanaka President
The origins of our work trace back to our founder, Masaya Nakagawa, who, while working as a company employee, was...
【Sustainable Japan Grand Prize】Lifestyle Accent Inc.
Toshio Yamada CEO
Factelier produces clothing in Japan and sells it both domestically and internationally. We partner with 60 factories nationwide, 90% of...
Yamagata co-hosts event on revitalizing rural economies
Maiko Muraoka Contributing writer
Cultural creativity and community strength make city attractive Participants at the first panel session | Takao Ohta The city of...
