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Flight. Tokyo food tour. Kahaku.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”January 6-12″]<\/p>\n
Asian Rural Institute. Nikko. Kinoshi Juku.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”January 13-16″]<\/p>\n
Tokyo. Nagawa-machi. N\u014ddai. Otaya Matsuri.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”January 17-18″]<\/p>\n
Free time!<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”January 19-30″]<\/p>\n
ARI. Ashio. Watarase. Yotsuba. Fukushima. Farewell!<\/p>\n
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Greetings, dear reader!<\/p>\n
Welcome to thoughts, photos and videos from students tracking\u00a0the\u00a0ideas and practices of community leadership around environmental sustainability in Japan. I’ve charged them with considering\u00a0how local\u00a0communities meet\u00a0global environmental challenges, to counter\u00a0the popular US image that Asia matters environmentally mostly as a source of problems. We learn\u00a0through field trips, discussion, and symposia with Japanese students, and\u00a0hands-on participation in daily food life at the Asian Rural Institute.<\/p>\n
I hope you’ll enjoy these\u00a0glimpses of\u00a0our journey,<\/p>\n
Kathy Tegtmeyer Pak
\nAssociate Professor
\nDepartments of Asian Studies & Political Science, St. Olaf College<\/p>\n
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Nasushiobara, Tochigi<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Sakura Hotel Ikebukuro” pin_address=”2 Chome-40-7 Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, T\u014dky\u014d-to 170-0014, Japan” pin_address_lat=”35.7336139″ pin_address_lng=”139.7088026″]<\/p>\n Ikebukuro hostel<\/a> that’s home for two nights.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Tokyo Central Youth Hostel” pin_address=”1-1 Kaguragashi, Shinjuku-ku, T\u014dky\u014d-to 162-0823, Japan” pin_address_lat=”35.7009516″ pin_address_lng=”139.7435789″]<\/p>\n 2nd hostel home<\/a>, two more nights.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Unmemory Pension” pin_address=”3518-2634 Daimon, Nagawa-machi, Chiisagata-gun, Nagano-ken 386-0601, Japan” pin_address_lat=”36.1173511″ pin_address_lng=”138.21582480000006″]<\/p>\n Ski village hotel<\/a> in Nagawa-machi.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Kinoshi Juku” pin_address=”1041 Nakayama, Nasukarasuyama-shi, Tochigi-ken 321-0604, Japan” pin_address_lat=”36.7011207″ pin_address_lng=”140.13126120000004″]<\/p>\n Organic farm<\/a>,\u00a0consumer-supported ag & art.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Ashio Copper Mine” pin_address=”Japan, \u3012321-1514 Tochigi-ken, Nikk\u014d-shi, Ashiomachits\u016bd\u014d, 5\u22121 \u901a\u6d1e\u5e02\u55b6\uff12\u53f7\u4f4f\u5b85” pin_address_lat=”36.63494439999999″ pin_address_lng=”139.44107989999998″]<\/p>\n Notorious copper mine<\/a>, source of labor movement & pollution tragedy.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Yotsuba Co-op” pin_address=”1223 Awanomiya, Oyama-shi, Tochigi-ken 329-0201, Japan” pin_address_lat=”36.2828854″ pin_address_lng=”139.78135610000004″]<\/p>\n Tochigi Prefecture consumer co-operative<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Watarase Basin” pin_address=”Tochigi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan” pin_address_lat=”36.3823804″ pin_address_lng=”139.73408100000006″]<\/p>\n Artificial reservoir created to protect Tokyo water from Ashio pollution. \u00a0Now a Ramsar Convention recognized wetland<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Fukushima University” pin_address=”Japan, \u3012960-1248 Fukushima-ken, Fukushima-shi, Kanayagawa, 1 \u56fd\u7acb\u798f\u5cf6\u5927\u5b66” pin_address_lat=”37.6837106″ pin_address_lng=”140.45598689999997″]<\/p>\n Fukushima University, Future Center for Regional Revitalization<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Nagawa-machi” pin_address=”Nagawa, Chiisagata District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan” pin_address_lat=”36.2558541″ pin_address_lng=”138.26786600000003″]<\/p>\n Nagawa-machi, Nagano Prefecture<\/a> – town of less than 8000 in the central mountains.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”N\u014ddai (Tokyo University of Agriculture)” pin_address=”Japan, \u3012156-0054 T\u014dky\u014d-to, Setagaya-ku, Sakuragaoka, 1 Chome\u22121 \uff11\u53f7\u9928” pin_address_lat=”35.6414428″ pin_address_lng=”139.63253740000005″]<\/p>\n \u5c71\u6751\u518d\u751f\u30d7\u30ed\u30b8\u30a7\u30af\u30c8<\/a>\u3001\u8fb2\u5927 Mountain Village Revitalization Project at the Tokyo University of Agriculture (N\u014ddai)<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Narita Airport” pin_address=”Narita International Airport (NRT), 1-1 Furugome, Narita-shi, Chiba-ken 282-0004, Japan” pin_address_lat=”35.7719867″ pin_address_lng=”140.39285010000003″]<\/p>\n International airport<\/a>!<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_map_pin][et_pb_map_pin title=”Kahaku” pin_address=”7-20 Uenok\u014den, Tait\u014d-ku, T\u014dky\u014d-to 110-0007, Japan” pin_address_lat=”35.7162899″ pin_address_lng=”139.77650949999997″]<\/p>\n