by plumb1 | Jan 23, 2018 | Food
Busy city, check. Wonderful food, check. Way too many people, check. Tokyo is a place where some people thrive in the chaotic mess of the big city with lights and late nights. I am not one of those people. I am a sit back and relax with good food type of person. ...
by Choi Alexander | Jan 18, 2018 | ARI, Food
There is no sincerer love than the love of food -George Bernard Shaw At ARI, everything is done together. Morning exercises, cleaning, and farm work are all performed as a team, building a sense of community, togetherness, and friendship. Gathering people from all...
by Honda Sakura | Jan 11, 2018 | ARI, Farming, Food, Pollution
During the morning of January 10, we went to 帰農志塾 (kinoshijuku), another organic farm that trains Japanese people who want to become a future farmer. The conversation with the founder’s son and daughter gave me a clear understanding of organic farming. I...
by little1 | Jan 11, 2018 | ARI, Farming, Food
Hi! My name is Katrina Little and I’ll be sharing about our daily activities at ARI. In the morning we roll out of our chilly beds and conduct the very entertaining Japaneseラジオ体操 (rajio taiso, radio exercise) at seven in the morning. It is quite cold. But we wake up...
by plumb1 | Jan 10, 2018 | ARI, Food
“ARI’s mission is made clear from its first sentence: The mission of the Asian Rural Institute is to build an environmentally healthy, just and peaceful world, in which each person can live to his or her fullest potential.” The ordering of this...
by Munson Olivia | Jan 9, 2018 | ARI, Farming, Food, Tokyo
One of our breakfast’s in Tokyo. Notice how well put together the sandwiches are! One of our lunches in Tokyo! These noodles were ordered from a vending machine but still presented very well! This was another lunch in Tokyo. Here you could clearly see all the...
