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How do you carry a 400-year-old cedar avenue into the future? 🌲 Nikko's cedars have fallen from about 16,500 in 1961 to around 12,000 today. Tochigi supports conservation through an owner system while studying where the next generation of cedars could be planted. ✨
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Oct 28
Japan’s first toji, or master sake brewer, from abroad is UK-born Philip Harper. 🍶🌏 After learning the craft in Nara, he now brews in Kyoto. From Ice Breaker to Time Machine, he builds new ideas on inherited skills—helping carry sake culture forward. ✨
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Oct 27
Can a tiny white flower help revive a Kenyan industry? 🌼 Once known as “white gold,” pyrethrum is making a comeback with support from a Japanese company. Together with local farmers, they’re working to build a more sustainable agriculture . 🤝
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Oct 26
A history of quarrying, etched into the walls. ⛏️🪨 Oya's vast underground chambers in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, still bear quarry workers' pick marks. A collection of 203 tools and records, nationally registered in 2026, reveals the people behind the scenery. 📚
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Oct 25
A 1 cm fern on an island stripped of vegetation. 🌋🌱 On Nishinoshima Island, the first land plants since the 2013–2020 eruptions were confirmed growing in 2025. A July 2026 survey continued monitoring the island to inform future conservation. 🌿
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