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🌋 A volcano to learn from—and lessons to share. At Toya-Usu Geopark in Hokkaido, lessons from Mt. Usu live on through Volcano Meisters, turning memory into preparedness. This wisdom now helps train disaster leaders near Poás Volcano in Costa Rica through cooperation with Japan.

The sweetest lesson in food loss may come from what gets trimmed away. 🍠 At Ibaraki University, student-led HZP gives new value to hashippo—the overlooked edges of dried sweet potatoes—through 50 recipes, 16 products, and materials that make upcycling accessible & engaging.

An umbrella on a sunny day? ☂️ Watering the street? 💦 In Japan, sun umbrellas for all ages and genders, yukata, and uchimizu—sprinkling reused water on the ground—are everyday ways to soften summer heat. Staying cool also means caring for shared spaces and the people around you.

July 11 is World Horse Day. 🐴 On Toi Cape in Miyazaki Prefecture, the Misaki horse is a rare native horse that has lived for more than 300 years in a near-natural state. Protected as a National Natural Monument, they thrive with minimal human interference.

Learning communication skills from Deaf instructors. 🤝 At an international airport, Deaf instructors teach staff to connect beyond spoken language. Certified NPO Silent Voice demonstrates that those once seen as needing support can also be the ones offering it.

Along Fukui prefecture's Echizen Coast, daffodils are more than scenery. 🌼🌊 Through SUISEN Bouquet, NOKATE lowers the barriers to caring for the region's fields—making harvesting and sorting easier, and helping newcomers join the work to sustain the cultural landscape. 🏡🌍

Can a Forest Be Tasted in a Cup of Tea? 🌲🌊 In Miyagi Prefecture, Momonowa’s cedar herb tea starts with forest care. Made from cedar cones gathered during forest restoration, it reconnects people with the forests that nourish the sea. 🍵

One tradition. Countless local stories. Today is Tanabata! 🎋 Celebrations vary across Japan into August. From Sendai’s streamers and Tokyo’s candlelights to Noshiro’s castle floats and Kyoto’s sky lanterns, a single star legend takes infinite, vibrant local forms. ✨

The hidden language of birds.🐥 Associate Professor SUZUKI Toshitaka of the University of Tokyo discovered that Japanese tits combine calls into simple sentences They appear to follow grammatical rules like humans. Understanding animals may change our world. 📖

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How can we balance food production with biodiversity? 🌾🐞 Synecoculture is an innovative farming method from Japan that actively designs ecosystems, augmenting their functions to boost crop yields and help improve local livelihoods🤝

Lighting towns with forgotten bamboo.💡 Across Japan, local communities are turning neglected bamboo into beautiful Take-Akari lanterns.Working with Kumamoto Prefecture's CHIKAKEN they are transforming an environmental challenge into community pride—and a new local tradition.🏮✨

Flipping Unwanted Darkness into Starriest Success! 💫 Facing a tourism decline, SHIRASAWA Yuji & Achi Village turned absolute darkness into a starry asset. Partnering with locals, they showed how a shift in perspective turns challenges into lasting value. ✨

Where Tradition Finds New Light. 🏮 Fukuoka Prefecture's Ito Gonjiro Shoten weaves traditional lanterns into modern hotels and movie sets. Long illuminating Japanese nights, this single-spiral craftsmanship now beautifully lights up contemporary spaces worldwide. 🌍

#PhotoOfTheMonth: A nameless pond that captivated the world. 🪷 Summer brings Japan's nameless pond to life. Once an irrigation pond in Gifu Prefecture, it became an iconic landscape by the care of locals—showing how communities can rediscover the value of everyday places. 🌍

Where Nature Becomes the Classroom. 🏫 In Ogatsu, Miyagi Prefecture, the former Kuwahama Elementary School was reborn as MORIUMIUS after the 2011 earthquake. Here, children experience nature’s cycle and learn to live in harmony with it through the local community.

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Time to pick our July #PickaHeader! 🎋 Waterfront fireworks, wind chimes in the summer breeze, morning glories in full bloom, festive Tanabata(a star festival in July) decorations. Which speaks to you most? Comment your pick by June 29. Winner revealed the next day!

Discover places that become part of you. 🚞 Otetsutabi connects travelers with short-handed rural communities that need extra help during busy seasons. More than work it’s a chance to build lasting bonds with locals. Turning temporary help into lifelong friendships! 🤝

What do 1 in 4 people still lack? The answer is safe water. 💧Yamaha Motor's Clean Water Supply System delivers safe water using sand and microbes. Requiring no chemicals or large power, it lets locals manage it. In 15 countries, it boosts quality of life through safe water.🌱

🚜 Cultivating the Land with Eyes in the Sky. ✨ Powered by Japan's Michibiki satellite system, Ezowin's Reposaku helps farmers track machinery, reduce waste, and improve efficiency across vast fields. A space-age solution helping shape the future of sustainable farming ! 🌱