My relatives’ ceramic studio recently hosted a miso-making party. The process is both simple and also time-consuming. First the soy beans....
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I recently read Azby Brown’s book, Just Enough: Lessons in Living Green from Traditional Japan. Brown is an architect, professor, author,....
23 Feb 9:02 am  from     [Profile] [Recent] 

On our walk through Zoushigaya, we came across this mature yuzu tree, growing in the small space between the street and a residence. Yuzu i....
28 Jan 9:07 am  from     [Profile] [Recent] 

The New York Times recently reported that Chicago residents are increasingly keeping pygmy goats in their back yards, joining chicken coops....
25 Jan 9:03 am  from     [Profile] [Recent] 

The last post about Big Globe reminded me of two recent dinners I attended in Tokyo and Kanagawa which featured food with visible and inter....
10 Jan 9:01 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile] [Recent] 

Just read in PSFK that New York City has taken the first step to allow urban beekeeping. I was surprised to learn that the ban on bees in th....
5 Jan 10:21 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile] [Recent] 

Walking on a small street in Hiroo, in central Tokyo, we heard a strange noise and saw some people staring at a persimmon tree. On closer e....
22 Dec 9:01 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile] [Recent] 

The Huffington Post published my article entitled “Biodiversity Remakes Tokyo.” I will become a regular blogger, so if you like the art....
3 Dec 11:35 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile] [Recent] 

Edible walls are a new idea alongside green roofs and green walls: maximizing urban space for plants and food. A New York Times article dis....
23 Nov 9:15 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile] [Recent] 

I visited Odakyu’s Agris Seijo rental farm in Seijogakuenmae in Setagaya and was prepared to be charmed by a community vegetable farm bui....
22 Nov 10:54 pm  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile] [Recent] 

For an American, it is shocking to see how frequently all the Japanese transit lines advertise the lovely, and often seasonal places, they ....
19 Nov 9:01 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile] [Recent]