Seek Sustainable Japan

jjwalsh / InboundAmbassador

A positive view of a more sustainable Japan - insights from experts and insiders: "Good People Doing Great Things" working in or with Japan on sustainable strategies that meet the needs of people and planet in balance with profits. Topics include: Better sustainable travel & tourism for locals & visitors, Akiya abandoned house renovations and reuse, salvaged vintage and retro items, reuse of waste materials, renewable energy, recycling and composting, community building, Japanese culture, art, crafts, trades, organic and natural farming, entrepreneurship, sustainable business & products, events, organizations, travel & traditions. All of the guests on the show are working in some way to create a more sustainable Japan [i.e. better people-planet-profits balance] through their work, projects and way of life. JJWalsh is founder of the Inbound-Ambassador co. & host of the talkshow-podcast Seek Sustainable Japan. JJ is originally from Oahu, Hawaii, but now a 30 year+ Hiroshima, Japan resident. JJ works as a sustainability-focused guide, educator, writer, moderator, event creator and sustainable tourism development & strategy consultant. JJ drives an electric car, does 100% composting of food waste, catches rainwater in tanks for garden use & renovated a 70 year old AKIYA abandoned house into comfortable self-sufficient energy home with a 7kwh solar system and battery. #inboundambassador #seeksustainablejapan #talkshow #japan #sustainable #goodpeopledoinggreatthings #strategy #business #travel #inspiration #insiders #experts #artisans #craftspeople

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    Japan Rural Life & Classic Homes Event - Minka Summit 2026 - Chat with Stuart Galbraith

    Kominka Japan has set the date for the annual Hanase Village Minka celebration in Rural Kyoto for the weekend of April 24,25,26 2026 - save the date! Tickets are now on sale and you can get a discount if you buy before the end of 2025 https://kominkajapan.online/events/ LINKS: My talk with Paul & Kim Fredale about their stunning home and garden renovation: https://youtube.com/live/yjVcsFL09sU Buy your MINKA SUMMIT 2026 tickets, dinner tickets, lunch tickets.. on Peatix: https://minka-summit-2026.peatix.com/ Some Highlights of the event to be announced in the show: · Speaker Presentations · Minka and Machiya Tours! · Hands-On Workshop Demonstrations! · Minka Mall! · Friday Night Meet-and-Greet · Saturday Night Dinner & Keynote Speech About Stuart Galbraith from KominkaJapan website Stuart Galbraith IV is a film historian who has lived in his 1810 minka in the mountains north of Kyoto since 2016 with his wife, Yukiyo, and daughter, Sadie. He is the author of seven books, including The Emperor and the Wolf – The Lives and Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune and Japanese Cinema and a co-writer of Academy Award-winner Steven Okazaki’s documentary Mifune – The Last Samurai (2015). A former archivist for Warner Bros. and MGM, Galbraith writes reviews for the website The Digital Bits and frequently does audio commentaries and produces short documentaries for DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K releases, including such films as Kurosawa’s Rashomon, Sanjuro, and Dersu Uzala, Kinji Fukasaku’s Battles without Honor and Humanity, Martin Scorsese’s Silence, and Joshua Logan’s Sayonara. His most recent credit is an audio commentary for the Powell & Pressburger classic A Matter of Life and Death. He also wrote and produced the documentary short, The Minka of Gaijin Alley (2019).

    Japan Rural Life & Classic Homes Event - Minka Summit 2026 - Chat with Stuart Galbraith
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A positive view of a more sustainable Japan - insights from experts and insiders: "Good People Doing Great Things" working in or with Japan on sustainable strategies that meet the needs of people and planet in balance with profits. Topics include: Better sustainable travel & tourism for locals & visitors, Akiya abandoned house renovations and reuse, salvaged vintage and retro items, reuse of waste materials, renewable energy, recycling and composting, community building, Japanese culture, art, crafts, trades, organic and natural farming, entrepreneurship, sustainable business & products, events, organizations, travel & traditions. All of the guests on the show are working in some way to create a more sustainable Japan [i.e. better people-planet-profits balance] through their work, projects and way of life. JJWalsh is founder of the Inbound-Ambassador co. & host of the talkshow-podcast Seek Sustainable Japan. JJ is originally from Oahu, Hawaii, but now a 30 year+ Hiroshima, Japan resident. JJ works as a sustainability-focused guide, educator, writer, moderator, event creator and sustainable tourism development & strategy consultant. JJ drives an electric car, does 100% composting of food waste, catches rainwater in tanks for garden use & renovated a 70 year old AKIYA abandoned house into comfortable self-sufficient energy home with a 7kwh solar system and battery. #inboundambassador #seeksustainablejapan #talkshow #japan #sustainable #goodpeopledoinggreatthings #strategy #business #travel #inspiration #insiders #experts #artisans #craftspeople