Care to try soft-serve ice cream with gold🍦✨? Thanks to 箔一, the 450+-year-old craft #Kanazawa gold leaf is being used not only for ceremonial items, but to create everyday items, adorn armor, & garnish food.
hakuichi.co.jp
#RegionalRevitalization #Ishikawa

We successfully communicated with #SLIM on 04/23, confirming that SLIM survived its 3rd night! This is the lunar surface taken by the navigation camera on 04/23. Because this was captured during the earliest Moon phase yet, the Moon is bright and shadows are short. #GoodAfterMoon

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#DYK about Suzu ware, Japan’s ancient pottery? Its production area was seriously damaged by an earthquake on New Year’s Day this year, but the artists remain optimistic. Learn more about the reasons why.
japan.go.jp/kizuna/2024/04…

Akan-Mashu #NationalPark in Hokkaido boasts volcanoes ⛰️, lakes, and caldera terrain. Vast forests 🌳 & unique wetlands are home to great spotted woodpeckers, Japanese sables, etc., while its Ainu Village offers a glimpse of indigenous culture.
japan.travel/national-parks…

All aboard for adventure at Kosaka Railroad Rail Park 🛤️! Preserving a nearly 100-year-old railway, it lets guests see historic trains, ride trolleys or railbikes, stay on a sleeper train 🚃, and drive a diesel locomotive!
kosaka-rp.com

#Akita #RegionalRevitalization

Take your health into your own hands with the SOXAI RING from healthtech startup SOXAI Inc. | ソクサイ. It unintrusively and accurately measures vital health data & converts it to mobile-app, user-friendly scores to empower lifestyle adjustments.
soxai.co.jp

#InnovationJapan

A group of 'meddlesome grandmothers' 👵 in Maniwa City, #Okayama Prefecture is tackling food waste! At an eco-focused Jyujiya Group facility, local elderly women cut & sell non-standard vegetables popular as ready-to-use ingredients.
jyujiya-group.com/sdgs/

#GlobalGoals #SDGs

The history of the Tantetsukou coal and iron ports that helped modernize Japan from the late 1860s is alive through food 🍽️! Unique dishes served in former mining regions including 'gatatan' soup 🍲 with 10+ ingredients. 3city.net/tantetsukou-me…

#RegionalRevitalization #Hokkaido

Love sake 🍶? You'll adore Ukiha Sakayado Isonosawa, the Ukiha City, #Fukuoka Prefecture brewery & inn! Drink complimentary sake, steam in a sake-barrel sauna, take a cold plunge into a brewing tank, & enjoy sake-paired cuisine 🍽️.
sakayado.jp

#RegionalRevitalization

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A long-established Japanese candle store whose shop was destroyed by the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake looks determinedly forward to rebuilding.

japan.go.jp/kizuna/2024/04…

Revealed: 'Where Dreams take Shape' is the theme of Singapore's 🇸🇬 participation in #Expo2025 Osaka Kansai. Standing 17 metres tall, the Dream Sphere pavilion - drawing inspiration from the styles of Seigaiha and Ema - will share the story of building a liveable sustainable city

Japan is urging cooperation in Asia as the region aims for #CarbonNeutrality and net-zero emissions. See how Japan's tech. & track record are bolstering collaboration with Indonesia, Malaysia, Viet Nam, and others in the #AZEC Asia Zero Emission Community: youtube.com/watch?v=k-6tO-…

Japanese instrument maker ヤマハ（音・音楽） | Yamaha Music Japan plays an eco-friendly tune 🎵 with its Upcycling Guitar 🎸! Made from unused materials, this prototype & a sustainable keyboard 🎹 show a harmony of skill, ingenuity, and trial and error.
yamaha.com/en/stories/the…

#GlobalGoals #SDGs

In #Oita , #YabakeiGorge is a mysterious place of valleys filled with strange rock formations long the subject of legend & prayer. Experience the area through local govt. programs incl. walking, cycling 🚴, and ascetic practices.
yabakei-yuran.jp

#RegionalRevitalization

The wind kept the balloons down, but not our spirit! Our staff & their families joined the #CherryBlossFestParade waving Japanese & US flags to celebrate the incredible friendship between our two countries. Thank you to everyone who cheered for us in English & Japanese!
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Drought can be watered down by efpolymer, a startup from OIST. Their 100% organic EF Polymer can absorb 50x its weight in water to improve water & fertilizer retention, making it useful for crop growth in even arid soil.
efpolymer.com

#GlobalGoals #Sustainability

Check out this colorful approach to food loss from TOYOSHIMA & Co., Ltd. in #Aichi . Special, patented tech. converts food-processing by-product waste destined for disposal into dyes for consumer fabric & apparel products 👕🛍️.
en.foodtextile.jp

#GlobalGoals #SDGs

#MeetTheChangemakers : Tokyo-born British designer Laila Cassim empowers persons with disabilities! Her シブヤフォント project with Shibuya City turns their artwork & writings into digital patterns and fonts 📝 for goods, signage, & more. 500+ designs so far!
shibuyafont.jp

Old meets new at #Niigata City's Nuttari Terrace Street, a shopping arcade transformed! Historic row houses offer cafes ☕, boutiques, florists 🌻, etc., while vacant homes-turned-guest houses aim to foster community. nuttari.jp/welcome-to-nut…

#RegionalRevitalization

PM Kishida:
After my visit to Washington D.C., I visited North Carolina. I took a tour of a large-scale investment project site undertaken by a 🇯🇵 company, spoke with Japanese language learners & Japanese nationals making significant contributions. (1/2)