Eco Tourism

Rice fields transform from green to gold in the Japanese countryside of the Tosa Reihoku area in Kochi Prefecture. Tosa Reihoku i...

It's been more than 30 years since the trendy terms "ecotourism" and "sustainable tourism" began spreading across the world. Rece...

In 2012, social activist, Rick Grehan started imageMILL in Tokyo—Japan’s first creative agency focused on sustainable and ethical...

The mountains of Shikoku Island are a place of spirituality and vast wilderness. The Ishizuchi Mountains extend about 60 kilomete...

Buy anything from a convenience store in Japan and chances are it is wrapped, if not double wrapped, in plastic. It's ironic that...

Green-carpeted staircases leading to the ocean, rustic wooden houses lined up along the bay and glassy lagoons where dolphins awa...

Discover the centuries-old secret behind what keeps southern Japan's mountains growing

In 2011 the largest earthquake in Japan’s recorded history—known as the Great East Japan Earthquake—destroyed much of the coastal...