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LWIF EP222: Japan’s Sustainable Forest Village: Nishiawakura

We visit a tiny village, up in the northern mountains of Okayama prefecture, that has a 100 year sustainability plan. Camera: @Q2Japan Editing: @Q2Japan and Greg Sources: – Village Info Website https://www.vill.nishiawakura.okayama.jp/wp/news/%E8%A5%BF%E7%B2%9F%E5%80%89%E6%9D%91%E3%81%AE%E7%B5%B1%E8%A8%88/ – Japan for Sustainability https://www.japanfs.org/en/news/archives/news_id036016.html  – Nest—Third Space for Kids in Nishiawakura https://nishiawakura-iju-edu.net/aboutus/ – Hyakumori Website https://www.hyakumori.com/whatwedo  – A0 Group https://a-zero.group/  – A0 Group Subsidiary Through Me https://throughme.jp/region/nishiawakura/  – Video About Biomass Boilers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcK0Pltka7Q  – Nishiawakura Population Data https://www.vill.nishiawakura.okayama.jp/open_data/jinko/index.html  – Forest Area by Country https://www.worldometers.info/food-agriculture/forest-by-country/  – Nokishita Toshokan Site https://www.nishiawakuravillage.com/  – Youbi https://www.japantimes.co.jp/satoyama-consortium/2018/09/23/satoyama-consortium/woodworking-meets-forest-revitalization/  – Komatsu Forest Harvesters https://www.komatsuforest.com/forest-machines/our-wheeled-harvesters  – Boilers in Nishiawakura https://www.jora.jp/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/4_%E8%A5%BF%E7%B2%9F%E5%80%89%E6%9D%91%E5%B2%A1%E5%B1%B1%E7%9C%8C-%E6%9B%B4%E6%96%B0%E6%97%A52021.11.4%EF%BC%89.pdf – Boiler Imagery https://note.com/handamamoru/n/n2f9725b92ddd and https://www.dalessandro.co.jp/ – Rural communities look to urban populations for growth https://www.japantimes.co.jp/satoyama-consortium/2020/07/19/satoyama-consortium/rural-communities-look-urban-populations-growth/  – MAFF Annual Forestry Report https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/j/kikaku/hakusyo/r3hakusyo/attach/pdf/index-2.pdf  – Chiiki Okoshi Kyoryokutai https://japan-forward.com/revitalizing-old-communities-with-new-life-japans-chiiki-okoshi-kyoryokutai/  – More Kyoryokutai info in Japanese (Nishiawakura ranked no. 2) https://discoverjapan-web.com/article/107316  – Tottori Expressway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottori_Expressway  – Through Me Prologue https://throughme.jp/tadaima_nishiawakura_prologue/  – Through Me U Turner https://throughme.jp/idomu_nishiawakura_u-turner2/   – SDG Magazine article on Nishiawakura https://sdgsmagazine.jp/2021/09/29/3319/  – Through Me Nishiawakura https://throughme.jp/hataraku_nishiawakura_sakata/  – Through Me Relocation Ad https://throughme.jp/suishinshitsu2022/  – GIS and LiDar Forest Data https://blog.lidarnews.com/gis-lidar-forest-data-analysis-japanese-perspective/  – Reviving Small Japanese Village with Century-Old Forests https://newsonjapan.com/article/143184.php?utm_source=chatgpt.com  – Japan’s ‘Forgotten Forests’ and the Challenges of a Rural Village https://medium.com/@tabata.sunao/japans-forgotten-forests-and-the-challenges-of-a-rural-village-2dc575d455f4  – Handa Mamoru san (wrestler) https://a-wrestler.com/2023/07/10/mamoru-handa/ and https://j-net21.smrj.go.jp/special/paris2024/20230205.html  – QGIS3: How to Make a Thinning Map https://nishiawakuralife.wixsite.com/mysite/post/qgis3-how-to-make-a-thinning-map  – Start-ups hiring in Nishiawakura https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000001.000139866.html  – Reml Behn Imagery https://www.instagram.com/reml_behn/reels/  – Yazaki Energy System Corporation | Initiatives with local communities https://www.yazaki-group.com/en/solar/case/community/index.html  – Cadada Drone Shot https://www.pexels.com/video/aerial-shot-of-heavy-equipment-cutting-trees-8829514/  – Chigusa Lab Research Diary #2 https://sin-rin.jp/forescope/fun/3417  – Ukiyoe https://www.meihaku.jp/ukiyoe-basic/about-meiji-ukiyoe/  – Osaka Prints https://www.osakaprints.com/images/artistpics/kunihiro_pics/kunihiro_19/kunihiro_19_800.jpg  – Shinshin Sansan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SELDrtq8rc  – Awanowa Farm Resort https://awano-wa.com/higashiawakura/  – KSB Higashi-Awakura Last Elementary School Graduation Ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVx408Fv3Ac   – Library of Congress Imagery https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c11516/  – Chiikiokoshi https://www.iju-join.jp/chiikiokoshi/index.html 

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