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The Three Foundations of “New Japonism”: What’s Driving the Global Success of Japanese Culture
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Making wood into alcohol, Drinking the history of the tree.Rie Horie and the Forestry Research Institute explore the seeds of new shikohin ideas through plants
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Drink the river and mountain
Tracing the roots of Shikohin through Geo-Gastronomy with Magmatologist Yoshiyuki Tatsumi
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How can we better enjoy the blessings of water from our forests?Learning about forests and water in Japan from Forested Watershed Management Professor Koichiro Kuraji
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How the new luxury movement will change shikohin experiences. Interview with business and culture designer Hiroyuki Anzai
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BOTANICALS
Mankind cannot survive without plants. Botanist Osamu Tanaka on the future of shikohin through the eyes of science, history and modern technology
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Was Ki no Tsurayuki Japan’s first sober curious cultural icon? Tsunehiro Uno talks to Chinese literature scholar Ryota Fukushima
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Sustainable shikohin (luxury products) of the future Agricultural Economist Satoru Shimokawa on designing future norms through economics
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Looking at society through Yemen’s khat culture. Breaking a long held curse around shikohin: Interview with cultural anthropologist Reiko Otsubo
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Reclaiming open time through shikohin in our closed modern world：Researcher of Bergson Philosophy, Yasushi Hirai
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Time does not exist on a singular line ：Researcher of Bergson Philosophy, Yasushi Hirai on how to free oneself from tamed time
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Shikohin production starts with soil : Soil Scientist Fujii Kazumichi
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Everybody has small addictions Philosopher Koichiro Kokubun discusses shikohin with youth
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“I don’t like discussing shikohin too seriously” Takeshi Yoro questions the modern day emphasis put on individual preferences
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Open the windows between your body and mind. Doctor Toshiro Inaba on avoiding addiction and living a positive life with shikohin
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Do not separate “needs” and “wants” The key is vernacular shikohin Interview with Toshiaki Ishikura, a researcher of mythology and anthropology of art （Part 2 of 2）
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Shikohin are embedded in the world we live in Connecting the Himalayas, Tohoku mountains and Tokyo suburbs Interview with Toshiaki Ishikura, a researcher of mythology and anthropology of art （Part 1 of 2）
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How do we face our unquenchable desires? Researcher of Hōjōki shares the value of “doing nothing”(Part 2 of 2)
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