Talking the future of driving in Japan - #EV #ElectricCars #Japan + what it means to take on a new venture as an #EVAmbassador this morn 9am with Kevin Meyerson [twitter] @kevinmeyerson - Karuizawa, Nagano based eco-focused entrepreneur

https://youtu.be/XFLXv0Occv0 (Watch our talk here on YouTube)

Watch other discussions about driving TESLA Model3 in Japan here:

Just got my Model3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CECwSCMEaY8andt=14s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CECwSCMEaY8andt=14s)

Tesla Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5eE0IRRemsandt=319s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5eE0IRRemsandt=319s)

1st Year in Review of Tesla Model3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtPna_3KQZAandt=1482s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtPna_3KQZAandt=1482s)

Music thanks to Hikosaemon via SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon)

#EV #ElectricCars #Japan #KevinMeyerson

Lee Ridgewell is originally from Australia but has settled in Japan. Lee is a trained early-childhood education teacher who taught at a traditional Japanese preschool.

Lee also has training in natural therapies and does some teacher training courses. Her main focus is as a playgiver to her 5 and 3 year old girls where she embraces creativity in learning and a connection to nature using homemade toys, games and learning resources.

It's great to hear how Lee often recycles and repurposes art projects as well as uses nature-based play and art projects- such an inspiring sustainable mama!

Follow Lee on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/two_play_our_day/ (https://www.instagram.com/two_play_our_day/)

Music thanks to Hikosaemon via SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon)

#busymoms #playandlearn #kidsathome

Jason Harris has been sharing his love of SUMO with his YouTube audience for more than 10 years.

Here we talk about his love of SUMO as well as some keywords, favorites and COVID19 changes, merch, culture, etiquette and the future of this traditional sport.

Jason Harris popular Sumo Channel on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/c/JasonsinJapan/ (https://www.youtube.com/c/JasonsinJapan/)

Music thanks to @Hikosaemon on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon)

#sumo #japan #livestream #commentary

Alena Eckelmann is a multilingual trail guide based in Wakayama. She is a well-published, talented travel writer as well as licensed guide. Here we talk about her village life, sustainable travel and tourism ideas for rural Japan, Aikido, Forest (Shinrin) therapy, and proprioceptive writing.

Alena is about to launch a new online resource called Kii Monogatari which she will also introduce.

https://youtu.be/QcwueklLF2c (Watch the Talk here)

Alena Eckelmann Travel Writing:

https://www.kansaiscene.com/author/alena-eckelmann/ (https://www.kansaiscene.com/author/alena-eckelmann/)

https://en.japantravel.com/profile/alena-eckelmann/ (https://en.japantravel.com/profile/alena-eckelmann/)

#kumanokodotrails #walkinginjapan #wakayama #kumano #guide

https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (Music thanks to Hikosaemon on SoundCloud)

Talking METI #RenewableEnergy goals + Social Equity building needs for social support due to the higher Suicide rates this year esp for women and children + Fuel-Cell Tech for trucks, shipping tankers, and more + Rural move subsidies for Tokyoites who want to keep their urban jobs, but work from rural locations + Olympic debate over whether or not to allow protests at the games.

Did you have a favorite news item? Tell us in the comments below. Anything we missed in sustainability related news on Japan? Let us know and we might be able to add it to the Episode 3 of this sub-series next month!

Check out @hikosaemon YouTube channel

https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (Music by Hikosaemon on SoundCloud)

Kyle Holzhueter, PhD. works as a builder, researcher and educator specializing in natural building materials and sustainable systems in Japan. In 2017 Kyle founded Permaculture Center Kamimomi, a Permaculture demonstration and education site in Okayama, Japan. Kyle regularly does Plastering jobs and workshops and educational seminars across Japan and around the world.

https://youtu.be/_2cJPZa1bc8 (Watch the Video of the Talk here on youTube)

Video interview with Kyle about Kamimomi Permaculture Center:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpPZo6u-1h4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpPZo6u-1h4)

Kyle Holzhueter YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nhwx-nrR88lX5tp8E-XrA (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nhwx-nrR88lX5tp8E-XrA)

Hyakusho Natural Building Blog:

http://holzhueter.blogspot.com/ (http://holzhueter.blogspot.com/)

Japanese Plastering Blog:

http://japaneseplastering.blogspot.com/ (http://japaneseplastering.blogspot.com/)

#japanese #plastering #kyleholzhueter #sustainability

https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (Music thanks to Hikosaemon)

Caught up with Jon as he walked around the lumber auction he is at in Tottori today where his company and others bid on the best wood to use in their houses, remodels and other projects where they make use of traditional Japanese carpentry and building techniques.

Jon Stollenmeyer is originally from the US, but has been working and living in Japan since 2009. He has worked with some Japanese greats of https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23architecture (#architecture) and https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23carpentry (#carpentry) and wood-work in Japan such as https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23NakamuraYoshiaki (#NakamuraYoshiaki) who took over from https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23NakamuraSotoji (#NakamuraSotoji) considered the last Sukiya architect in Japan.

Since 2013, Jon has worked for https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23YamamotoKohei (#YamamotoKohei) in https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Okayama (#Okayama) at the SomaKoSha company. The company is well-known for using the https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Ishibatate (#Ishibatate) carpentry style https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23japanese (#japanese) natural wood building techniques.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQBUl0JCaHkandt=990s (Watch the VIDEO of the interview of YouTube here)

SomaKoSho Company Website

https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fsomakosha.com%2Fen%2Fstollenmeyer-jonathanandredir_token=QUFFLUhqbkpWZV93NDkxS3VvbHdlSF9hV2dfRThGX3h1Z3xBQ3Jtc0trWUl6ZlIxd3diWU44cTZXTlZQdGJ3Ympvbm0xYk5XOE5RV0tBOEhUWjNRbVBpZ2R5Q05waW1jcF9hUGp2ZFo3Qm5tWmc5VU1YSHFmNERIeXNwQW11bVFNOFUzV2lGdENwVXF0V0VzSTNfWkdzbDFTSQ%3D%3Dandevent=video_descriptionandv=lQBUl0JCaHk (http://somakosha.com/en/stollenmeyer-...)

Jonathon Stollenmeyer on YouTube - check out the traditional tools and techniques he uses

https://www.youtube.com/user/jstollenmeyer (https://www.youtube.com/user/jstollen...)

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23jonstollenmeyer (#jonstollenmeyer) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23japan (#japan) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23traditional (#traditional) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23carpentry (#carpentry) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23architecture (#architecture)

https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (Music thanks to @Hikosaemon on SoundCloud)

Riki Ohkubo (Paprika-Girl) is a regular on the SSL series as she has great insights and passion for preserving traditional Japanese culture and heritage in her daily life.

In this talk, Riki is joined by her Tea-ceremony teacher, Kumiko, who is originally from Shikoku island (central Japan) but now regularly teaches tea-ceremony lessons to both men and women, young and old.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws48Ak7cD1Iandt=3305s (Watch the episode here on YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23sustainability (#sustainability) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23japaneseculture (#japaneseculture) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23paprikagirl (#paprikagirl)

https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (Music by Hikosaemon on SoundCloud)

Derek Wessman runs his own translation-interpreting company JATAKU.com as well as appears as a TV presenter on a Japanese news show TSUNAGUnews, previously worked in Japanese politics as well as has experience in the travel industry.

Derek has many excellent Deep-Japan culture Twitter threads to his philosophy of how "interpreting can bring value to relationships and events," as well as insights on sustainability in politics and more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdb1xh_rNjkandt=29s (Video of our talk here on YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdwvcdandevent=video_descriptionandv=sdb1xh_rNjkandredir_token=QUFFLUhqbDl3Z0t3eFJvTTlIY1BPZVJWOVpsdEpjWnJKQXxBQ3Jtc0treUc2VDVVYkx1VFdad2xreC04MmU3ZE1QQ1BEcm83QkN6YzVoNWJNMm5qVWtkZWlaMy0xUElSVy0zcmtxUjF3ZGNITC1HY2FBV0N5Y2M4RzJFeHpjTGNEV1BNc3ZIc0h3djRONHdHSUhhMUs1LU5iRQ%3D%3D (https://twitter.com/dwvcd)

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23derekwessman (#derekwessman) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23tvshowhost (#tvshowhost) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23twitter (#twitter) https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23translator (#translator)

Music thanks to https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (@Hikosaemon on SoundCloud)

ChillinKansai (who also runs Tesla Quest) and I have both owned blue Model3 Tesla's in Japan for about a year. We are often asked about ownership of an all-electric vehicle in Japan so we will discuss our favorite features, frustrations, funny comments, cost savings, the ability to drop any sportscar, software updates, and more.

https://youtu.be/jtPna_3KQZA (Watch the Video of this Talk)

TeslaQuest on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGwchhEZkBNuBBhfnijJwDg (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGwchhEZkBNuBBhfnijJwDg)

ChillinKansai on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/chillinkansai (https://www.youtube.com/user/chillinkansai)

#teslamodel3 #ElectricCar #Japan

https://soundcloud.com/hikosaemon (Music courtesy of @hikosaemon via SoundCloud: TimeSlip)