Sustainable Travel Japan

Grateful this year to have had the rare opportunity to attend both the Hiroshima 80th and Nagasaki 80th commemoration events this year - may these two cities be the last places on earth to experience such horror, suffering and devastation from a nuclear weapon attack.

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#nonukes #hiroshima #nagasaki #japan #hiroshima80 #nagasaki80 #nomorehiroshima #nomorenagasaki #nomorehibakusha #nomorewar

August 6, 2025 is the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima city. The first part is a pre-recorded walk-thru of the most meaningful monuments that I introduce on guided tours and the 2nd part is clips from the August 6th livestreaming video from around the A-bomb dome on August 6th.

#peacenow #nonukes #hiroshima80 #peace #hiroshimajapan #hiroshima #japan

Watch the video of this podcast on the SEEK SUSTAINABLE JAPAN podcast playlist:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcyYXjRuE20E18H3DZrT5FnAfxDiLFs32&si=poKQJQd1db7uSZZh

July Short-Takes 30 minutes of sustainable japan & beyond highlights with two sustainability focused women entrepreneurs based in Japan, JJWalsh and Tove Kinooka

Sustainable travel definitely includes plantbased dining, but independent vegan travelers struggle with Japan travel as there are fewer options and sometimes hard work to research and explain what you need. World Vegan Travel does the research and tour plan for vegan travelers around the world and has great insights on Japan travel.

Brighde Reed is co-founder of World Vegan Travel Company and a plantbased expert for Japan and other parts of Asia and the world where they run their tours focused on supporting vegan travelers who want meaningful, fun, engaging and on track with their plantbased eating lifestyle values.

#worldvegantravel

LINKS

World Vegan Travel Website https://worldvegantravel.com/

World Vegan Travel Upcoming 2026 Japan Tour https://worldvegantravel.com/joyful-japan-2026-1/

NYT Gift Article about Vegan Travel Booming: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/travel/vegan-travel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.X08.m6Y7.N8dgzBURo9d4&smid=url-share

Japan ANIMO Animal Sanctuary  @animosanctuary  https://www.animosanctuary.org/

Hiroshima New Stylish Vegan Eatery https://jogesayu-hiroshima.com/en/

Vegan Food at Osaka World Expo 2025 https://www.itravelforveganfood.com/articles/vegan-food-osaka-world-expo-2025

PETA featured World Vegan Travel for plantbased sustainable travel safari tours https://www.peta.org/features/vegan-african-safaris/.  @peta 

Vegan Influencer Colleen Patrick Goudreau: https://colleenpatrickgoudreau.com/

After cataract surgery, can my eyes be reused? / Reading glasses LIONS club donation ‪@lionsclubs‬ / New Japan BioPlastic Tech discovery that dissolves in seawater ‪@Reuters‬ / Fujisawa Beach Clean event with SEGO / Popular keep-cool tech waste ‪@theGuardian‬ / Tokyo pride parade & LGBTQ+ issues in Japan / MrBeast viral generosity success on YouTube ‪@BeastPhilanthropy‬ / Daikin Air-Conditioner Sales Boom sticks to carbon-neutral targets ‪@thejapantimes‬ / Osaka Expo REUSABLE structure BLUE DOME ‪@TheEconomist‬

LINKS

• BioPlastic Japan Scientific Discovery https://www.reuters.com/sustainabilit... ‪@Reuters‬
• SEGO BeachCleanUp featured on Go Connect: https://goconnect.jp/2025/06/04/sego-... ‪@goconnectjp‬
• MrBeast Philanthropy - Go Viral & Make Money while doing Good for People & Planet ‪@BeastPhilanthropy‬ https://www.beastphilanthropy.org

- ‪@medium‬ Beast Games and Mr.Beast inspiration for content creators doing good  

 / how-youtuber-mr-beasts-kindness-collaborat...  

• LIONS club international takes 2ndhand reading glasses and hearing aides then donates them to people in need around the world- find your nearest location: https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/explore.... ‪@lionsclubs‬
• Sign up to be an organ donor in Japan (English) https://www.jotnw.or.jp/en/
• Economist IMPACT about the Osaka Expo Blue Dome reuse: https://impact.economist.com/ocean/bi.... ‪@TheEconomist‬
• Guardian article about keep-cool tech sustainability issues: https://www.theguardian.com/technolog... ‪@theGuardian‬
• Daikin Air-Conditioner Industry Heats Up in Asia but sticks to 2050 targets: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environm...

Oops FORGOT to mention:

• My podcast interview on ‪@worldvegantravel‬ is now up: https://worldvegantravel.com/vegan-po... ‪@worldvegantravel‬
• Upcoming possible talk with Josh & Rebecca Tickell about Regenerative Farming and the huge potential of improving SOIL to reduce global warming impacts while enhancing health!   
•  • Common Ground documentary - Official Trailer   ‪@commongroundfilm‬ ‪@JoshTickell‬ ‪@KissTheGround‬
• definitely worth watching both KISS THE GROUND and COMMON GROUND documentaries on Amazon Prime https://commongroundfilm.org/
• Growing Avocados new potential in Japan to replace citrus: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environm... ‪@thejapantimes‬

Upcoming possible talk with Josh & Rebecca Tickell about Regenerative Farming and the huge potential of improving SOIL to reduce global warming impacts while enhancing health!    • Common Ground documentary - Official Trailer   ‪@commongroundfilm‬ ‪@JoshTickell‬ ‪@KissTheGround‬definitely worth watching both KISS THE GROUND and COMMON GROUND documentaries on Amazon Prime https://commongroundfilm.org/

Growing Avocados new potential in Japan to replace citrus: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environm... ‪@thejapantimes‬

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Join us each month for our (we are 2 sustainability focused entrepreneurs in Japan) 30-min Short-Takes on Sustainable Japan events, products, services, trends, news, strategies & people to inspire us all.

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Tove Kinooka is the Director & Co-founder of Enteleco

& Global Perspectives

JJWalsh is the Founder of Inbound Ambassador & Seek Sustainable Japan | Co-Founder of GetHiroshima

Tove LINKS

LINKEDIN  

 / tove-kinooka-35a39323  

https://www.entelecoconsulting.com/

https://www.globalperspectives.biz/

JJ LINKS

LINKEDIN  

 / jjwalsh-inbound-ambassador  

https://inboundambassador.com/

https://gethiroshima.com/

https://seeksustainablejapan.com/

With more than 406 million subscribers, Jimmy Donaldson- better known as Mr.Beast- has become the most successful YouTuber by doing outrageous acts of generosity. 

The fact that Mr.Beast’s strategy of using video revenue, sponsorship and collaboration to fund lifechanging projects around the world is an inspiration to any of us trying to go above and beyond the status quo to do-good for others and the environment.

Spending a month off work was a perfect excuse to binge Mr.Beast’s unscripted reality gameshow called BEAST GAMES for Amazon Prime. I was in good company as one of 50 Million viewers in its first month. 

Read the entire post on MEDIUM here' https://medium.com/@jjwalsh/how-youtuber-mr-beasts-kindness-collaboration-keeps-going-viral-cfbb106696e8

BGM is from Michelle Huang who is a DJ and a talented music-maker as well- check out her DJ Sparkill original tunes on @SoundCloud  

 / myvanillatictac  

This month Joy and Tove talk about forests, conservation, solar projects and thinking of YES AND instead of stopping projects, Biodiversity and Cycling Events for good causes. Write your comments and questions below if watching replays.

LINKS

Conservation and Solar Farms

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/05/26/wildlife/kushiro-wetlands-solar-eagle/

SOLAR farms can protect habitat

https://environmentamerica.org/center/articles/solar-farms-can-protect-habitats-and-biodiversity/

SOLAR over parking AEON mall Sumitomo

https://www.sumitomocorp.com/en/jp/news/release/2024/group/17340

KIWL Charity Ride: https://www.kiwl.net/events/500km-cycle-ride

Yokohama Connect Event

https://venturecafe-yokohamaconnect.org/event/yokohama-connect-14/

Tourism boom - need to manage crowds

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/21/japan/society/foreign-visitors-april/

Hiroshima museum should use these large A-bombed warehouses for large

group tours https://dive-hiroshima.com/en/explore/3526/

Japan's trees and forests loss and culture

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/05/26/earth-science/trees-environment-japan-sacred/

30-min Short-Takes on Sustainable Japan events, products, services, trends, news, strategies & people to inspire us all.

Tove Kinooka is the Director & Co-founder of Enteleco

& Global Perspectives

JJWalsh is the Founder of Inbound Ambassador & Seek Sustainable Japan | Co-Founder of GetHiroshima

Tove LINKS

LINKEDIN  

 / tove-kinooka-35a39323  

https://www.entelecoconsulting.com/

https://www.globalperspectives.biz/

JJ LINKS

LINKEDIN  

 / jjwalsh-inbound-ambassador  

https://inboundambassador.com/

https://gethiroshima.com/

https://seeksustainablejapan.com/

Peace issues, startups, earth day celebrations, Patti Smith Hiroshima visit-talkshow ..

Robin Lewis is the inspiring co-founder of the LESS PLASTIC, MORE FUN startup in Japan called MyMizu. In this talk, Robin reflects on the 5-year Journey to taking the innovative idea of creating a refill network across Japan (and beyond). What's ahead for the venture, and also offers insights and advice for leaders and entrepreneurs of the future.

Robin Lewis is also a social entrepreneur, speaker and educator who works as the Representative Director of Social Innovation Japan - one of NIKKEI’s ‘100 Companies Building the Future’.

Robin Lewis is also the co-founder of MyMizu, an award-winning community-building app listing clean water refill areas across Japan and beyond to improve health, reduce plastic waste and connect with more ethical businesses.

It is exciting to talk with Robin on Earth Day this year to talk about the MyMizu 5 year report insights and catch up on his other projects and hear about his hopes and vision of the future for sustainable innovation in Japan.

LINKS

https://robin-lewis.com/

https://www.mymizu.co

https://www.socialinnovationjapan.com/

Elly Hirano is a freelance sustainability consultant in Japan with a

variety of project insights and a great philosophy about a better way

forward in business that balances the needs of people and planet with

profits.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellyhirano/