When we told the Mayor of Nanto City, Mr. Tanaka, that Kakugo Sodo in Suzhou was also a group of people working from the heart of Buddhism, he introduced us to Koukyouji Temple. We spoke to them about the ethical activities of Kakugo Sodo in Yunnan and decided to hold an SDGs marche at the…

The fantastic beauty of the lights at the World Heritage Site shone more beautifully than at any other lighting venue in the world. World Cancer Day is a very snowy time of the year, but the light-up work is hard work. We asked the local people of Aikura to help us again next year. The…

　This mountainous area is said to have been inhabited since the Jomon period  It is said that the Heike people of Kyoto, who were defeated in the Genpei War, retreated to live in the area. Therefore, it is said that the elegant atmosphere of Kyoto culture still remains. One of these is washi paper. Gokayama…

The cities of Nanto and Tonami are situated on a fan-shaped area created by the Shogawa river. They are Dispersed settlement, a form unique in the world, each surrounded by a forest of houses. The river floods again and again, and the memory of the land is engraved in the life of the people.

The waters of the Shogawa River, flowing from this mountainous region, are linked in one place to the waters of the Yangtze River, flowing slowly down through the distant city of water, Suzhou. We would like to ponder deeply on how people’s lives have been spun 　beyond the numerous histories

In this area, where the population is decreasing, barbers and hairdressers are gradually disappearing from the town. When I was a child, I used to call the hairdresser “the lady of the perm shop”, and she is still working! Beauty salons were, and still are, a source of comfort for local people. We all had…

“The nature of illness, or the state of being cured or healthy, varies from culture to culture, and although the conditions of the human organism may be the same, people’s conceptions of the body and of illness are determined by the culture in which they live.” These are the words of Dr. Emiko Namihira, who…

The house, which opened in 2019 as Lilac’s Tree House, is protected by the warmth of the local community. We are grateful to be able to share our thoughts on how to remove the stigma of cancer from the community. We are grateful for this.