Tahiti Peace Study to Rural Hiroshima Farm, Education & Kagura PR - Nao Fukuoka | Ep334
Channel: Seek Sustainable Japan | JJWalsh
Date: 2022-01-14

Nao Fukuoka is a peace activist who has transitioned to rural life in Hiroshima where she works on community development, tourism, SDG seminars, organic farming and working with the local government. 

From an experience in Tahiti with @peaceboat4347 to remodeling an old (giant) house to welcome guests, working with locals to promote tourism through sustainable seminars and natural farming and the local traditional entertainment KAGURA. Nao-san has found a more meaningful life by moving out to rural Hiroshima in Aki-Takata. 

LISTEN to the podcast version of this talk: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/8c3dc105-a86b-4795-a9fc-d654a85bcf12
Kagura Koshien performance discussed in this episode: https://youtu.be/M-mLSjrK4oo

Nao Fukuoka and her husband (and cute dog) live in the rural area of AkiTakata in Hiroshima where they run the Iniabi Farm (IG @iniabi_farm) growing organic vegetables and running workshops and events to promote natural methods. They have also bought a huge estate and are remodeling the old buildings for themselves, but also to welcome visitors. 

Nao tells us about her visits to Tahiti and research doing interviews with people there who were affected by the nuclear tests done there by France and how she wants to share their stories as well as those of the Hibakusha from Japan in Hiroshima and Nagasaki through her peace activism and studies. She is grateful for her experiences on Peace Boat to engage with others around the world on peace issues as well as inform how she wants to live a more simple, sustainable life in rural Japan.

Aki-Takata is famous for Kagura so we introduce it here shortly and talk about how Nao is working with others in the area to create more tourism and travel destination appeal to international and domestic visitors 

Links:
Iniabi Farm: https://iniabi.square.site/
Instagram @Iniabi_Farm
@peaceboatcruise @peaceboat4347 

Thank you to Keiko Kurisu for some translation help when we talked about Kagura

#ruraljapan #organicfarming #akitakata #hiroshima #SeekSustainableJapan #2022 #seekingsustainabilitylive #japan #sustainablejapan #sustainableliving #talkshow #interview

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