Promoting the Use of Broad-leaved Trees via Creative Ideas

Utilizing forest resources in new ways to revitalize forests, local areas, and industries

Hidakuma inc.（Gifu Prefecture）

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Building an Awareness of the World of Rice Liqueur and Mirin

Sumiya Bunjiro Brewery: Brewing Japanese Condiments in Unison with the Local Climate and Protecting a 200-Year-Old Tradition

Sumiya Bunjiro Brewery Co., Ltd.
(Aichi Prefecture)

Forest

Tradition

FISHLLE!: A Household-oriented Subscription Service Specializing in Underutilized Fish

A Fukuoka-based startup challenging reform in the distribution structure of Japan's fishing industry

Benners Co., Ltd.
(Fukuoka Prefecture)

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Connecting the Traditional Craft of Edo-style Sudare to the Modern Era

Continuing a 150-year-old business in the rapidly changing Tokyo, while meeting customer needs

Tanaka Seirensho Co., Ltd.
(Tokyo Metropolis)

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Creating, Recording, and Passing Down Regional Traditional Food Culture to the Next Generation

Tsugaru Akatsuki Association: Conveying the wisdom of fermentation, umami, and plant-based cuisine, as well as food preservation, in the snow country of the Tsugaru region of Japan

Tsugaru Akatsuki Association
(Aomori Prefecture)

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Utilizing an Airport as a Base to Sell Rare Honey with Added Value

Creating a brand that turns high-quality honey from depopulated areas into the "next-generation treasure of Japan" while returning fair profits to producers

Haneda Future Research Institute Incorporated
(Kagoshima Prefecture)

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Developing Versatile Joints for the Easy Creation of Furniture and Buildings Using Bamboo

Utilization strategy for bamboo that also serves as disaster preparedness, created by an architect building with local natural materials

Hiroshi Ohno
(Shiga Prefecture)

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Developing a Game-changing Canned Mackerel Product, Selling at Quadruple the Price: A Smash Hit!

"Producers are heroes": Supporting the revival of disaster-affected fisheries while working toward true recovery

Higashi no Shoku no Kai
(Iwate Prefecture)

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Heartwarming Wood-carved Brooches, Created by a Carving Artisan of Yamagata Buddhist Altars

Declining traditional crafts that can make a connection with the next era

Kazue Ashino
(Yamagata Prefecture)

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Upcycling Bizen Ware While Significantly Reducing Waste

Establishing a regional recycling-based business by transforming waste from traditional pottery into industrial products

the Continue. Co., Ltd.
(Okayama Prefecture)

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Furniture Manufacturing Starting from Support for Reconstruction in Earthquake-Stricken Areas

Ishinomaki Laboratory, developed from a public workshop "for the people" into its own furniture brand

Ishinomaki Laboratory
(Miyagi Prefecture)

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Creating Bamboo Baskets into Local Specialties via a Style Unique to Hot Spring Towns

Tourist destination culture and scenery developed via souvenir stores and bamboo crafts

Takeya
(Ehime Prefecture)

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Dyes Using Agricultural Waste: Telling the Story of Local Attractions

Regionality as a garment: Creators dyeing clothes via discarded plants, relaying the richness of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

futashiba248
(Ibaraki Prefecture)

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From Raw Materials Cultivation to World-class Tosa Washi Creation

Making washi (Japanese paper) with qualities perfect for preservation while continuing the pursuit of the essence of Tosa washi

Kashiki Paper Co., Ltd.
(Kochi Prefecture)

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Popular Aquarium Introduces Only Local Marine Life, Utilizing a Closed School Building

Great ideas that leverage local resources attracting tourists to the region

Sea Turtle Association of Japan
(Kochi Prefecture)

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Community

Food Paper Made from Fruit and Vegetable Peelings Using Traditional Techniques

Long-established company taking on the challenge of breathing new life into traditional Echizen washi

Igarashi Seishi Co., Ltd.,
(Fukui Prefecture)

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A Local Inn Continuing Regional Traditional Craftsmanship

Tours offered to experience handicrafts as a re-edit of traditional times into modern times

UNA Laboratories Inc.
(Fukuoka Prefecture)

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A Remote Island’s Very Own Homegrown Craft Cola

Creating a one-of-a-kind cola using native mandarin oranges, cane sugar, and a mixture of 14 types of spices and herbs

Keithland Co., Ltd.
(Kagoshima Prefecture)

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Waramu Rice Straw Crafts: Helping to Herald the Future of the Region

Creating new industry from rice straw in Inadani: Expanding employment through straw crafts, from sumo ring-making to New Year decorations

Waramu Co., Ltd.
(Nagano Prefecture)

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Blue Tarpaulin Sheeting as a Seed for Recovery: Changing Society via Design

Supporting disaster-stricken areas by upcycling disaster waste, hiring people with disabilities, and expanding into corporate collaborations

BRIDGE KUMAMOTO
(Kumamoto Prefecture)

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Operating a Recycling-oriented, Regional, Creative & Future-focused Business at the Foot of an Active Volcano

A company that operates in accordance with nature, envisioning a future regional industry where the activities of people are in cycle with nature

Kitamoc Co., Ltd.
(Gunma Prefecture)

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Reinventing Used Fishing Nets as "Scouring Pads"

Popular products being created from upcycling nets used in anchovy fishing

Tenyomaru Co., Ltd.
(Nagasaki Prefecture)

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Geothermal Power Generation via Unused Heat from Hot Springs

Local residents leading the establishment of a geothermal binary-cycle power plant and overcoming past at Obama Onsen in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Unzen City and SymEnergy
(Nagasaki Prefecture)

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Utilizing Reeds to Develop Stationery Full of Ideas

KOKUYO Product Shiga's efforts to create stationery that conveys the appeal of the region and that preserves reed colonies

KOKUYO Product Shiga
(Shiga Prefecture)

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Up-cycling Food in Nagano

Adding new value to unused raw materials and developing products unique to the region

ICS-net
(Nagano Prefecture)

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An International Art Festival Held on the Natural Stage of a Satoyama

Echigo-Tsumari, in Japan's Niigata Prefecture, is a depopulated and aging region that attracts artists and tourists from all over the world.

Echigo-Tsumari Art Executive Committee
(Niigata Prefecture)

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Making Paper from Discarded Banana Stems

A background to the increasing use of banana paper successfully produced and sold using traditional Japanese paper techniques

MIYAZAWA CO., LTD.
(Tokyo Metropolis)

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Pursuing Only Black Dyeing for 100 Years

From traditional industry to an industry of innovation: Preserving tradition via sustainable change as an ideal way of doing business

Kyoto Montsuki Inc.
(Kyoto Prefecture)

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Growing Olives to Revitalize Local Communities

Olive cultivation and a local brand as developed in Shodoshima Town over the last 100 years

Shodoshima Town Office's Olive Industry Division
(Kagawa Prefecture)

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