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Trail-Making & Film Producing to Attract Visitors and Enhance Understanding of Tohoku, Japan - Kumi Aizawa
Episode 4822nd March 2022 • Sustainable Travel Japan • JJWalsh
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Kumi Aizawa is such an inspiration not only in the work she has produced, but the transitions and collaborations she does with various communities, creators and officials to make projects a success over the long term- a perfect example of an entrepreneur making sustainability a reality. Watch the Video

Kumi Aizawa is a trained architect, but also a film producer, non-profit founder, editor, consultant and educator who has been focused on restoring, managing and promoting trails along the coastline in Tohoku called the Michinoku Coastal Trail.

Kumi's films focus on important stories - here we talk about the 3-films she made with Director Rysuku Hamamoto (Director of Drive My Car) featuring the stories as told in conversations by local Tohoku disaster survivors after March 11th 2011. local stories.

Kumi has also helped train, build and maintain sustainable hiking trails in the Tohoku area along the coast, especially the MCT (Michinoku Coastal Trail) which opened in 2019 to promote the beautiful natural sights and friendly Tohoku communities to visitors.

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About the Seek-Sustainable-Japan Host, JJWalsh

JJWalsh is a Hiroshima-based sustainability-focused consultant & content creator who hosts the weekly "Seeking Sustainability LIVE in Japan" talkshow and podcast - interviews with "Good People doing Great Things to keep People-Planet-Profit in balance."

https://www.inboundambassador.com | https://www.SeekSustainableJapan.com

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Music rights to "Won't you See" purchased for Seek Sustainable Japan 2022

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My name is Hana Victoria, and I am a Japanese-American singer songwriter who dreams of inspiring, encouraging and empowering others through my music. Every word, melody, and visual comes straight from my heart, and I hope they influence you in some positive way :)

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