Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Food Not Being Eaten?

Do you know that in Japan more than 5-million tons of harvested or processed food is disposed of every year? This is the reality in the country of "Mottainai" culture.
I have seen on TV about Second Harvest Japan, and it has also given me a lot of hints about what an NPO can do for the society.
Food is made not so much for financial profit as for humanitarian benefit of all people, I hope.
日本では毎年500万t以上の食品が廃棄されているって知ってますか?でもこれが「もったいない」文化の国の現状。
テレビで「セカンドハーベスト ジャパン」が紹介されているのを見て、NPOというものが社会のためにできることも考えさせられた。
「食べ物」は経済的な利得のためより、全ての人々が恩恵にあずかるためにあるはずだと願いたい。

Monday, May 24, 2010

As Free As The Wind Again

Once again, I went biking in Naitai Highland Farm which I introduced in my previous post.
This time I was shot all day by NHK TV crew with a reporter, who for the first time climbed the grand and hilly farmland by bicycle, but she really made it. Quite a girl! I testify it isn't a staged show.
We were expecting the weather to be fine, but the foothill of the Daisetsu Mountain National Park was covered with pretty dense fog (photo).
Let's see what the report will be broadcast like:
(both on NHK-G)
Ohayo Hokkaido/Burari Mite Aruki on Saturday, 29 May from 7:30 a.m. (hokkaido-local)
Yudoki Network/Retto Tsutsu-Uraura on Thursday, 10 June from 4:50 p.m. (nationwide)
またもや、ナイタイ高原牧場へ自転車を乗りに。
今度はNHKのクルーに、初めて自転車での登頂?に挑戦するリポーターとともに撮られっぱなしだった。心配をよそに彼女は登頂に成功!なかなかだ。ヤラセではありませんよ。
天気はよくなるはずだったけれど、大雪山の麓は濃霧(写真通り)に包まれてしまった。
放送内容はどうなることやら...。
5月29日 7:30 a.m. おはよう北海道・ぶらりみてある記(北海道地方)
6月10日 4:50 p.m. ゆうどきネットワーク 列島津々浦々(全国)

Monday, May 17, 2010

As Free As The Wind



















On Saturday, I biked with my friend up to and down from the top of the biggest dairy farm in Japan, where we still saw snow patches all around.
This is a part of the video footage he captured then, of course, on the way down!
土曜日に、残雪の散在する日本一でかい牧場の頂上へ、自転車で登って降りてきた。
こちらは、(もちろん下りの時に)彼が収録したもの。