The Ikigai Diet Blog

Raw Vegan Natto Salad

Raw vegan natto salad is the ultimate superfood since it has broccoli, brown rice vinegar, perilla oil, and sesame seeds.

Satoyama Cycling in Summer

One great thing about Satoyama cycling is that the scenery changes a lot month by month. Rice has grown a lot more from May and rice fields are much greener now.

Avocados match natto, fermented soybeans greatly. I put cucumbers and yellow bell peppers, as well and seasoned them with brown rice vinegar, perilla oil, salt, and a little mayonnaise. A superfood is combined with another superfood.

I’ll Be Giving a Talk and Workshop in Dartington Devon England

I’ll be giving a talk and workshop at Apricot Centre Huxhams Cross Farm in Dartington Devon in July. I’ll be talking about a new lifestyle emerging in Japan called Satoyama living including Kawaguchi style natural farming, Kominka living, a lifestyle of half farming and half something else, transition initiatives in Japan, ecovillages and local networks, an open-air market movement, and a political grassroots movement.

Fermented Brown Rice and Quinoa

This time I made fermented brown rice and quinoa.

How to Lead a Long and Healthy Life Starting in Your 50s: Satoyama Running

One exercise I love to do recently is Satoyama running, which is to go running in the countryside.

How to Lead a Long and Healthy Life Starting in Your 50s: Satoyama Cycling

How to Lead a Long and Healthy Life Starting in Your 50s: Satoyama Cycling. Cycling, in general, is a good exercise since you can incorporate it in your daily life. You can cycle to commute, you can cycle to go shopping. It is a good example of designing your lifestyle where you move a lot naturally. Try to cycle as much as possible when you go somewhere. It is very common in countries like Netherlands and Demark to cycle for commuting, and that is one of the elements to put them high in the happiness rankings.