Station, the venue of TOKYO ART FARM, is the starting and ending point of a journey. Are there any carry-on cases or suitcases filled with memories of various journeys that have been lying dormant in a wardrobe at home for some time? This is a project to recycle such cases that are no longer needed as planters, fill them with soil, plant seeds and make them into a MOBILE FARM for everyone to use. Why not breathe new life into these cases filled with memories and use them as an opportunity to regenerate the city together?

Supporters: Tokyo Urban Farming, UNIVERSITY of CREATIVITY, Satoru Ebinuma (Hotel Niwa Tokyo), Norika Ishida (Plant Culture Research), Hideki Nishizawa (EXIT FILM), Future Standard Laboraroty, Local Food Cycling Co., Ltd.

Date/Time: 2023.9.23 (Sat) 10:00–15:00
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F
Free of charge

On the evening of the first day, there will be an opening talk and a sound performance.

Date/Time: 2023.9.23 (Sat) 18:00–21:00
Venue：KITCHEN STUDIO SUIBA (1-12-7 Kyobashi, Chuo-ku）
Free of charge

Part 1: 18:00–20:00 | Opening Talk (FUTURE FOOD TALK)
The Future of Urban Food and Agriculture – What Should We Wat in the Future?

What kind of lifestyle is appropriate for cities at a time of various global issues such as climate change and biodiversity? This session will discuss the possibilities of urban food and agriculture in the future from the aspects of the environment, SDGs and ethical issues.

Guests: Kyoko Katadachi (Executive Producer, NHK Enterprises), Mao Sakaguchi (Ethical Director)
Moderator: Hidenori Kondo (Tokyo Urban Farming)

Part 2: 20:00–21:00｜Sound Performance
THE EXTENDED ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD

EER (The Extended Environmental Record) is a repeated collective practice of "listening." EER encompasses the environment as containing non-human and human, their relationships and intersections, and the differences in practical, artistic and scientific forms of knowledge. It supports and develops them, and disperses them from the market and institutional authority.

This time, in cooperation with Tokyo Biennale 2023 and MIND TRAIL Okuyamato: Museum in the Heart of Nara, a TreeNet measurement station was installed in a forest in Shimoichi-machi, Nara Prefecture. Tree growth and health data will be collected for one year. Ecophysiological measurements will be taken to assess how the forest is coping with climate change, and the experiences of local residents, farmers and forestry workers will also be recorded through dialogue. The project culminates in a sound performance that mixes data sonification, oral history sampling, analogue synthesis and field recordings.

Performer: EER
Featuring Taisuke Nagata (forester), Takashi Noguchi (forester), Toshihiko Mukai (farmer), Kaori Takano (local resident), Makiko Mori (local resident), Yoshifumi Mizuguchi (local resident), Yuri Nishiyama (MIND TRAIL Creative Team)
With Marcus Maeder (artist, researcher), Veronika Mockler (artist, researcher)

Official partners: Vitality.Swiss / Embassy of Switzerland in Japan, Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, Fondation Sakae Stünzi, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (ICST), Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), UNESCO Chair Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE), Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance, Concordia University, Canada
Seiichi Saito: research supporter, MIND TRAIL producer, Japan
Masaki Matsubara: local collaborator, Japan
Vivek Venkatesh: UNESCO-PREV co-chair, Concordia University
TreeNet measurement devices: Decentlab AG; NATKON, Roman Zweifel
Allsounder recording equipment: Elekon AG

Growth Model, by visiting Swiss artist/researcher Marcus Maeder, is a sound installation showing the relationship between climate change and the growth of trees observed in Swiss forests.

The TreeNet research and observation network has been continuously collecting data on forest health in Switzerland since 2011. 61 sites and over 420 trees are monitored by an automated sensor network. treeNet's goal is to generate high time resolution data sets on tree growth and tree hydraulics for research, and to provide near real-time indicators of forest growth performance and drought stress management to a broad audience.

In a recently published study, the dynamics of tree growth in TreeNet were observed in detail for the first time and revealed something surprising. Trees grow primarily at night--when trees fill their tracts and cells with water from the soil and swelling pressure and when intracellular pressure is high enough. Each tree species was found to grow at different rates and time frames throughout the year, and the increasing dryness of the climate change process also affected growth.

In 《Growth Model》 data from the 2018 growing season (March-October) of eight selected trees will be sonified, resulting in an acoustic art form of experience. The sonification process uses a series of measurements to generate sound on a computer. The ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior) is an important tree species for both the forest and the wood industry. A deciduous tree, the wood is used for tool handles, handles, sporting goods, and other items requiring strength and resilience. In addition to climate change, which has led to longer and more intense periods of dry and hot weather, recent years have seen branch dieback of ash trees caused by introduced fungus. In addition, there are fears that European ash trees will be very seriously decimated in the coming decades due to the threat of the green beetle (Tamamushi), a species native to Northeast Asia that feeds on this tree species.

The "Growth Model" is composed of ash wood tubes, with the framework of the loudspeaker embedded in each tube. The entire tube vibrates when stimulated by the loudspeaker. The object thus becomes an electroacoustic instrument, reproducing the growth data of ash trees at three locations in TreeNet (Lägern ZH, Schänis SG, and Visp VS) as sound. The date and time of the measured data being played back are projected in the exhibition space, allowing visitors to relate the sonification and growth spurts to the time of day and season.

▶︎Profile of Marcus Maeder

Support: Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, Fondation Sakae Stünzi
In collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in Japan / Vitality.Swiss and the Science & Technology Office Tokyo

Date/Time: 2023.9.23 (Sat) –11.5 (Sun) 13:00–17:00
*Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays and others (see application page below).
Venue: University of Creativity（５-３-１ Akasaka, Minato-ku）
Free of charge (reservation required)

Talk session with Japanese and Swiss sound artists exhibiting at the Tokyo Biennale 2023 "TOKYO ART FARM" to explore the possibilities of sound art in relation to climate change, art, and people and nature

Date and Time：10.19（Thu） 19:00–20:30
Venue：UNIVERSITY of CREATIITY(UoC)
＊Online available

▶︎Profile of Marcus Maeder

▶︎Profile of Rick Shinmi

▶︎Profile of Hidenori Kondo

Support: Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, Fondation Sakae Stünzi
In collaboration with the Embassy of Switzerland in Japan / Vitality.Swiss and the Science & Technology Office Tokyo

A 22-meter long table made from thinned wood from a water source forest in the Tokyo metropolitan area, which will also serve as a stage for TOKYO ART FARM's various programs, will be created together with the designers of the table.！

cooperation：Spicy Architects（Ryo Yamamoto）、Nishida Division, Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Tokyo University of Science and Technology.

Date and Time：10.1 (Sun) 13:00-17:00
Venue：Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F（1-9-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku）
Price：free of Charge

Designed by architect Ryo Yamamoto (Spicy Architects) and Tokyo University of Science Nishida Lab. using thinned wood from water source forests in the Tokyo metropolitan area, this 22m LONG TABLE was created with participants of the production workshop at Tokyo Station. 22m LONG TABLE will be open until November 5 (Sun) for TOKYO ART FARM's Various performances, workshops and talks will be held. Reservations for the sale of 12 such tables and log chairs are now being accepted! Why not use the tables, which preserve the memories of the various relationships and experiences of the Tokyo Biennale, indoors in homes and offices, on rooftops and balconies, and in shared spaces?

There are three types of tables with different heights: low table (height: 550mm), middle table (750mm), and high table (1000mm) with a design that retains the "bark" of the trees, which is unique to thinned wood.

low table(hight:550mm) 1 unit 30,000 yen ＋ chairs 4 chairs 20,000 yen = 50,000 yen　
middle table(height: 750mm) 1 unit 40,000 yen ＋ chairs 4 chairs 20,000 yen = 60,000 yen
high table (hight: 1000mm)　1 unit 45,000 yen

＊Shipping cost of 10,000 yen will be charged separately for each of the above sets.
＊It is not new, but was used during the TOKYO ART FARM exhibition.
＊Delivery is scheduled after November 5, after the exhibition ends.

BeeWax Painting Workshop: "Gathering Tokyo Today like a Honeybee

Painting workshop by Beeslow, an eco-zoological studio involved in urban beekeeping, and artists Halley Konishi and Maho Arakawa. Painting with beeswax paint on the top panel of the LONG TABLE, which is made of thinned wood from the water source forests in the Tokyo metropolitan area. This is an attempt to bind the resources that lie dormant in Tokyo with beeswax.

Date and Time：10.1（Sun） 13:00–16:30
Venue： Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F
Price：General 5,000 yen（Up to 1 accompanying child up to elementary school age）, Student 3,000 yen（Junior high and high school students, college students, vocational school students）

Muralist Shogo Iwakiri and the Daimaru Tokyo Store VMD team collaborated to create a 4-meter-long KAKASHI ART and MOBILE FARM, which was created using old clothes, discarded plastic hangers, and unwanted suitcases, and will be displayed in the first floor window of the Daimaru Tokyo Store. The exhibition is located at the Yaesu Exit of Tokyo Station, right next to the Grand Roof, so don't miss it!

Clothing provided by: Yoshinari Nishio, Yanaka/Hatsusan Affinity Group, Daimaru Matsuzakaya Department Store volunteers
Ears of rice provided by: General Incorporated Association Tiny Earth
Lemon grass courtesy of Local Food Cycling Co.
Suitcase provided by T&S Co.
Seamstress: Sayaka Higuchi
Planning and Producing：UNIVERSITY of CREATIVITY（UoC）、Tokyo Urban Farming、Ciruclar Creativity Lab.（Katsuhiko Ono, Hidenori Kondo）
Art Direction（Decorations and banners）：Yusuke Hado

▶︎Profile of Shogo Iwakiri

Date and Time：10.4（Wed）– 24（Tue） open all day
Venue：Daimaru Tokyo Window 1F

In the heart of Tokyo, receiving talismans from Tokyo's water source forest and tasting the water, wood, soil and plants of the forest.

Date/Time: 2023.10.8 (Sun) 11:00–18:00
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F (FOOD & ART MARCHE)
Stalls planned: QINO project, Toranomon Distillery, kiki craft, bibibi_woodworking, Meguriya, Book and Cafe Mogume Book, Little Tree, Forest Tribes, Bio Cresson, atelier hanabusa, Bee. farm Doshi
*For more information, click here. Subject to change due to circumstances.

An "edible art" experience held at the LONG TABLE, where everyone can enjoy sauces and vegetables made from Tokyo vegetables with travelling chef Rua Soda.

Date/Time: 2023.11.3 (Fri), 4 (Sat) Each session starts at 16:00.
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F
Artist: Rua Soda
Capacity: 50 persons each (by appointment)
How to apply: To be announced soon

Art performance in collaboration with humans and fruits and vegetables, directed by Hiroshi Koike, who has performed in 53 countries around the world.

Date/Time: 2023.11.5 (Sun) 13:00, 14:00, 15:00
*The three performances have the same content.
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F
Performer: Hiroshi Koike (scenographer, writer and choreographer, representative of the School of Performing Arts)
Costume: Aiko Yamamoto
Music: Rick Shinmi
Free of charge
How to apply: No registration is required.Feel free to view this special experience at the venue on the day of the event.

Muralist Shogo Iwakiri and Daimaru Tokyo VMD Team collaborated to create Kakashi Art using discarded plastic hangers and old clothes.

Material cooperation: Yoshinari Nishio
Sewing cooperation: Sayaka Higuchi

Date/Time: 2023.10.4 (Wed)–10.24 (Tue)
Venues: Daimaru Tokyo Store 1F Window

This is the first of a five-day marché workshop featuring a diverse range of vendors, including producers, restaurants, NPOs, and publishers working on "the future of food and agriculture in Tokyo. The "Noren" (curtains) were dyed by artist Aiko Yamamoto and N school students using vegetables and plants from Edible Kayabaen in Kayabacho.

Date and Time ：10.8 (Sun)
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F　FOOD & ART MARCHE

MARCHE（11:00–20:00 free of charge）
QINO project, Toranomon Distillery, kiki craft、bibibi_woodworking, Meguriya, book and cafe mokume bookstore, Little Tree co. 、Forest Tribes、Bio Cresson、atelier hanabusa、Bee farm Doshi
＊Subject to change for certain reasons.

WORKSHOPS（Prices vary depending on each workshop.）

＊Details are here。

This is the second of a five-day marché workshop featuring a variety of vendors, including producers, restaurants, NPOs, and publishers working on "the future of food and agriculture in Tokyo. The "Noren" (curtains) were dyed by artist Aiko Yamamoto and N school students using vegetables and plants from Edible Kayabaen in Kayabacho.

Date and Time：10.14（Sat）
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F

MARCHE（11:00–18:00 free of charge）
Future Standard Laboratory, Shimokita Engei Department/Honey Project,ELAB, Two Virgins, Toranomon Distillery

WORKSHOPS（Fees and other costs vary with each workshop.）

This is the third in a series of five-day marche workshops featuring a diverse range of vendors, including producers, restaurants, NPOs, and publishers working on "the future of food and agriculture in Tokyo. The "Noren" (curtains) were dyed by artist Aiko Yamamoto and N school students using vegetables and plants from Edible Kayabaen in Kayabacho.

Date：10.15（Sun）
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F

MARCHE（11:00–18:00 free of charge）
Mitsuru COMPANY、Chavipelto、general store、Two Virgins、Toranomon Distillery

WORKSHOPS（Fees and other costs vary with each workshop.）

This is the fourth in a series of five-day marche workshops featuring a diverse range of vendors, including producers, restaurants, NPOs, and publishers working on "the future of food and agriculture in Tokyo. The "Noren" (curtains) were dyed by artist Aiko Yamamoto and N school students using vegetables and plants from Edible Kayabaen in Kayabacho.

Date：11.3（Fri・Holiday）
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F　FOOD & ART MARCHE

MARCHE（11:00–18:00 free of charge）
Future Standard Laboratory, Beeslow＋N High Schiil, Two Virgins, Borden

WORKSHOPS（Fees and other costs vary depending on the workshop.）

This is the fifth (and final) of a five-day marché workshop featuring a variety of vendors, including producers, restaurants, NPOs, and publishers working on "the future of food and agriculture in Tokyo. The "Noren" (curtains) were dyed by artist Aiko Yamamoto and N school students using vegetables and plants from Edible Kayabaen in Kayabacho.

Date：11.4（Sat）
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F

MARCHE（11:00–18:00 free of charge）
general store、warmerwarmer、ELAB、Two Virgins、Borden

WORKSHOPS（Fees and other costs vary depending on the workshop.）

Initiated by artist Mitsudori Mitamura, this is a project in which everyone becomes an organizer, and in conjunction with open studios, exhibitions, art events, and workshops by artists and art spaces around the world, shares a place for art with visitors through breakfast. By engaging with art and artists through the intimate act of breakfast, visitors can experience fresh communication and connections that are different from those at regular exhibitions and events. This project aims to bring people and art closer through personal communication while providing a place for artists to freely present and communicate.

Please bring your own breakfast to the 22m LONG TABLE made of thinned wood from the Suigen no Mori forest, and talk freely with your neighbors about the future of art, food and agriculture! (There is a possibility that she may come on other days as well.)

▶︎Profile of Midori Mitamura

Date and Time：10.14（Sat）、15（Sun）、11.3（Fri・Holiday） 10:00–11:00
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F LONG TABLE

Talk program by various practitioners on "the future of food and agriculture in Tokyo。

登壇者：
Kosuke Ohno, President of Little Tory Co.
Yasuko Tsuji (Representative Director, Forest Tribes Incorporated Association)
Ayako Suwa

Date and Time：10.8（Sun） 18:00–20:00
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F LONG TABLE
Price:Free of charge
Application: Not required

Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse, a restaurant that cannot be reserved, and Edible Schoolyard, which has transformed school education, will visit Japan in the fall of 2023. Alice, who has also been a great inspiration for TOKYO ART FARM, which will be held under the theme of "The Future of Urban Food and Farming.Special lecture to be given at the College of Food Management, Ritsumeikan UniversityPublic viewing of the event will be held.

Organized by: College of Food Management, Ritsumeikan University, Alice Waters Visiting Japan Project Team
Cooperation: Edible Schoolyard Japan, Japan Slow Food Association、UNIVERSITY of CREATIVITY

Date and Time：10.14（Sat） 14:00–16:30
Venue：KITCHEN STUDIO SUIBA（1-12-7 Kyobashi Chuo-ku）
Price:Free of charge

Kentaro Ichi-Lei, the president of UNIVERSITY of CREATIVITY (UoC), a research institute for creativity launched in 2020 based on the principle that "all ningen are born creative", Hidenori Kondo, the organizer of TOKYO ART FARM, and Katsuhiko Ono will discuss the future potential of creativity and food.

Speakers：
Kentaro Ichiki（Head of UNIVERSITY of CREATIVITY）
Katsuhiko Ono（Producer of UNIVERSITY of CREATIVITY）
Hidenori Kondo（Head of Tokyo Urban Farming）

Date and Time：10.15（Sun） 16:00–17:00
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F LONG TABLE
Price: Free of charge

A French chef, a researcher on swallowing food, and an art curator gather to discuss the possibilities of 3D food printers from different perspectives (food, medicine, and art) and open up the future of food culture.

Speakers：
Tatsuya Noda (chef), Taku Sato (gallery director), Kohei Yamaguchi (dentist, Ph.

Date and Time：10.15（Sun） 18:00–20:00
Venue：KITCHEN STUDIO SUIBA（1-12-7 Kyobashi Chuo-ku）
Price: Free of charge
Capacity：15

【Online Participation Available】
https://zoom.us/j/98435764150?pwd=UmFhKzhCam9wTythbEpIVU1xVTFYUT09
ID: 984 3576 4150
Passcode: 705196

Profile：

Tatsuya Noda
Chef
Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1985.He switched from being a semiconductor engineer to a chef.After graduating from a local culinary school, he worked at a French restaurant in Tokyo before moving to France in 2012.
After returning to Japan, he worked in starred restaurants and expanded his knowledge of various food-related fields, from food production to bars, before moving back to France to work in the catering business.
He has collaborated with chefs and artists from around the world and served as a food organizer for events. Currently, while working as a freelance chef, he serves as the director of "kitchen space nôl" and led the restaurant to a Michelin star. He has won the Runner-up Grand Prix three times in 2015, 2019, and 2021 at RED U-35, one of the largest competitions for young chefs in Japan. He is currently exploring new possibilities in food art, medicine, AI, and other fields under the theme of "creating deliciousness.

佐藤拓
Gallery Director
Born 1982 in the U.S.A., she graduated from Keio University in 2014 with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Information Studies. After working for an advertising production company, he started his career in the field of contemporary design/art at CLEAR GALLERY, where he was in charge of all operations as a director from 2011 to 2018. In March 2022, he will open a second space, PARCEL, in Bakurocho, and will serve as director of both spaces. Since the same year, he has been the country coordinator for Japan at Google Arts & Culture.

山口 浩平
Doctor of Dental Science, Doctor of Philosophy
D. in Dentistry from Tokyo Medical and Dental University. D. in Dentistry from Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
He specializes in evaluation and rehabilitation of the eating function "feeding and swallowing function" and mainly provides dental care at home.
He has conducted cross-disciplinary research not only with medical professionals but also with various specialists in psychology, economics, and other fields, and has reported more than 50 related papers in international journals.
He has collaborated with a French chef to provide full-course meals at nursing homes using a 3D food printer,
He is working to solve issues related to "food" in the super-aging society.

An environmentalist and Beeslow will analyze honey DNA analysis results to explore the city's invisible natural resources. This talk event with artists and graduate students will explore the future possibilities of Tokyo with the keywords "Eusociality = True Sociality", "Ecosophic Art", and "Regenerative AI".

Speakers：
Ryohei Funayama（Beeslow）
Yuki Matsuzawa（Idea Corporation）
Hare Konishi（abstract painter）
NESS（The University of Tokyo, Waseda University）
Maho Arakawa, Riu Mizuguchi (Tokyo University of the Arts）
Hidenori Kondo（Tokyo Urban Farming）

Date and Time ：11.3（Fri・Holiday） 11:00–13:00
Venue：KITCHEN STUDIO SUIBA（1-12-7 Kyobashi Chuo-ku）
Price:Free of Charge
Capacity：15 people

【Online Participation Available】
https://zoom.us/j/98435764150?pwd=UmFhKzhCam9wTythbEpIVU1xVTFYUT09
ID: 984 3576 4150
Passcode: 705196

Profile：

Yohei FUNAYAMA
urban beekeeper
He founded Beeslow after realizing that "food" and "environment" have a great influence on people's consciousness. Think bee, live slow. He provides services related to bees by co-creating with artists and researchers. Representative Director and CEO of Beeslow Inc.


Yuki Matsuzawa
1Born in Tokyo in 972. Graduated from the University of Tsukuba with a B.S. in Biology, and completed the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Tokyo (M.S.) and the Graduate School of Environmental Studies at Nagoya University (Ph.D.: Environmental Studies). (After working as a researcher for the Japan Water Resources Association and the Research Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, he became an environmental consultant. He specializes in biodiversity conservation. He is also the only researcher of urban beekeeping in Japan. While running his own beekeeping business, he is also involved in business development and research and development related to biodiversity. He is a lecturer at Yokohama College of Art and Tokyo City University.


Hare Konishi
Abstract painter, born in Tokyo. She creates acrylic and beeswax paintings inspired by daily contemplation and dialogue. He has been active in Berlin, Germany since 2017. After returning to Japan, she has been showing her works mainly in Tokyo. In recent years, she has been focusing on human life (richness, ambiguity, and environment) through beeswax paintings. He paints not only on canvas, but also on personal belongings such as clothes and bags. He has been involved in many custom paintings for musicians' live costumes, store uniforms, and creative reuse.


NESS（The University of Tokyo, Waseda University）
Project team exploring bottom-up design of cities and architecture based on local character using generative AI's LORA (additional learning). What role can generative AI play in the context of city planning, regional attachment, and degrowth? We are seeking alternatives to the accelerating technological and economic supremacy.

Cities of the future are the first levers for change: create regenerative models and food working prototypes is game-changing action on which the global focus is. Alessandro Fusco will share the Future Food Institute Regeneration Approach with European and Italian case studies of art, agriculture and food as integrated part of the city. We’ll show examples of Living Lab as crucial node of the innovative connection between culture, nature and citizens. Masanori Seto will share all the initiatives for “creating and a nurturing environment for people”. He leads projects in environmental regeneration and K-12 education, focusing on rebuilding the relationship between human beings and nature while utilizing the culture and technology of satoyama and satoumi. During the talk event will be presented Eucarestia - No Food Tomorrow, a contemplative and provocative installation to stimulate critical dialogue on contemporary issues such as global food security, climate crisis, food diversity, Mediterranean Diet, European strategies and religion. *please see the annex to discover the FF approach and Regenerative Model

Speakers：
Alessandro Fusco（Japan Director - Future Food Institute）
Masanori Seto（Ecologist, independent researcher, and entrepreneur.）
Mai Nomura（Future Food Institute Japan　Catalyst Lead）

Date and Time：4 November（Sat） 11:00–13:00（10:30 Reception Open）
Venue：KITCHEN STUDIO SUIBA（1-12-7 Kyobashi Chuo-ku）
Price：Free of Charge
Capacity：15People

＊Talk is held in English

【Online Participation Available】
https://zoom.us/j/97780993766?pwd=US9Vckx2ckNmTTNsK2U1Mnp2ME81UT09
ID: 977 809 93766
Passcode: 968791

Speakers：

Alessandro Fusco
Japan Director - Future Food Institute
Alessandro is Future Food Japan Director at Future Food Institute. After 10 years of corporate experience as Senior Designer and Innovation Manager, he founded a start-up that has transformed the way we experience wine through storytelling. He has taught at several universities among Politecnico di Milano. He currently leads educational, innovation and community initiatives in Japan and EU to regenerate the food ecosystem.

Masanori Seto
Ecologist, independent researcher, and entrepreneur. After earning his Ph.D. in Agricultural Entomology from Cornell University, where he worked in research and education, he founded the non-profit organization SOMA in 2017 to implement innovative projects in public education based on public-private partnerships in Japan's mountainous regions. In 2021, he relocated to Fukuoka to focus on the restoration and improvement of the natural environment, with the mission of "creating an environment where people can grow and develop" in satoyama and satoumi. Currently, a project called "YamaーMusubi" is underway in both Fukuoka and other prefectures to improve the environment by treating an entire mountain as a single unit.

Mai Nomura
Future Food Institute Japan
Catalyst Lead
After graduating from University of Massachusetts, Mai worked to deal with institutional investors at State Street Corporation, Sony Corporation and Ericsson in the U.S., and dealt with external relations and CSR projects as Public private partnership through MDGs (pre-SDGs) framework. Then, she obtained an MBA from Central European University Business School which was founded by George Soros who promotes open society, Mai had been engaged in international strategic partnerships, social impact investment, and fostering entrepreneurial ecosystems at the same educational institution. She was also involved in business consulting at Deloitte. She did advisory services for the launch of a new fund for Japanese companies in collaboration with AgFunder and SDG Impact Japan, and assisted Cookpad in researching the World Cooking Index and the founder's new business, Moment, to enter the European market. Also, Mai did advisory in the field of sustainable food for the establishment of Daimaru-Yu SDGs Act 5. Now, Mai is involved in building an ecosystem to solve social issues at Future Food Institute Japan.　　

A special tea ceremony with the theme of "rebirth" will be held in a pop-up tea room made of Hirutani Washi paper with waste vegetables strained through it, hosted by the tea ceremony unit Kashin Hu by TODO(Takakuni Kawahara, Tomomi Shibakusa)

▶︎Profile of TODO(Takakuni Kawahara, Tomomi Shibakusa)

▶︎Kahin Hu（Etsuyo Okada, Hidenori Kondo, (Yukako Ninomiya, Kari Miyayama - Mushanokoji Senke lempicka Shachu)

日程：10.27（Fri）, 28（Sat） 17:00/17:45/18:30/19:15/20:00（2 people 5 times/1 day）

Venue：KITCHEN STUDIO SUIBA（1-12-7 Kyobashi Chuo-ku）
Price: Free of Charge（advance reservation required）

Hanashinpu Profile

Etsuyo Okajima, Hidenori Kondo, Yukako Ninomiya, and Kari Miyayama, members of the Mushanokoji Senke lempicka company, formed this unit with the aim of creating a "new wind" that heralds the diverse blooming of the tea ceremony and art through their fusion.

An "edible art" experience held at the Long Table, where everyone can enjoy sauces and vegetables made from Tokyo vegetables with traveling chef Soudalua.

▶︎Profile of Rua Soda

Date and Time：11.3（Fri・Holiday）、4（Sat） 16:30–18:00（16:00 reception open）
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F
Performed by: Soudarua (Contemporary Gastronomist)
Price：3,000 yen（advance reservation required）
Capacity: 50 persons per session
＊semi-seated format.

Directed by Hiroshi Koike, who has performed in 53 countries around the world, this art performance is a collaboration between humans and fruits and vegetables.

▶︎Profile of Hiroshi Koike

Date and Time：11.5 (Sun) 13:00、14:00、15:00（The three performances have the same content.）
Venue: Tokyo Station GRANROOF 2F
Performed by: Hiroshi Koike (scenographer, writer, choreographer, representative of "School of Performing Arts")
Costume：Aiko Yamamoto
Music：Rick Shinmi
Price: Free of charge
No registration is required. Please feel free to view this special experience at the venue on the day of the event.

The flag, dyed by artist Aiko Yamamoto using vegetables and plants collected at Edible Kayabaen, symbolizes the symbiosis between humans and nature. In addition to being displayed at the talk program, the "noren" (curtain) that Yamamoto created in collaboration with N High School students will be used at the FOOD & ART MARCHE, and the stage costumes will be used in the performance "Time Born from Vegetables, Fruits and People" (November 5), directed by Hiroshi Koike.

▶︎Profile of Aiko Yamamoto