Everyday sustainability in a dense city: trash sorting by ward, community composting, secondhand shopping, cutting electricity bills and staying cool without air conditioning. We also look at furoshiki wrapping, Japanese fabrics for summer heat and minimalist apartment living.
Stay cool in Tokyo without air conditioning: it begins not with a machine, but with a morning ritual, a folded fan, and the kind of patient attention to daily life that both Japanese and French sensibilities understand deeply. The heat Tokyo locals actually face The heat itself, often climbing above 35°C in cities like Tokyo, … Read more
Trash sorting in Tokyo is one of the city’s quiet arts: a daily ritual that asks you to look closely at what you use, then return each material to its proper place. Why each Tokyo ward has its own rules In France, we speak of *savoir-faire*, the knowledge that lives in the hands. Tokyo’s waste … Read more
