Future Food Institute Opens a New Living Lab in Tokyo During the International Event RegenerAction Japan
Tokyo, November 25, 2024After four years of work in Japan, Future Food Institute is inaugurating a new space for its Living Lab in Tokyo during
Future food Japan
In collaboration with our project partner Tokyo Tatemono, Future Food is building a sustainable food ecosystem in the Kyobashi area of Tokyo known as Tokyo Living Lab.
Through a series of interactive and impact-focused programs and activities, we strive to build a dynamic community comprised of individuals, organizations, and companies committed to sustainably improving food systems in Tokyo and beyond.
Tokyo as a whole, and in particular the Kyobashi area, has a rich food and cultural history. We aim to highlight and support this history while also embracing innovation and the future of food via global exposure and local interaction.
Tokyo Living Lab Venues
Tokyo Food Lab
A creative bridge between food tech and science, and the central hub for our activities, Tokyo Food Lab is a collaborative space to explore, test, and improve the future of food.
Suiba Kitchen Studio
Two floors, full test kitchen and open space for market validation and testing, R&D, product demos, building awareness, and more.
City Lab Tokyo
Conference room for press releases, large scale meetings and seminars. Also serves as a perfect co-working space with related material for individual and group work.
What We Do
Our programming focuses on a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to: urban farming, fermentation, food waste solutions and rural revitalization projects. We invite a variety of change-makers in the food world to join our ecosystem – everyone from chefs and restaurateurs to students, farmers, food entrepreneurs and more.
Future Food Japan organizes speaking panels, immersive boot camps, open format discussions, workshops, interactive dining occasions as well as a variety of innovative green markets in the Tokyo Square Garden plaza.
Regenerate Cities through Food: Cities play a central role in shaping a sustainable future, as highlighted by SDG 11, which aims to create inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable urban environments. As António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, stated, “Cities are where the climate battle will largely be won or lost.” Food is the real nexus between basic human needs and the planet, making cities a critical space for driving transformation. By designing regenerative models and developing food innovation prototypes, we can activate cities as key levers for change, fostering a more resilient and sustainable future.
Japanese Food & Climate Shaper Boot Camp
Future Food Institute’s global experiential learning program, Food & Climate Shapers Boot Camp, will offer a Japanese version of its program this fall.
How should we tackle climate change and various social issues?
The program is an hybrid experiential program that incorporates global perspectives and features lecturers from Japan who are active in food-related fields.
The Future Food Institute’s cutting-edge participatory active learning program is a combination of classroom lectures by experts on new methodologies and advanced case studies, as well as discussion of specific issues by participants and learning from prototype creation and other activities.
A report on the previous event is also available. Please click on the link below to learn more about the experiential learning experience that was full of empathy and inspiration.
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