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Whatever Happened to Yamagishi? Idealism, Nature and the Environment in Japan's Cooperative Agrarian Community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

John Spiri
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The main task of Ikuhara Hideyuki's full-time job is feeding the pigs at Yamagishi. However, he gets no salary for his efforts. In fact, he quit his job developing hi-tech industry developing hi-vision televisions and gave up all his possessions for this lifestyle—and he couldn't be happier.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , February 2008 , e13
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Notes

[1] Ernest Callenbach (2006). “Ecotopia in Japan?” Communities, #132, Fall 2006, p. 44.

[2] Japan Times (2001).

[3] Kansai Time Out (1999).

[4] ibid

[5] Ernest Callenbach (2006). “Ecotopia in Japan?” Communities, #132, Fall 2006, p. 45.

[6] ibid