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【10/12】Join us for a Halloween Party and Cultural Exchange!!

Posted by 室井梨那（Rina Muroi）
On 2024/9/26

Looking for a fun and relaxed way to practice your English or Japanese? Meguru Hoshiten English Cafe is a language exchange community based in Yokohama, Japan, and we’re all about making learning fun and social! For October, we’re hosting a special Halloween-themed party where you can join locals and internationals for a unique cultural exchange. […]

Light Up Your Language Skills: Crafting and Cultural Exchange Workshop! [EVENT REPORT]

Posted by 室井梨那（Rina Muroi）
On 2024/8/8

On July 20, 2024, Circular Yokohama hosted a language exchange event, “Crafting in English! Let’s Make Lanterns with Discarded Aluminum can,” at its office / showroom “qlaytion gallery.” The event gathered 15 participants, ranging from children to adults, who enjoyed a creative and conversational experience in English. About “Meguru Hoshiten English Cafe” Meguru Hoshiten English […]

Harch Inc. is Holding the Release Event for “Sustainable City Guide: TOKYO – Connect with brands and enjoy upcycling!

Posted by Circular Yokohama Editorial Team
On 2024/8/7

An exciting media event is coming up on August 24 at a sustainable cafe in Tokyo, Japan! This is the release event for Zenbird's “Sustainable City Guide: TOKYO,” a digital guidebook for English speakers. It is published by Harch. Inc., which operates Circular Yokohama.

Experience a circular lifestyle! “Circular October 2023” Presented by Circular Yokohama

Posted by 室井梨那（Rina Muroi）
On 2023/10/5

To realize the transition towards a circular economy at the local level, it is essential for not only businesses and local authorities but also each and every resident in the community to be actively involved. Therefore, Circular Yokohama has chosen to designate the month of October as “Circular October,” envisioning the “10” in October as […]

Circular Yokohama participated in event “Minato Mirai Circular Weekend – Everyone, try to decarbonize!”

Posted by Circular Yokohama Editorial Team
On 2023/4/24

Circular Yokohama participated in the event “Minato Mirai Circular Weekend – Everyone, try to decarbonize!” on March 24th and 25th. On the day of the event, we ran various programs on site. This event was the first event of the Minato Mirai Circular City Project, a Yokohama City project to promote the decarbonization of the […]

“Yokohama Local Circular Economy Seminar Vol.2” on Feb 27th

Posted by Circular Yokohama Editorial Team
On 2023/3/23

Circular Yokohama held the event “Yokohama Local Circular Economy Seminar Vol.2: Southern Part ‘Regional Circulation Created with Children’” on February 27. The event was held in collaboration with NPO Yokohama Community Design Lab and YOKOHAMA Living Lab Support Office. The Yokohama version of the Circular Economy Seminar is a series of three special seminars designed […]

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Think about the future of Yokohama with Donut Economics [Experience Report]

Posted by Circular Yokohama Editorial Team
On 2022/1/24

On March 20, 2021, we held a workshop on Donut Economics at the Kotobuki Collaborative Space in Naka Ward, Yokohama. 11 participants discussed the future of Yokohama using the concept of Donut Economics with them. This article is an abstract for the workshop. *This event is part of Circular Economy Plus School, which is organized […]

Can DX be a solution to the problem with plastic containers? [Experience Report]

Posted by Circular Yokohama Editorial Team
On 2022/1/5

On March 13, 2021, we held an idea-thon online under the topic of “Circular Economy and Digital Transformation (DX).” This time we specifically focused on the issue of plastic takeout containers and discussed how we could circulate the containers instead of wasting them. *This event is part of Circular Economy Plus School, which is organized […]

How can we make a business more sustainable? Find out the way with haishop [Experience Report]

Posted by Circular Yokohama Editorial Team
On 2021/12/22

On Saturday, March 6, 2021, we held an idea-thon with Hideaki Omote and Nao Wada from Innovation Design, Inc. They run a sustainable souvenir shop and cafe, “haishop,” in Bashamichi, Yokohama. This idea-thon is to solve issues through running circular businesses and local services. The main topic was “Circular Economy and Startups.” We shared the […]

What post-COVID-19 world look like? Circular Economy Plus clear up the new demands in Ryokuen [Experience Report]

Posted by 室井梨那（Rina Muroi）
On 2021/11/18

Since the COVID-19 came into the world, the way we work has been dynamically changing. Many people work from home, hold their meetings online, and many new words that symbolize the change of our lifestyle has been created, such as self-isolation, quarantine, key-workers, and so on. Now, another question came up; how will the way […]

Yokohama local plastic waste turns out to be a unique asset [Experience Report]

Posted by Circular Yokohama Editorial Team
On 2021/11/12

On Saturday, February 27, 2021, we held a workshop at haishop cafe in Bashamichi to up-cycle plastic waste into new products. We cooperated with Mr. Terukuni Hayashi and Ms. Sayumi Tadokoro from Technolab Inc., which runs the ocean plastic upcycling brand “buøy.” *This event is part of Circular Economy Plus School, which is organized by […]

Discovering the unknown aspects of the city through community cleanup activity with greenbird [Experience Report]

Posted by Circular Yokohama Editorial Team
On 2021/10/21

“greenbird” is a trash pickup project originating from Omotesando, Harajuku in Tokyo, which was born with the concept of “a clean city makes people’s hearts clean.” There are over 60 greenbird teams all over Japan and 7 teams overseas. Each area takes the initiative in carrying out local cleanup activities. Circular Yokohama collaborated with the […]

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