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[Immune power up information] Diverse ways of life connected to agriculture ③
[Immune power up information] We will introduce excerpts from past musubi magazines and books published by Seishoku Publishing. The 24th installment will be introduced from "Musubi Magazine September 3". (XNUMX times in total). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kameido daikon and Nerima daikon daikon radish Select ingredients delicately
Mr. Shinji said, "In reality, modern people are just a few people. They may be professionals in cooking and nutrition, but at most ten people. They are not farmers." For example, even if it is the same granite, granite refers only to granite produced in Mikage in Hyogo Prefecture. “Since ancient times, the Japanese have called all natural products in their production areas. They have chosen the ingredients with such sensitivity. Mr. Shinji suggests, "Why don't you become a peasant?" It's a story of why don't you live every day with mochi." “Civilized nations around the world, including Japan, make everyone compete with each other and insist that they are not special, but the overwhelming majority are not special. That is why we should not create a social system based on such values. I believe that the Buddhist values of seeing people, living things, and things as equals, and the idea that all plants, trees, and land are all Buddhas, are values unique to the East, or even better than those of the Europeans.”
Design that is safe, beautiful, ecologically friendly, and inspiring
In Shinji's lecture, as an interesting story related to the safety and security of food, he explained the perspective and approach of PVESM that Mr. Shinji devised in order to check the appropriateness of environmental design and environment creation at the end. I think that I want to do it.
The first P is physicality (physicality / functionality).Is it safe, convenient and functional? V is for visuality (visuality and scenery).beautiful or not E is ecological (ecological cycle, naturalness, biological nature).Is the environment suitable for living things? S is social (social, cultural, regional).Whether it has a regional character or whether it responds to the demands of the times. M is for mentality (spirituality, hometown).Whether it impresses you, or whether you feel something spiritual, such as the original landscape or hometown.
Summarizing all of the above, excellent environmental design is defined as "a city that is safe, beautiful, full of nature, has the character of the region, and has a moving hometown feel." In the areas that were hit by the tsunami caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake, levees were built along the coastline so high that you could look up. Considering the safety of P, "On the (height) embankment that is XNUMX meters high, (the residents) spend their days as if they were in a prison, but is it good for the scenery? Is it ecological, like coexisting with nature?"
Mother's taste that fills your heart "Delicious" comes from the good environment
In terms of food, food that uses additives such as preservatives and antioxidants that meet national standards may be safe, but is it safe to eat mentally and spiritually? "Safety and peace of mind may seem similar, but they are completely different. It is safe if you only deal with physical things, but you will only feel safe when you have spiritual things." Mr. Shinji cites "mother's taste" as a representative of total food that satisfies even the spiritual side. In addition, various efforts are being made in school education to let children experience farming, but Mr. Shinji says, ``Rather than forcing children to do it, we should encourage them to do it because it is fun. I'd better go," he advised. Similarly, when it comes to food education, he said, “I want children to be able to enjoy food because it is delicious, fun, and interesting, rather than forcing them to do so because they are educated. When I wondered why, I thought about how agriculture should be made from organic matter, or that it is safe and delicious to use microorganisms skillfully. It means that “Medicine and food have the same source, but food and agriculture have the same source, and agriculture and the environment have the same source. It would be great if such a big trend took root in civil society. A thunderous applause was sent from the sympathetic participants.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shinji Isoya Born in Kyoto in 1944.He graduated from Tokyo University of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Landscape Architecture.He is a doctor of agriculture.His specialties are landscaping, environmental studies, landscape policy, and environmental planning.He is a former president of Tokyo University of Agriculture and an emeritus professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture.He has served as President of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture, President of the City Planning Institute of Japan, and President of the Southeast Asian International Agricultural Society.He has authored many books including "Amenity Design", "Landscape Design", "The Age of Agriculture" (Gakugei Shuppan), "Hibiya Park" (Kashima Publishing), and "Japanese Garden" (Chuko Shinsho). In 2007, he received the Medal with Purple Ribbon.
