{"id":11460,"date":"2025-08-03T21:52:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T12:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oyako.qpit.me\/uncategorized\/2025\/08\/present-to-the-future-vol-35\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T22:05:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:05:28","slug":"present-to-the-future-vol-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oyako.qpit.me\/en\/present-to-the-future-en\/2025\/08\/present-to-the-future-vol-35\/","title":{"rendered":"Text Edition: 35th Online Talk Live with Hiroichi Yanase \u2013 \u201cPresent to the Future\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>35th Online Talk Live: \u201cPresent to the Future\u201d<\/h3>\n<h5>Guest: Hiroichi Yanase (Professor, Institute for Liberal Arts, Tokyo University of Science)<br \/>\nModerator: Satoru Seki (Editor, Producer)<br \/>\nHosts: Bruce Osborn (Photographer), Yoshiko Inoue (Oyako Day Promotion Committee)<br \/>\nOrganizer: Oyako Day Promotion Committee<br \/>\nBroadcast Date: June 29, 2025 (Sun) 1:00 PM (LIVE)<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our guest for the 35th Online Talk Live is Professor Hiroichi Yanase.<br \/>\n<em>This article features highlights from the live video interview.<\/em><br \/>\n&lt;Watch the video [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/M1Xplz2oA2w\">here<\/a>]&gt;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>Participants:<\/h5>\n<h5>Hiroichi Yanase (Professor, Tokyo University of Science, Institute for Liberal Arts)<\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Born 1964. After graduating from Keio University, he joined Nikkei McGraw-Hill (now Nikkei BP) and edited many best-selling books. Since 2018, he has been Professor of Media Studies at Tokyo University of Science. Major works include &#8220;Route 16,&#8221; &#8220;My Father&#8217;s Encoffinment,&#8221; &#8220;Kingfisher City Tokyo,&#8221; and &#8220;Anpanman and the Japanese.&#8221; &#8220;Route 16&#8221; won the Seii Teshima Memorial Research Award. He is also active in environmental conservation around the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa, for nearly 30 years, and works as a radio host on TBS and Shibuya Radio.<\/span><\/h6>\n<h5>Satoru Seki (Editor, Producer)<\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Has contributed to culture magazines like \u201cPOPEYE,\u201d \u201cBRUTUS,\u201d and \u201cTakarajima.\u201d Currently also a part-time lecturer and director of the Stimulus Switch Laboratory. Responsible for the \u201cMovie Oyako-don\u201d section of the Oyako Day website.<\/span><\/h6>\n<h5>Bruce Osborn (Photographer, Oyako Day Originator)<\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Began photographing parents and children in 1982. Established \u201cOyako Day\u201d (fourth Sunday of July) in 2003. Winner of the Higashikuninomiya Culture Award for social impact, and continues to spread his message \u201cPresent to the Future.\u201d<\/span><\/h6>\n<h5>Yoshiko Inoue (Chair, Oyako Day Promotion Committee; Producer; CEO, Ozone Co.)<\/h5>\n<h6><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Produced numerous exhibitions and events as Bruce Osborn\u2019s partner in both work and life.<\/span><\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\">Introducing Professor Yanase<\/h4>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> Hello! For our 35th Oyako Day Online Talk, we welcome Professor Yanase from Tokyo University of Science.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> Thank you for having me.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> Could you please introduce yourself?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> I teach media studies at the Institute for Liberal Arts. I\u2019m not an academic by training; I worked for 30 years as a journalist, book editor, and online producer at Nikkei BP. Seven years ago, I moved into university life thanks to a lucky connection.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\">Route 16 and Japanese Culture<\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1Xplz2oA2w?start=586\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Video 9:46 \u2013 \u201cRoute 16\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> You\u2019ve produced a lot of best-sellers. I especially enjoyed \u201cRoute 16.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> Route 16 is a ring road circling four prefectures of Tokyo\u2014326 km in total. In the early 1990s, Japan saw a roadside business boom, and the economy shifted that way. As a magazine reporter, I documented that transformation.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> And then Yuming, Southern All Stars, and all sorts of modern culture got mixed in. It became wild, didn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> Yes. Many artists have sung about Route 16\u2014Yuming, Off Course, and now Yokoyama Ken from Crazy Ken Band.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> Places like Fussa along Route 16 always felt grown-up and mysterious.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> It was full of American culture. The first places to sell Western music, movies, foreign cars, imported furniture\u2014all started along Route 16. Even the pizza chain \u201cNicholas\u201d was there.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\">Anpanman: Japan\u2019s Shared Language<\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1Xplz2oA2w?start=460\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Video 7:40 \u2013 \u201cAnpanman and the Japanese\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Bruce:<\/b> I love Anpanman too! Did you watch it with your daughter?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> One reason I wrote \u201cAnpanman and the Japanese\u201d is my daughter\u2019s obsession\u2014she was hooked before her first birthday. When she got a shot at the hospital, the nurse drew Anpanman\u2019s face on her bandage. For about three years\u2014until kindergarten\u2014it was Anpanman every day. It amazed me how powerful that character is. I soon learned nearly every family experiences this.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> He\u2019s the world\u2019s 6th biggest character business\u2014worth 7 trillion yen!<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> Nearly every baby born in Japan is, in some way, an Anpanman fan. When I surveyed students at Tokyo University of Science, 90% said they grew up with Anpanman. Almost everyone!<\/p>\n<p><b>Yoshiko:<\/b> That\u2019s why Anpanman is a topic anyone can talk about. It\u2019s a national common language.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> I see\u2014it really is a shared language.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\">Expanding Ideas from Personal Experiences<\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1Xplz2oA2w?start=780\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Video 13:00 \u2013 \u201cMy Father\u2019s Encoffinment\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> Your book \u201cMy Father\u2019s Encoffinment\u201d was very moving too\u2014about becoming an \u201cokuribito.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> In 2021, my father passed away at 87. Because of COVID, we couldn\u2019t hold a normal funeral, so we did a wake at home. The mortician offered to let us help dress my father. I helped with everything, start to finish.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> You always start from personal experiences and then share new insights with readers. That\u2019s your magic, I think.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> I can\u2019t think about things in the abstract. I always start from what I\u2019ve actually seen or touched, then let my imagination run wild from there.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\">Yanase\u2019s \u201cLayered Thinking\u201d Method<\/h4>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> Most people can\u2019t develop ideas like that. What\u2019s your secret?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> I call it \u201clayered thinking.\u201d Everything has layers\u2014think of it as an underlying structure. For example, geography is at the bottom. The shape of the land influences culture, food, and even the local ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan, most towns are shaped by rivers\u2014large river basins like the Tone River or small ones like Hayama\u2019s Morito River. On top of that, people settle, and civilization develops in unique ways in each place.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you enter through surface layers like fashion or music\u2014say, Crazy Ken Band\u2019s song \u201cMikasa Park beyond the tunnel\u201d\u2014you realize Miura is a classic rias coastline: hardly any flat land, seven tunnels in three kilometers. I think Yokosuka has the highest tunnel density in Japan. You start to see how the underlying geography shapes culture and history.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> That\u2019s real \u201cEarth-diver\u201d thinking.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> You can enter at any layer. Surface fashion, mid-layer military history\u2014it doesn\u2019t matter. Take the \u201cSukajan\u201d (souvenir jackets) of Yokosuka\u2014they come from the region\u2019s silk-weaving heritage, which grew because U.S. military personnel bought them as souvenirs. So, the story of the U.S. bases and even deeper, the land itself, all stack up. Making those kinds of connections is just my habit.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> Japan\u2019s landscape is so narrow that everything is layered on top of each other. In places like the American West, it\u2019s nothing like that, right?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> Where the \u201clayers\u201d are broad, you can build big cities in a planned way. But Japan\u2019s land is steep, complex, and harsh\u2014so towns and economies can only develop as the landscape allows. That\u2019s why features like earthquakes and tsunamis are such powerful forces in Japan.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\">Swimming with Dolphins on Mikura Island<\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1Xplz2oA2w?start=2015\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Video 33:35 \u2013 \u201cMikura Island\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> The conversation is jumping a bit, but could you explain the photo of your child swimming with dolphins?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> Mikura Island is a small island between Miyake and Hachijo in the Izu chain. Nearly the whole place is cliffs, with about 250 people living clinging to the land. 90% is old-growth forest. And it\u2019s the only place in the world with a resident dolphin population of over 100.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1Xplz2oA2w?start=2056\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Video 34:16 \u2013 \u201cDolphins\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve gone almost every year for over thirty years\u2014my daughter first came when she was four. The water\u2019s 20 meters deep and you can see dolphins swimming below you. There\u2019s so much you can only experience here: no convenience stores, just swimming with dolphins, hiking, and napping. I love it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1Xplz2oA2w?start=2608\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Video 43:28 \u2013 \u201cTokyo\u2019s Islands\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> How do you get there?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> A big Tokai Kisen ferry leaves Tokyo\u2019s Takeshiba Pier every day. It circles Miyake, Mikura, and Hachijo in about 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bruce:<\/b> All still Tokyo, right?<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> It\u2019s a real hidden gem.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\">Looking Ahead: Next Projects<\/h4>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> Could you share your future plans?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> I\u2019m working on two books: one is a summary of my media studies classes, and the other is about city planning for high schoolers. Right now, most urban planning ignores the essential \u201clayer\u201d stories.<\/p>\n<p>I want to explain to the next generation how to build towns as populations decline. There are two key points: transportation and water. Hayama is a great example\u2014there\u2019s no train station.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yoshiko:<\/b> Just buses, cars, walking, or bikes.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> As the population ages, public transportation gets harder, and people rely more on cars. Except for central Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, Japan\u2019s been a car society for 30 years, but most politicians, media, and scholars live in central Tokyo and don\u2019t realize it.<\/p>\n<p>So when people call for more walkable towns, they always forget to ask, \u201cHow do you get there?\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\">The Importance of Water and Living Things<\/h4>\n<p>The base of every town is transportation. In America\u2019s Wild West, it was all about where the stagecoaches could stop. But for both horses and people, water is the true essential. Towns simply can\u2019t exist without it\u2014that\u2019s the second key point.<\/p>\n<p>Places with water are limited, which is why cities get concentrated. In Europe and America, water is scarce, so cities are naturally compact. In Japan, every valley head has a spring, so communities tend to spread out more.<\/p>\n<p>I want to help the next generation think about city building in terms of these fundamental issues. That\u2019s why I\u2019m writing these books for high schoolers and middle schoolers.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> That\u2019s a big topic!<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\">Oyako Day Event Announcements<\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1Xplz2oA2w?start=3282\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Video 54:42 \u2013 \u201cPhoto Contest\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> Yoshiko, could you share some announcements?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yoshiko:<\/b> Oyako Day is July 27. We\u2019re running a photo contest and an essay contest\u2014entries are open until August 31. Please take some wonderful photos and send them in! There\u2019s also a photo exhibition at the Hilton from July 3, plus other shows in Hakone and more. Details are on our website, so please come if you\u2019re nearby.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> What other events will there be for Oyako Day this year?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yoshiko:<\/b> We\u2019re planning to host a parent-child photo session in Hayama, our hometown, and will share details online. Hope you\u2019ll join us!<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"margin-bottom: 1.5rem;\">Yanase\u2019s \u201cPresent to the Future\u201d<\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1Xplz2oA2w?start=3466\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Video 57:46 \u2013 \u201cMessage Board\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> To close, may we have your \u201cPresent to the Future\u201d message?<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> For me, it\u2019s \u201cLiving things and water.\u201d I live in central Tokyo, but even there, if there\u2019s a stream, you\u2019ll find lots of life. There are over 700 natural springs in Tokyo, mostly surrounded by parks\u2014nature preserved by people before us.<\/p>\n<p>Even inside the Yamanote Line, you\u2019ll find rhinoceros beetles and dragonflies. Just because you\u2019re in the city doesn\u2019t mean there\u2019s no nature. If you look, you\u2019ll find creatures living by the water\u2019s edge. I think it\u2019s wonderful to search for water and discover life. Even in the city, you can find other lives intertwined with your own.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> That\u2019s the perfect topic for a summer science project.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1Xplz2oA2w?start=3612\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Video 1:00:12 \u2013 \u201cSenzoku Pond\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> This is Senzoku Pond near my university. It\u2019s home to goshawks and small hawks called tsumi.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> There are always lots of people taking photos there.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> There are so many \u201ckingfisher uncles\u201d with their cameras, too.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yoshiko:<\/b> Even in the city, you see flowers growing from cracks in the concrete. Wild creatures are resilient, and with a little care from humans, we can live together anywhere.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> Absolutely.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> Let\u2019s keep an eye out for all the living things\u2014and for water. Thank you for your inspiring story.<\/p>\n<p><b>Yanase:<\/b> It was a pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seki:<\/b> Thanks everyone\u2014see you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Hiroichi Yanase\u2014author of \u201cRoute 16,\u201d \u201cJapanese and Anpanman,\u201d and more\u2014shares unique perspectives on cities, nature, culture, and his \u201clayered thinking\u201d method. 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