Minka
@minkasociety.bsky.social
Minka Preservation Society (Minka): They Built It, We Preserve It
Minka is a dynamic, community-focused organization dedicated to safeguarding Japan’s built-heritage
https://www.minkasociety.com/
Minka is a dynamic, community-focused organization dedicated to safeguarding Japan’s built-heritage
https://www.minkasociety.com/
That's a wrap on MinkaCon 2025! 3 days of celebrating Japanese traditional building craft & the artisans and enthusiasts dedicated to their preservation and promotion!
www.minkasociety.com
www.minkasociety.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
That's a wrap on MinkaCon 2025! 3 days of celebrating Japanese traditional building craft & the artisans and enthusiasts dedicated to their preservation and promotion!
www.minkasociety.com
www.minkasociety.com
MinkaCon 2025!
Some tickets still available!
Some tickets still available!
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
MinkaCon 2025!
Some tickets still available!
Some tickets still available!
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
🍽 Saturday night dinner: Spaces are limited, so please reserve early!
🏡 Accommodation details have been updated here → minkasociety.com/event…
📩 Need assistance with reservations or language support? Contact us anytime at info@minkasociety.com.
🏡 Accommodation details have been updated here → minkasociety.com/event…
📩 Need assistance with reservations or language support? Contact us anytime at info@minkasociety.com.
October 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
🍽 Saturday night dinner: Spaces are limited, so please reserve early!
🏡 Accommodation details have been updated here → minkasociety.com/event…
📩 Need assistance with reservations or language support? Contact us anytime at info@minkasociety.com.
🏡 Accommodation details have been updated here → minkasociety.com/event…
📩 Need assistance with reservations or language support? Contact us anytime at info@minkasociety.com.
🌿✨ The MinkaCon 2025 Schedule is Here! ✨🌿
📍 Location: Beautiful Aichi Prefectural Citizens’ Forest Park, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture
📅 Dates: November 7–9, 2025
🎟 Tickets are available now → minkacon2025.peatix.com
📍 Location: Beautiful Aichi Prefectural Citizens’ Forest Park, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture
📅 Dates: November 7–9, 2025
🎟 Tickets are available now → minkacon2025.peatix.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:48 AM
🌿✨ The MinkaCon 2025 Schedule is Here! ✨🌿
📍 Location: Beautiful Aichi Prefectural Citizens’ Forest Park, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture
📅 Dates: November 7–9, 2025
🎟 Tickets are available now → minkacon2025.peatix.com
📍 Location: Beautiful Aichi Prefectural Citizens’ Forest Park, Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture
📅 Dates: November 7–9, 2025
🎟 Tickets are available now → minkacon2025.peatix.com
✨ MinkaCon 2025 スケジュール公開！ ✨
📍 会場： 愛知県新城市・美しい 愛知県民の森
📅 日程： 2025年11月7日（金）～9日（日）
二日半にわたり、古民家（民家／minka）、伝統建築技術、そして地域再生をテーマにした忘れられないプログラムをお届けします。基調講演、ワークショップ、見学ツアー、そして国内外から集まる参加者との交流の場が盛りだくさんです。
🎟 チケットはこちらから: minkacon2025.peatix.com
#MinkaCon2025 #民家 #古民家 #伝統建築 #文化遺産 #地域再生
📍 会場： 愛知県新城市・美しい 愛知県民の森
📅 日程： 2025年11月7日（金）～9日（日）
二日半にわたり、古民家（民家／minka）、伝統建築技術、そして地域再生をテーマにした忘れられないプログラムをお届けします。基調講演、ワークショップ、見学ツアー、そして国内外から集まる参加者との交流の場が盛りだくさんです。
🎟 チケットはこちらから: minkacon2025.peatix.com
#MinkaCon2025 #民家 #古民家 #伝統建築 #文化遺産 #地域再生
October 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
✨ MinkaCon 2025 スケジュール公開！ ✨
📍 会場： 愛知県新城市・美しい 愛知県民の森
📅 日程： 2025年11月7日（金）～9日（日）
二日半にわたり、古民家（民家／minka）、伝統建築技術、そして地域再生をテーマにした忘れられないプログラムをお届けします。基調講演、ワークショップ、見学ツアー、そして国内外から集まる参加者との交流の場が盛りだくさんです。
🎟 チケットはこちらから: minkacon2025.peatix.com
#MinkaCon2025 #民家 #古民家 #伝統建築 #文化遺産 #地域再生
📍 会場： 愛知県新城市・美しい 愛知県民の森
📅 日程： 2025年11月7日（金）～9日（日）
二日半にわたり、古民家（民家／minka）、伝統建築技術、そして地域再生をテーマにした忘れられないプログラムをお届けします。基調講演、ワークショップ、見学ツアー、そして国内外から集まる参加者との交流の場が盛りだくさんです。
🎟 チケットはこちらから: minkacon2025.peatix.com
#MinkaCon2025 #民家 #古民家 #伝統建築 #文化遺産 #地域再生
デヴィッド・ジョイナー氏の短編小説、エッセイ、詩は、The Brooklyn Rail、Phoebe Journal、The Ontario Review、The Madison Review、Presence、Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Networkなど、文芸誌を中心に数多く掲載されています。
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
デヴィッド・ジョイナー氏の短編小説、エッセイ、詩は、The Brooklyn Rail、Phoebe Journal、The Ontario Review、The Madison Review、Presence、Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Networkなど、文芸誌を中心に数多く掲載されています。
スコットランドのアバディーン生まれのイアン・マロニー氏は、2005年より日本に在住しています。9冊の著書があり、その中には旅行記『The Only Gaijin in the Village』と『The Japan Lights』の2冊が含まれ、The Japan Timesなどの媒体に定期的に寄稿しています。岐阜県在住で、iainmaloney.substack.comや主要なソーシャルメディアプラットフォームで活動しています。
iainmaloney.com
iainmaloney.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
スコットランドのアバディーン生まれのイアン・マロニー氏は、2005年より日本に在住しています。9冊の著書があり、その中には旅行記『The Only Gaijin in the Village』と『The Japan Lights』の2冊が含まれ、The Japan Timesなどの媒体に定期的に寄稿しています。岐阜県在住で、iainmaloney.substack.comや主要なソーシャルメディアプラットフォームで活動しています。
iainmaloney.com
iainmaloney.com
エベレット・ケネディ・ブラウン氏は、1988年より日本に在住するアメリカ生まれのアーティスト、作家、そして文化探求者です。エベレット氏は、文化理論、アイデンティティ、そして現代日本の変化をテーマとした日本語での人気書籍を数冊執筆しています。また、千葉県にある自身のファーム・リトリートセンター「ブラウンズフィールド」での複数の古民家修復や、九州英彦山の古い山伏の庵の修復にも積極的に取り組んでいます。
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
エベレット・ケネディ・ブラウン氏は、1988年より日本に在住するアメリカ生まれのアーティスト、作家、そして文化探求者です。エベレット氏は、文化理論、アイデンティティ、そして現代日本の変化をテーマとした日本語での人気書籍を数冊執筆しています。また、千葉県にある自身のファーム・リトリートセンター「ブラウンズフィールド」での複数の古民家修復や、九州英彦山の古い山伏の庵の修復にも積極的に取り組んでいます。
『The Genius of Japanese Carpentry』に加え、『Small Spaces』（1993年）、『The Japanese Dream House』（2001年）、『The Very Small Home』（2005年）、『Just Enough: Lessons in Living Green from Traditional Japan』（2010年）を執筆しています。2017年に金沢工業大学を退職するまで同大学でフューチャーデザイン研究所を設立し、現在は東京の武蔵野美術大学彫刻学科で教鞭を執っています。
azbybrown.com
azbybrown.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
『The Genius of Japanese Carpentry』に加え、『Small Spaces』（1993年）、『The Japanese Dream House』（2001年）、『The Very Small Home』（2005年）、『Just Enough: Lessons in Living Green from Traditional Japan』（2010年）を執筆しています。2017年に金沢工業大学を退職するまで同大学でフューチャーデザイン研究所を設立し、現在は東京の武蔵野美術大学彫刻学科で教鞭を執っています。
azbybrown.com
azbybrown.com
ミンカコン2025, 11月7日-11月9日 作家トーク!
ニューオーリンズ出身のアズビー・ブラウン氏は、1985年より日本に在住しています。日本の建築、デザイン、環境分野において広く出版実績を持つ権威として、日本の伝統的な大工技術、コンパクト住宅、そして日本の伝統的持続可能実践に関する先駆的な著作により、これらの分野を西洋のデザイナーや一般の人々の認識に導きました。
@azby.bsky.social
ニューオーリンズ出身のアズビー・ブラウン氏は、1985年より日本に在住しています。日本の建築、デザイン、環境分野において広く出版実績を持つ権威として、日本の伝統的な大工技術、コンパクト住宅、そして日本の伝統的持続可能実践に関する先駆的な著作により、これらの分野を西洋のデザイナーや一般の人々の認識に導きました。
@azby.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
ミンカコン2025, 11月7日-11月9日 作家トーク!
ニューオーリンズ出身のアズビー・ブラウン氏は、1985年より日本に在住しています。日本の建築、デザイン、環境分野において広く出版実績を持つ権威として、日本の伝統的な大工技術、コンパクト住宅、そして日本の伝統的持続可能実践に関する先駆的な著作により、これらの分野を西洋のデザイナーや一般の人々の認識に導きました。
@azby.bsky.social
ニューオーリンズ出身のアズビー・ブラウン氏は、1985年より日本に在住しています。日本の建築、デザイン、環境分野において広く出版実績を持つ権威として、日本の伝統的な大工技術、コンパクト住宅、そして日本の伝統的持続可能実践に関する先駆的な著作により、これらの分野を西洋のデザイナーや一般の人々の認識に導きました。
@azby.bsky.social
David Joiner’s short stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in literary journals and elsewhere, including The Brooklyn Rail, Phoebe Journal, The Ontario Review, The Madison Review, Presence, and Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network.
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
David Joiner’s short stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in literary journals and elsewhere, including The Brooklyn Rail, Phoebe Journal, The Ontario Review, The Madison Review, Presence, and Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network.
@iainmaloney.bsky.social born in Aberdeen, Scotland, has lived in Japan since 2005. He is the author of nine books, including two travel memoirs - The Only Gaijin in the Village and The Japan Lights— ...
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
@iainmaloney.bsky.social born in Aberdeen, Scotland, has lived in Japan since 2005. He is the author of nine books, including two travel memoirs - The Only Gaijin in the Village and The Japan Lights— ...
Everett Kennedy Brown is an American-born artist, writer, and cultural explorer who has lived in Japan since 1988. Everett has authored several popular books in Japanese on cultural theory, identity, and shifts in modern Japan.
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Everett Kennedy Brown is an American-born artist, writer, and cultural explorer who has lived in Japan since 1988. Everett has authored several popular books in Japanese on cultural theory, identity, and shifts in modern Japan.
Originally from New Orleans, @azby.bsky.social has lived in Japan since 1985. A widely published author and authority on Japanese architecture, design, and environment, his groundbreaking writings on traditional Japanese carpentry, ...
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Originally from New Orleans, @azby.bsky.social has lived in Japan since 1985. A widely published author and authority on Japanese architecture, design, and environment, his groundbreaking writings on traditional Japanese carpentry, ...
One of the highlights of the upcoming MinkaCon 2025 (Nov. 7-9, Aichi Prefecture) is sure to be the Writers Panel. This will be a lively, engaging and wide-ranging talk between artists and audience! This will be one not to miss!
September 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
One of the highlights of the upcoming MinkaCon 2025 (Nov. 7-9, Aichi Prefecture) is sure to be the Writers Panel. This will be a lively, engaging and wide-ranging talk between artists and audience! This will be one not to miss!
Creative Women in Minka -Minka as an Impetus-
Your moderator will be long-time Minka favourite @jjwalsh.bsky.social ,host of Seeking Sustainability Live on YouTube, co-founder of @gethiroshima.bsky.social , and tireless advocate for sustainable tourism and development in Japan.
Your moderator will be long-time Minka favourite @jjwalsh.bsky.social ,host of Seeking Sustainability Live on YouTube, co-founder of @gethiroshima.bsky.social , and tireless advocate for sustainable tourism and development in Japan.
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Creative Women in Minka -Minka as an Impetus-
Your moderator will be long-time Minka favourite @jjwalsh.bsky.social ,host of Seeking Sustainability Live on YouTube, co-founder of @gethiroshima.bsky.social , and tireless advocate for sustainable tourism and development in Japan.
Your moderator will be long-time Minka favourite @jjwalsh.bsky.social ,host of Seeking Sustainability Live on YouTube, co-founder of @gethiroshima.bsky.social , and tireless advocate for sustainable tourism and development in Japan.
Creative Women in Minka -Minka as an Impetus-
Tana Haugo Kawahara
www.instagram.com/tsukienko/?h...
Should a traditional building be converted into a community space? Cafe? Workshop? Live House? Tana Haugo Kawahara, co-founder of Tsukienko Kominka Diner looked at their minka ...
Tana Haugo Kawahara
www.instagram.com/tsukienko/?h...
Should a traditional building be converted into a community space? Cafe? Workshop? Live House? Tana Haugo Kawahara, co-founder of Tsukienko Kominka Diner looked at their minka ...
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Creative Women in Minka -Minka as an Impetus-
Tana Haugo Kawahara
www.instagram.com/tsukienko/?h...
Should a traditional building be converted into a community space? Cafe? Workshop? Live House? Tana Haugo Kawahara, co-founder of Tsukienko Kominka Diner looked at their minka ...
Tana Haugo Kawahara
www.instagram.com/tsukienko/?h...
Should a traditional building be converted into a community space? Cafe? Workshop? Live House? Tana Haugo Kawahara, co-founder of Tsukienko Kominka Diner looked at their minka ...
...on Japan’s 72 micro seasons. Using the restoration and renovation of their traditional house as a start point, join Ms. Smith as she details how she explores and highlights these subtle changes and how they inform a deeper connection between tradition, artistry, and respect for the natural world.
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
...on Japan’s 72 micro seasons. Using the restoration and renovation of their traditional house as a start point, join Ms. Smith as she details how she explores and highlights these subtle changes and how they inform a deeper connection between tradition, artistry, and respect for the natural world.
Creative Women in Minka -Minka as an Impetus-
Emily Smith
www.instagram.com/down2forage/...
When does a building become the starting point of a much larger conversation between nature and culture? Emily Smith is a renowned artist and filmmaker whose latest documentary series focuses ...
Emily Smith
www.instagram.com/down2forage/...
When does a building become the starting point of a much larger conversation between nature and culture? Emily Smith is a renowned artist and filmmaker whose latest documentary series focuses ...
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Creative Women in Minka -Minka as an Impetus-
Emily Smith
www.instagram.com/down2forage/...
When does a building become the starting point of a much larger conversation between nature and culture? Emily Smith is a renowned artist and filmmaker whose latest documentary series focuses ...
Emily Smith
www.instagram.com/down2forage/...
When does a building become the starting point of a much larger conversation between nature and culture? Emily Smith is a renowned artist and filmmaker whose latest documentary series focuses ...
drawing upon a rich tradition dating back several centuries. Omae-san will explain how sustainable life in Japan’s past, or satoyama, echoes in the present with their renovated 120 year old minka, and surrounding landscape, serving as the perfect setting to continue the timeless art of aizome.
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
drawing upon a rich tradition dating back several centuries. Omae-san will explain how sustainable life in Japan’s past, or satoyama, echoes in the present with their renovated 120 year old minka, and surrounding landscape, serving as the perfect setting to continue the timeless art of aizome.
Creative Women in Minka -Minka as an Impetus-
Naoko Omae, OW Indigo
www.instagram.com/ow_indigo/?h...
How does a house become integral to a process? From Kyoto’s picturesque Miyama, Naoko Omae has been meticulously producing traditional indigo dyes, aizome, for many years, ...
Naoko Omae, OW Indigo
www.instagram.com/ow_indigo/?h...
How does a house become integral to a process? From Kyoto’s picturesque Miyama, Naoko Omae has been meticulously producing traditional indigo dyes, aizome, for many years, ...
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Creative Women in Minka -Minka as an Impetus-
Naoko Omae, OW Indigo
www.instagram.com/ow_indigo/?h...
How does a house become integral to a process? From Kyoto’s picturesque Miyama, Naoko Omae has been meticulously producing traditional indigo dyes, aizome, for many years, ...
Naoko Omae, OW Indigo
www.instagram.com/ow_indigo/?h...
How does a house become integral to a process? From Kyoto’s picturesque Miyama, Naoko Omae has been meticulously producing traditional indigo dyes, aizome, for many years, ...
How a person interprets this opportunity can present us with insights and approaches that both educate and exhilarate. MinkaCon 2025 is proud to feature several panels that do just this featuring amazing projects by inspiring individuals from all over Japan.
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
How a person interprets this opportunity can present us with insights and approaches that both educate and exhilarate. MinkaCon 2025 is proud to feature several panels that do just this featuring amazing projects by inspiring individuals from all over Japan.
MinkaCon 2025, November 7th-9th, Aichi Prefecture
#JapanTravel #Japanesearchitecture #TraditionalJapan
Any building, particularly a traditional building, has a unique combination of endless possibilities balanced against geographical or structural restraints.
#JapanTravel #Japanesearchitecture #TraditionalJapan
Any building, particularly a traditional building, has a unique combination of endless possibilities balanced against geographical or structural restraints.
September 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
MinkaCon 2025, November 7th-9th, Aichi Prefecture
#JapanTravel #Japanesearchitecture #TraditionalJapan
Any building, particularly a traditional building, has a unique combination of endless possibilities balanced against geographical or structural restraints.
#JapanTravel #Japanesearchitecture #TraditionalJapan
Any building, particularly a traditional building, has a unique combination of endless possibilities balanced against geographical or structural restraints.