Comments on: Satoyama: Japan’s Secret Watergarden

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:50:00 +0000

@Sangoro Tanaka, this is delightful. Thank you very much for sharing this, and for inspiring me. This is a reminder of how precious clean water is.

By: Matthew Standley

Matthew Standley — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:49:00 +0000

When you watch the video, at the top of the (video portion of) the screen, there is a clickable link if you move your mouse over the video. It links to an installer. Veoh Video installs without a re-start and once finished, if your refresh your page, the whole 50 minute video will appear. Good luck.

By: jaycius baker

jaycius baker — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:45:00 +0000

how do i watch more then 5 minutes

By: carly jean

carly jean — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 08:14:00 +0000

yes i agree! and some autistic people can hear plants scream. Plants emit a gas when killed that is audible to some humans, ask one of these people if harvesting a huge mono-crop of carrots is different to a cattle slaughter house and they might have a different view of vegetarianism. Also do vegetarians realise how many bugs/microbes/bacteria/fungi and other ‘living’ beings are killed with mass production of main crop vegetables for the market? its not the meat or animal products that people should be wary of- its the production of them and the respect given in thanks for what becomes our food. id much rather eat a beast killed from the wild than a carrot grown for the mainstream supermarket!

By: spillindillon

spillindillon — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:49:40 +0000

I don’t understand vegans.. does a plant not wither and die if you pluck it from its roots, are fruits and vegetables not grown from seeds just like animals. You still kill things, cook and eat them but just because you can’t hear them scream it’s better. I guess this is more so towards vegetarians but still aren’t vegetable farms the same as cattle farms you just don’t hear the carrots scream

By: T!TS

T!TS — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:25:51 +0000

here’s the backbone for resourced-based economy pruposed by jacque fresco.

perfection.

back to the roots.

By: Proud2BaBrit!

Proud2BaBrit! — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:23:56 +0000

awesome!

By: MIchael22541

MIchael22541 — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:24:56 +0000

This was just plain AWESOME! living in perfect harmony. I would miss not having access to TDF, but other than that just watching this was relaxing, it made me forget my troubles which I have plenty of. This Doc gets 10 out five stars. I am curious about the fermented fish? just one little taste for me.
Are ther earthships here in this site?

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:23:57 +0000

beautifully crafted documentary. its really a peace of joy to see how man comes so close to nature for their day living. amazing work is done by the camera crew. Love Japanese way of living.

By: Carl Hendershot

Carl Hendershot — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:32:13 +0000

@Sangoro Tanaka
No Problem. Now can i get directions =). Im moving there.

By: Carl Hendershot

Carl Hendershot — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:23:26 +0000

@gero2006 If there is ever a catastrophic event I hope you change your mind. Because bugs and worms and anything you can put in your mouth will start tasting good and keeping you alive. If not it was nice knowing yah. More meat for me. LOL. I respect your choices. But if s@#$ hit the fan id hope you would at least try to keep yourself alive.

@JD I feel you =).

By: JD

JD — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:34:39 +0000

What a beautiful example of living in harmony with nature, as it should be. Technology has not necessarily brought us health or happiness, it seems as if it has actually enslaved us and taken a huge toll our health, robbed us of our peace of mind, and destroyed much of the natural beauty of our earth. How sad we cannot all live this simply and beautifully. Thanks so much for this wonderful documentary.

By: gero2006

gero2006 — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:30:58 +0000

As a vegan I reject aspects of this lifestyle e.g. the torment of fish used for meals and sacrifice – so much suffering! I was horrified. But there are other aspects which I find very attractive e.g. having a stream flowing through my kitchen. If I could adapt the lifestyle for vegan living then I might be interested. However, although it looks very romantic I suspect it is probably quite impractical. The house is probably always damp – mouldy in the heat of summer and rheumatic in the cold seasons. I think it would be a very hard life. The grunts of the old fisherman every time he bends or lifts suggest he has joint pains. He’s paid for his lifestyle although kudos to him for being so active in his eighties. God grant I may do as well! As regards using this as a model of how Mankind might live sustainably, I am not convinced. I doubt that this lifestyle could be replicated in other parts of Japan, still less other parts of the world. Not sure that there is anything we can take from this documentary but there is some pretty scenery.

By: Carl Hendershot

Carl Hendershot — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:52:42 +0000

Awsome. This was very much worth the time to see.
I really would like to try some of the fish that took forever to make. Dont think ill try and make it myself though. LOL. Enjoyable. Think i will Check out Michael Reynolds earthships !
Thanks John Doe.

By: Manjunath

Manjunath — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:26:15 +0000

This is really awesome.Those people are blessed by god because they are living in HEAVEN.